How your contributions help create hope

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At Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO), it’s crucial that we continually clarify our vision for the community within our diocese.

Despite recent challenges under government leadership, our commitment to our mission remains unwavering. What has changed is the way we will carry out our mission.

Our Catholic mission

Inspired by the Gospel of the Beatitudes, Catholic Charities is dedicated to providing care and hope to the vulnerable through compassionate services that uphold the dignity of every person.

We engage the local community in this mission and serve the 38 counties within our diocese.

Our core values

We believe in the love and hope of the message of Jesus.

We affirm the sacredness and dignity of all human life.

We collaborate with others who share our mission.

We pursue excellence and integrity in all that we do.

We serve those in need, regardless of background, belief or circumstance.

Three pillars of service

CCCNMO will focus on three primary areas of service throughout the Diocese of Jefferson City:

• Food, health and nutrition education — This includes food pantries, parish nursing programs, and nutrition education initiatives.
• Community services at individual parishes — This pillar encompasses emergency planning, predatory loan relief and service consulting within parish communities.
• Expanding family immigration legal services — Legal service consulting will be available at sites across the five diocesan deaneries.

These three pillars will expand and develop as part of the ongoing Community Needs Assessment (CNA), conducted in collaboration with Lincoln University.

The CNA will examine the specific needs of each parish and community, allowing CCCNMO to tailor its efforts in alignment with each parish’s Center of Mercy pastoral plan.

Additionally, CCCNMO’s Charity and Mercy Grant program, highlighted in the previous issue by our Executive Director, plays an essential role in our parish outreach.

Your role: time, talent and treasure

Time — CCCNMO is expanding volunteer opportunities at the parish level, building on the incredible support from volunteers in our administrative offices and food pantries.

Through the parish outreach program, opportunities will arise at various events across the diocese.

Many parishes have already included Catholic Charities as a ministry on their time and talent stewardship forms.

Talent — Your unique talents can support specific programs like predatory loan relief, financial education, housing improvements (e.g., Beds for Kids, temporary housing), parish nursing and emergency planning/response teams.

Treasure — As we continue providing care and hope to those in need, your financial support is more crucial than ever.

You can also reach us at: cccnmo.diojeffcity.org or call 573-635-7719.