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The Hungarian Catholic Mission is a
non-profit organization, Headquartered in Portola Valley, California.
Since 1974, our mission focus remains Faith,
Culture and Charity. We have provided help to thousands of Hungarians
of all faiths to ensure the homeless, the sick and the needy are given
a chance to succeed. Our Mission supports orphanages, battered women
shelters, families of disaster victims and scholarships for Hungarian
children. Even today, most Hungarians living in the mother country and
its border countries live well below the poverty line.
Your generous contributions continue to make
a difference; one child, one person and one family at a time. I have
listed our five charitable programs. Please take a look and if you
decide to donate, please select the project that best fits your needs.
All of our contributors have the ability to make either a confidential
or a public contribution. Just select your donation project and fill
out the credit card information through our secure (https) portal. You
will have the ability to make either a one time, monthly, quarterly or
semi-annual contribution. Our non-profit organization is tax
deductible. Please let us know when donating if you would like a tax
deduction form.
Please review the following links to learn
more about our foundations.
With your generous contribution, you can
make a difference.
Founded
by Franciscan Monks by the leadership of Chaba Bojte. The Deva
Foundation provides clothing, housing, food, shelter and a Christian
based education to thousands of orphaned or homeless children in
Transylvania, Romania. Internationally recognized, the Deva Foundation
has made a direct impact on improving the quality of lives of
Hungarians.
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Click on the PLAY button above to view our video about the Deva
Foundation
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Goal: $300000
Achieved: $215292
donation
totals updated weekly
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In
2012, we will attempt to open our doors for the first time and provide
1-2 apartments in downtown Budapest that will be used by women and
families of domestic abuse. Funds attained will be used to provide a
safe housing environment for women and their children in Budapest,
Hungary. We provide short term lodging for up to one year and provide
all food, shelter, and job training. Our goal is to add two apartments
per year. In a city of 2.5M residents, your contributions will allow us
to quickly expand our women shelters. Help us grow our Battered Women
Shelter in Budapest, Hungary.
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Click on the PLAY button above to view our video about Battered Women
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Goal: $50000
Achieved: $9475
donation totals updated weekly
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With
the current situation in Ukraine, there is growing need to help
the people stuck in a country torn by war. By working with local groups
(Magyarokért a Kárpátok Gyűrűjében Foundation) and churches, we ensure
the money raised goes to the most needy. With your kind donation, we
can make a difference.
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Goal: $100000
Achieved: $7455
donation
totals updated weekly
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Approximately
3,000,000 Hungarians live in Transylvania that is now a part of
Romania. Our foundation will provide funding for Hungarian and
Romanians to improve cultural diversity, dignity, and respect programs.
Funding will also go to fund textbooks for elementary aged students.
Our goal is to also fund up to four (4) Hungarian high school students
per year to attend our Catholic High School at Woodside Priory, located
in Portola Valley, California. Funding includes tuition, food and
lodging. Two students will come from Hungary and 2 students will be
selected from Transylvania, Romania.
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Click on the PLAY button above to view our video about Education
Scholarships
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Goal: $500000
Achieved: $280810
donation
totals updated weekly
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Catholics
throughout the world are feeling the increased shortage of ordained
priests to serve their dioceses. There are approximately 31 Hungarian
Priests/Parishes in the United States serving the religious needs of
975,000 Hungarian Catholics. That is a priest to parishioner ration of
1: 31,451. In most Catholic dioceses in Hungary, the ratio is 1 priest
to an average of 3,000 parishioners. Our goal is to help fund part of
the seminary costs in Budapest, Hungary. We are currently working with
the Bishop in developing a joint internship program, whereby young
Hungarian priests can do a 3-5 year pastoral fellowship in any of our
31 Hungarian parishes in the United States. By establishing these
bonds, both the American and Hungarian Catholic communities will work
closer together in keeping our faith, culture and charity alive. The
average age of our Hungarian priests in the United States is 74 years
old. Without a strategic change, our Hungarian Catholic identity will
be gone forever within 10 years. Make a difference today.
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Click on the PLAY button above to view our video about Hungarian
Ministry Abroad
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Goal: $150000
Achieved: $33966
donation
totals updated weekly
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The
foundation was established by the Zentai Family to preserve the memory
of Ildikó with an initial donation of $10,000. A large part of her life
in the last years were dedicated to the preservation of Hungarian
culture, education, and alleviating poverty in California and in
Hungary.
This
foundation functions under the non-profit Hungarian Catholic Mission in
the San Francisco Bay Area. Everyone is eligible to apply for funding
from the Foundation, without regard to religious preference, for their
work in the preservation and advancement of Hungarian cultural
traditions, to support educational needs, and to help alleviate poverty
in Hungary, Transylvania, and California.
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Goal: $150000
Achieved: $18020
donation
totals updated weekly
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The
Hungarian Catholic Mission is constant striving towards improving the
Hungarian identity though faith culture and charity. We are working
towards helping out with donations for Battered Women in Hungary,
Disaster Relief, Deva Foundations, Supporting Hungarian Ministry
Abroad, and Education Scholarships for Hungarian Children. In order to
do this we need to maintain our own organization.
Fortunately,
most of the overhead costs for our administrative facilities are
covered by Woodside Priory. However, we do require funding to maintain
the mission.
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Goal: $300000
Achieved: $185636
donation totals updated weekly
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