For Peter and Karen Brine, Catholic education is more than something they experienced as students. It is something they believe should remain an opportunity for others. Residents of Florida since 2004, the Brines have spent decades supporting Catholic education and helping students have opportunities they might not otherwise have. In the Diocese of Saint Petersburg, …
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Home Makers of Hope started in 2008 when Pam Stamey learned about a family of five in Eastern Hillsborough County who slept on the floor of their small apartment because they lacked beds. Stamey and her friends delivered beds to this family, and they didn’t stop there. Now, the non-profit organization has more than 200 volunteers who serve 450 low-income families a year with beds, furniture, dishware, and décor. Most of all, they …
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One July evening in 2023, I found myself at a local pool– not somewhere I frequent or had planned on being. While there, a lady was doing some walking for exercise in the lane over from me. As I was going to leave, we struck up a conversation. She turned out to be a Catholic …
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Our diocesan ministries, education and outreach programs offer support, professional guidance, and direct delivery of services to and for our people, parishes, schools and communities. They do this while maintaining a very tight annual budget which relies on specific revenue sources, including interest earnings, donations and grants, bequests, parish assessment payments and direct donations to …
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St. Francis of Assisi Parish is a Christ-centered community. The parish strives to be a warm, friendly and caring faith family, where the gifts and talents of all, young and old, are recognized and graciously used to nurture others, and to worship together in a vibrant and spirit-filled liturgy. Through their mission, they go forth …
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For more than 70 years, Catholic Charities has been a leader in serving the poor and vulnerable throughout the Diocese’s five counties and beyond. Catholic Charities serves with mercy, charity and compassion to promote the sanctity and dignity of all God’s people, offering hope by helping those in need and uniting with others in service …
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Morning Star’s tuition is double that of a typical Catholic Elementary School and we rely on the generosity of donors to meet these financial needs. Morning Star Catholic School in Pinellas Park is a kindergarten to twelfth grade school that specializes in providing an individualized academic program for students with a variety of learning challenges. …
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St. Joseph Catholic Church in St. Petersburg is a welcoming, dynamic and diverse community of believers, representative of the Kingdom of God, with one heart and many faces. Welcoming all who seek to grow in Christ through worship, educational and social ministries. St. Joseph serves all those who feel marginalized, forgotten and unloved, in the name of …
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