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SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Description: The Secretariat for Health and Human Services consists of the Catholic Charities system of services.
Catholic Charities, the diocesan charitable human service structure of the local church with the Bishop as its head, was established in 1910 to minister to the human service needs of the local community.
The following offices or groups relate to the Bishop through the Secretary for Health and Human Services:
Apostolate to the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind
Apostolate with Mentally Retarded Persons
Campaign for Human Development
Catholic Counseling Center
Catholic Hunger and Shelter Fund
Catholic Information and Referral Service
Catholic Relief Services
Department of Marriage and Family Ministry
Diocesan Social Action Office
Fatima Community Center
Federation of Catholic Community Services
Interval Brotherhood Home
Jennings Hall
Koinonia Home
Leonora Hall
Little Sisters of the Poor
Martin de Porres Center
Marycrest
Matt Talbot Inn
Mount Alverna Home
Mount St. Joseph Nursing Home
Office of Ministry to Black Catholics
Parish Social Ministry
Parmadale
Pastoral Care Services
Rose-Mary, the Johanna Grasselli Rehabilitation and Education Center
St. Augustine Manor
St. Edward Home
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Special Ministry to the Aged