In 2010, Bishop Fredrick F. Campbell and the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women launched a Catholic cancer response initiative – Catholics for Cancer Prevention and Cure. In 2016, this initiative was renamed the St. Peregrine Fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide resources for cancer screening, ethical research, and outreach to individuals and families dealing with all forms of cancer in the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
The St. Peregrine Fund helps cancer patients and their families with unmet needs through the Catholic hospital systems in our diocese, the Stephanie Spielman research and patient outreach funds, and a fund available to parishes outside the Catholic hospital systems networks through the diocesan Office for Social Concerns.
The Fund provides opportunities to connect acts of kindness (such as prayer shawls and chemo caps) along with monetary needs.
Donations can be made through your parish, sent to the Office for Social Concerns (checks made out to Catholic Diocese of Columbus with St. Peregrine in the memo line, 197 East Gay St, Columbus, OH 43215), or on line by clicking here.
There are many low-income and under-served people in our 23-county diocese, along with families whose medical bills have drained their resources. The fund can provide axillary items such items as compression garments, wigs, prosthetic breasts with bras, genetic counseling and testing, comfort bags, transportation, breast reconstruction, mammograms, medications, diet counseling, food gift cards, lymphedema treatment, etc.
The St. Peregrine Fund seeks the active involvement of all of our parishes, Catholic high schools, and Catholic elementary schools by challenging them to create small, medium, and large money-making events. 100% of all donations will be distributed through the St. Peregrine Fund (no administrative costs are deducted from the donations).
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- Mount Carmel Healthcare Foundation Mission Statement – We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.
- Genesis Healthcare Foundation Mission Statement – Our mission is to provide compassionate, quality health care.
- Trinity Hospital Twin City Foundation Mission Statement – The Trinity Hospital Twin City Foundation mission is to support Trinity Hospital Twin City’s mission: by our passion for caring, we continually strive to improve the health and wellness of the community we serve and other healthcare purposes in the Trinity Hospital Twin City service area.
- Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Mission Statement – Supports breast cancer research including genetics, technology needs, patient care, and medical education on breast cancer.
- The diocesan Office for Social Concerns will work with parishes and local resources to meet the needs of those outside the above networks.
For more information, contact Erin Cordle, Office for Social Concerns,
614-241-2540 or [email protected]
A prayer to St. Peregrine can be found at https://youtu.be/feemAhLjiVY.