To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, is the mission of the Incarnate Word Foundation. In 2001 the foundation was privileged to support more than 80 agencies as they brought Jesus Christ to the community through their ministries. Our community partners heal the body, heal the mind, and heal the spirit.
What is crucial is not only the high quality of these agencies' efforts but also the kindness and understanding they give to those whom their efforts serve. The dignity of each person is paramount, and each individual is the embodiment of Jesus Christ. This is a core value of the Incarnate Word Foundation, and an expectation for each of the foundation's grantees.
More than a century ago the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, answered the call of Bishop Claude Dubuis: "Our Lord Jesus Christ, suffering in the multitudes, seeks relief at your hands." Today these agencies continue to heed that call and carry on this tradition of compassion by bringing the healing presence of Jesus Christ to those most in need in the new millennium.
Bridget Flood
Executive Director
Incarnate Word Foundation grants support programs that make a lasting difference in the lives of individuals and communities. These programs promote spiritual, physical, and mental health so that healthy relationships among people and organizations can flourish. Although each of the grantees represent Jesus Christ's healing ministry, which encompasses all aspects of health, the four areas below represent the emphasis of the programs for which they received grants. A strong element of spirituality is integral to all the programs, for healthy minds, bodies, and relationships enrich the spirit.
Although not always oriented specifically to religious activities, these programs, with their Christian perspective, enhance the spirituality of participants by promoting healthy attitudes and behaviors.
Criminal Justice Ministry brings Christ's compassion and reconciliation to prisoners and their families.
Family Support Services provides a wide variety of opportunities for youth with developmental disabilities.
Institute for Peace and Justice collaborates to provide the violent offenders program in Missouri prisons.
Let's Start works to reduce the recidivism of women offenders.
Pallotine Renewal Center serves the community as a retreat center.
Prison Arts Program provides literature and performing arts programs for juvenile detainees.
Tree House Healing Ministry promotes inner healing through retreats and one-day programs.
Whole Kids Outreach uses a holistic approach in serving low-income, rural children and families.
Youth and Family Center provides a performing arts program and other services for youth in North St. Louis.
Relationships among groups and organizations; among individuals; among family members; and among individuals, especially those who are alienated or isolated, and their community are enhanced by the activities of these organizations.
Agape Ministry assists economically disadvantaged families through referrals and day care vouchers.
American Friends Service Committee improves elations between young people and police.
BREM Catholic Social Ministry improves quality of life in a low-income community through family support and wellness programs.
Carondelet Community Betterment Federation provides services to the elderly.
Child Advocacy Project/Soulard Family Center seeks to prevent child abuse through parenting and anger management classes.
Family Center supports a neighborhood outreach center in an East St. Louis housing project.
Fathers' Support Center assists noncustodial fathers to take responsibility for their children.
Immigrant and Refugee Women's Program teaches English and practical living skills to women in their own homes.
Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri provides health and social services, including case management for single mothers in rural areas.
Milan Centro Latino assists Hispanics in northern Missouri.
Penrose O'Fallon Family Learning Center empowers families through community living and parent education programs.
St. Agatha Center offers a food and clothing pantry, social services, mentoring, and utility assistance.
Saint Louis Association for Community Organizations (SLACO) works to improve communities through housing development and community organizing.
St. Louis Partnership for Children and Youth, a collaborative, serves children and teens in a low-income neighborhood.
St. Louis Tax Assistance Program helps low-income families prepare income tax returns.
St. Paul United Church of Christ provides a Positive Family Program.
St. Stephen Protomartyr Catholic Church reaches older adults in two Catholic parishes.
Southside Catholic Community Services meets educational, social, and health care needs of a growing Hispanic community.
The Kitchen provides a Joseph's Workshop program for the poor.
These programs range from educational projects that enhance skills and knowledge to programs that address mental health problems.
A Gift for Teaching provides supplies to teachers in low-income communities.
Adventures in Motivation fosters youth leadership development.
City House in Grand Center offers educational programs for low-income adults.
El Puente provides English classes and other services to the Hispanic community.
Guardian Angel Settlement Association offers a mental health program in a low-income community.
