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Chapter4 Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities provide support and empowerment
Charles Settlement House was established in 1917 as a Catholic Charities af liate helping German and, later, Italian immigrants settle in the Rochester community.
Even before the founding of the Diocese of Rochester, Catholic parishes, hospitals, orphanages and volunteer groups were working to care for orphans, senior citizens and the poor in this area.
Through the leadership of Bishop Thomas F. Hickey, the diocese’s second bishop, these entities began working together in 1910. A Rochester-based governing body founded in 1912 as the Catholic Charities Guild evolved into today’s Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester.
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St. Joseph Orphanage, Rochester.
