2008 Goal and Allocations

Each year, the following organizations receive operational support from the Bishop’s Annual Appeal:

Health & Human Services (48%)

Catholic Charities General Operation

• Caring Hearts Pregnancy Support Services
• Prime Time Clubs (seniors)
  
• Parish Outreach
  

Catholic Senior Housing and Health Care Services

• Holy Family Manor Nursing Home
  
• Holy Family Assisted Living at St. Francis Center
  

Retired and Infirmed Priests
Covenant Home Care
Sacred Heart Hospital Grant
St. Joseph Hospital Grant
Good Samaritan Medical Center Grant

Catholic Life and Evangelization (13%)

Office of Family Life Ministries
Pastoral Outreach
Office of Hispanic Affairs

• Berks County
  
• Lehigh County
  
• Nothampton County
  
• Diocesan Office of Hispanic Apostolates

Education of Seminarians (10%)
Saint Charles Boromeo Seminary

Education (23%)
Mercy Special Learning Center
John Paul II Special Learning Center
St. Joseph Special Learning Center
Bishop’s Catholic High School Scholarship
DeSales University
Alvernia College
Catholic University

Administration (6%)
This small fraction includes the administrative cost of running the Appeal and the fulfillment of all pledges.