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St. James Mercy Hospital was established in Hornell in 1890.
Following decades of centralization and inspired by the Second Vatican Council’s call to subsidiarity, diocesan Catholic Charities decentralized in the 1980s through the creation of regional of ces, specialty subsidiaries and af liates designed to provide services and advocacy in all 12 diocesan counties.
Together, these agencies help thousands of people each year through hundreds of specialized programs. The central of ce, meanwhile,
provides strategic planning, coordination and advocacy on life issues.
Celebrating its centennial this year, Catholic Family Center is the largest of the regional Catholic Charites agencies. Founded to help the poor, immigrants, unemployed, former prisoners and unmarried mothers of Rochester, in 1988 became the vehicle for delivering services throughout Monroe County. Today, it provides chemical-dependency and mental-health services,
A volunteer stocks shelves at Catholic Family Center’s Community Resource Services in 2010.
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