Mission: Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio serves and empowers people through God’s love in their times of vulnerability. We do so through a full range of local services that engage the community in building solidarity.
Vision: Empowered people, thriving families, and transformed communities encountering God’s love everywhere through acts of solidarity.
History: Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio was created in 1916 by Archbishop Henry Moeller as the Bureau of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Catholic Charities was created as a result of duplication of the numerous Catholic agencies in service in Cincinnati. Based on the Catholic Charities model established in other dioceses, the Bureau focused on immediate relief work and served as the clearing house for those needing charitable aid. The Bureau received applications for aid and assigned them to the appropriate organization. The first location was at 107 West Ninth Street in downtown Cincinnati and the first director was Fr. Francis Gressle.
The Bureau became incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in February 1924.
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