JUSTICE AND PEACE SHARING FUND
1998 - 1999

AIDS Interfaith Network of Central Maryland --- $1,395.45
Provides the costs of funeral services and burial for those that cannot afford it; spiritual support groups; prayer services and continuing education services.

Archbishop Spalding High School ---------- $100.00
Monies to help with repairs on the school chapel.

Arundel Habitat for Humanity ------$1,487.03
Ecumenical Christian organization builds or renovates houses in partnership with needy low-income families in Anne Arundel County. Sold with no profit and zero interest mortgage.

Beans and Bread and the Frederick Ozanam House ---$1,676.52
Monies help to feed the homeless and to provide an array of outreach services to them.

Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore ----- $100.00
Monies to help with repairs on their facility.

Happy Helpers for the Homeless ----- $200.00
Monies to help provide sandwiches, etc. to the homeless of the area.

Hospice of the Chesapeake ----- $867.07
Is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, community-based organization that has since 1979, provided care for terminally ill adults and children and families without regard to race, creed, or ability to pay.

Hurricane Mitch Relief (Catholic Relief Services)--$1,782.46
Monies to help Catholic Relief Services staff provide food, clean water, shelter and more to those in Central America who have seen their lives absolutely devastated.

Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland ----- $1,383.91
An organization of caring faith communities in the five counties of Western Maryland, whose objectives are to develop affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons, create jobs and strengthen the region's economy.

International Rescue Committee ----- $675.42
Provides food, shelter, emergency relief/medical, educational, and resettlement services for refugees in Africa, Asia, and Central America who flee persecution, terror, famine, and war.

Joseph Richey Hospice ----- $867.06
Provides 12 bed residential round the clock professional nursing, psychosocial, and spiritual care as well as home care for terminally ill cancer and AIDS patients in the Baltimore area.

Kosovo Relief Effort (Catholic Relief Services) --$2,949.65
Monies help Catholic Relief Services personnel stationed in the Balkans provide food, medicines/medications and other help.

News Ways Ministry ----- $100.00
Addresses discrimination against gay/lesbian persons in the Catholic Church,promotes attitudinal change and acceptance of gay/lesbian persons through education to combat homophobia.

Our Lady of the Visitation, Haiti ----- $1,612.78
Our sister parish in the Diocese of Gonaives, Haiti.

Refugee Voices ------ $675.42
Monies support efforts to raise consciousness among U.S. citizens about the plight of refugees worldwide.

St. Anthony Community, Phoenix Arizona ----- $1,734.54
To help rebuild the church nearly destroyed by fire in a neighborhood known as "Mexican and poor".

Sarah's House School Supply Drive ----- $1,620.59
Funds collected help defray school related costs, such as Weekly Reader subscriptions, field trip expernses, locks, school project supplies, gym uniforms, etc.

Sister M Justa Walton Fund ------ $350.00
Funds programs for children and adults with mental retardation, from religious education programs to camping experiences at Camp GLOW.

Welcome Home ------ $1,601.06
A not for profit organization that offers women, who have chosen to keep their baby, a safe place in which to make the decisions facing those who find themselves alone, pregnant, and unsure about their future and the future of their baby.

Winter Relief Shelter ------ $150.00
Funds to help purchase needed supplies for the rotating shelter.

TOTAL $21,328.96