Griffin Center provides a welfare-to-work program for teens.
Holy Trinity Catholic School, which serves a low-income neighborhood, offers the Education through Music and Arts program.
Incarnate Word Academy educates young women in the North County area.
Jamison Memorial Human Resource and Development Agency sponsors the St. Louis Freedom School Summer Reading Enrichment Program.
Marian Hall Agencies' Independent Skills Coordinator works with homeless girls.
Marian Middle School serves girls in grades 5 through 8 who are having difficulty succeeding in the regular classroom.
Marygrove provides mental health series to children and families.
Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence assists women with mental illness who are victims of domestic violence.
Notre Dame Elementary School provides English-as-a-second-language classes.
Perry County Community Task Force provides a student-mentoring program.
Places for People serves adults with disabling mental disorders.
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church offers the Abraham Tutoring Project.
St. Elizabeth Academy serves 230 culturally diverse women.
St. Ignatius Church and School provides a kindergarten in its rural community.
St. Louis ARC addresses the needs of mentally retarded children.
St. Louis Area Women Religious Collaborative Ministries provides English-as-a-second-language classes.
St. Louis Metro Baptist Association offers a CNA program to low-income students.
St. Pius V Catholic Church and School provides a translator program in a culturally diverse neighborhood.
Women in Charge prepares low-income women to set and meet life goals.
Shiloh Adult and Children's Basic Educational Center offers an after-school program in a low-income neighborhood.
Springboard to Learning provides elementary school enrichment programs.
Tu Companero Catolico offers a Spanish language program for new immigrants.
Vogelweid Learning Center provides a speech and learning program for the developmentally disabled.
Young Audiences of St. Louis integrates the arts into the curricula of inner city Catholic elementary schools.
The programs listed here enhance physical health and safety by preventing violence and providing shelter and housing, health services, and wellness activities.
Accion Social Communitaria meets the health needs of low-income families, providing services in French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Autonomous Case Management improves the health and safety of older adults.
Birthright Counseling-St. Louis offers pregnancy counseling and assistance.
Catholic Diocese of Belleville--Catholic Urban Program provides prescription drugs to low-income people.
CSJ Ministries--CSJ Care provides supportive care to the frail elderly.
Doorways offers housing and day care for families with HIV/AIDS.
Dorothy Day Co-Housing provides housing, meals, prayer, and resources.
East St. Louis Children's Foundation--Christian Activity Center provides a recreation program for families in an impoverished area.
Franciscan Connection helps low-income families obtain home repairs.
Intercommunity Housing Association provides safe, affordable housing for the poor.
JA's Youth and Fitness Club improves the physical fitness of children and offers nutritional services.
Jefferson County Rescue Mission provides food, clothing, and shelter to the needy.
Lydia's House seeks to prevent domestic violence.
Missouri Hospice Organization addresses issues of death and dying, including end-of-life care in nursing homes.
Missourians Against Handgun Violence supports after-school youth clubs and other programs.
OWL, the Voice of Midlife and Older Women provides a domestic violence program.
Providence Ministry Corporation sponsors Room at the Inn, an ecumenical project to provide emergency shelter to the homeless.
Resurrection of Our Lord Parish has a senior citizen outreach program.
Sarah Community brings long-term care services to sisters and laypeople.
St. Louis Lead Prevention Coalition works to decrease lead poisoning.
St. Louis Women's Build provides funding and labor to build Habitat for Humanity houses.
West Presbyterian Church offers a Senior Center Personal Care Program.
Sr. Cathy Vetter, CCVI, Chairperson
Linda M. Allin
Sr. Margaret Bonnot, CCVI
Patrick J. Cacchione
Sr. Bernice Coreil, DC
Fred Falker
Peter J. Genovese
Sharon M. Homan, PhD
Al Litteken
Sr. Mary Kay McKenzie, CCVI
Camilleann Nelson
Sr. Mary Pezold, CCVI
Sr. Yolanda Tarango, CCVI
Thomas A. Villa
"Our Lord Jesus Christ, suffering, seeks relief at your hands."
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