Empowering Ladies of Our Community
Our History
The Ladies of Charity is a group of lay Catholic women, founded by St. Vincent de Paul in 1617 to serve the needs of the sick and poor. It is the oldest organization of lay women serving Christ in the world. Since their founding, the Ladies of Charity have adhered to the vision of St. Vincent through daily prayer and personal service to the poor. There are Associations worldwide representing 52 countries with more than 150,000 women.
The first Birmingham Association of the Ladies of Charity was organized in the early 1900s by one of the original Daughters of Charity at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Sister Chrysostom, the first hospital administrator, wanted to expand the ministry of the Daughters to provide aid and relief to Birmingham’s poor and sick, so she established a Ladies of Charity in Birmingham to help the sisters.
Over the years, the Ladies of Charity of Central Alabama have worked alongside the Daughters of Charity to care for the less fortunate in the Birmingham Community. They are a 100% volunteer organization with no paid employees and incorporated as a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The current membership of women seeks to serve Christ in two ways: to enrich its members by way of their experiences serving those less fortunate, and to help the needy with their day-to-day life challenges.
Join Ladies of Charity Central Alabama
Catholic women who live throughout the Greater Birmingham or Over The Mountain area are eligible are welcome to join the Ladies of Charity of Central Alabama. The monthly meetings are held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in the Mary Room on the first Wednesday of the month. Lunch begins at 11:30am and the meeting
Ladies of Charity Central Alabama Make a Difference
homemade rosaries
monthly Packed lunches
Food Pantry Donations
·Our members have donated thousands of rosaries handmade by the Ladies for Hospital Cancer Centers, NICU, Chapels, Chaplains, Parish Church, OCIA, First Communicants, and teen groups.
Food Pantry Donations
monthly Packed lunches
Food Pantry Donations
Donations of food to the St. Barnabas Parish Food Pantry, quarterly and holidays.
monthly Packed lunches
monthly Packed lunches
monthly Packed lunches
·Lunches (70) made by the Ladies monthly for the Friars Poor of Jesus to deliver to street homeless.
Thanksgiving meals
Community giving & support
monthly Packed lunches
Thanksgiving meals for the homeless (70) and the local Women’s Shelter residents (60).
Christmas Donations
Community giving & support
Community giving & support
Christmas craft and Christmas cookie decorating at the Women’s Shelter.
Community giving & support
Community giving & support
Community giving & support
Our ladies work year round in whatever capacity we're able.
Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
Your generous donations help us provide essential services and support to those in need. Join us in making a difference in our community by contributing to the Ladies of Charity Central Alabama. Every dollar counts and goes directly to helping others. Ladies of Charity is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
To sponsor our Bingo fundraiser or to make tax-deductible donations of goods or services for the silent auction, email Trish Coghlan, tkcoghlan1@outlook.com.
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