The Visitation/St. Francis Xavier Social Concerns Ministry Team provides community grants in order to offer support to community-based groups whose work corresponds to our mission as a Catholic parish. The areas of concern that we support include life, poverty and justice issues based on Catholic Social Teaching. The agencies supported with $1,000.00 community grants in 2020-2021 include:
Alexandra`s House
Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Mother`s Refuge
Cristo Rey Kansas City High School
The Family Conservancy
Fire Foundation
Halo Foundation
Our Lady's Montessori School
Sheffield Place
Keeler Women`s Center
The Learning Club
Brain Injury Association
Care Beyond the Boulevard
Duchesne Clinic
Companions in Chillicothe
Journey House
Catholic Charities
Holy Rosary Credit Union
Rose Brooks Center
Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)
The Justice Project
The Tamale Kitchen
Jeanne Jugan Center/Little Sisters of the Poor
Shepherd`s Center
Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund
Jerusalem Farm
KC Mothers in Charge
Other organizations supported by Visitation Social Concerns, outside the community grants program, during 2020-2021 include:
The Grooming Project
Holy Cross School
Kanbe's Markets
Our Lady of Hope School