Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis.

SSJ-TOSF Social Justice Tithes Help Support 28 Groups

One percent of the income of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis is designated annually to be used to support those groups that work for social justice. The money is reserved in the Social Justice Contributions Fund. Three times a year, a board made up of SSJ-TOSFs and friends reviews the requests received and makes a decision based on monies available and how the request fits the criteria. Donations are made to a specific group one time during the fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.

The following is a report of the expenditures of the SSJ-TOSF Social Justice Contributions Fund for 2005 :

SOA Watch	Closing the School of the Americas - Anti-torture work	$2000
American Red Cross	Tsunami Relief	$5000
Bread for the World	Membership - Hunger Relief	$250
Campaign for Better Health Care	Membership - Health Care Justice	$1000
Franciscans International	Membership - Human Rights	$1000
Network	Membership - Catholic Social Justice	$500
Pax Christi	Membership - Catholic Social Justice	$250
Southern Poverty Law	Anti-Racism work	$1000
United Farm Workers	Worker Justice	$500
Center for Economic Justice	Justice in Economic Globalization	$1000
CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador)	Human Rights in Central America	$2000
Education for Peace in Iraq	Education for peace and nonviolence	$1000
Franciscan Federation	Scholarships	$5000
Interact Cleveland	Interfaith justice	$2000
Life Experience and Faith Sharing	Leadership development among poor and homeless people	$1000
Peace Brigades International	Human rights and nonviolence	$2000
Get on the Bus	Bringing children to visit mothers in prison	$1500
Project Irene	Membership - justice for women and children	$2000
Interreligious Task Force	Human Rights in Columbia	$1000
JPIC Garden of Learning (Justice and Peace/Integrity in Creation)	Environmental Education	$500
Sojourner Truth House	Homeless shelter in Milwaukee	$500
South Central LAMP (Los Angeles Ministry Project)	Mothers� support group for victims of domestic violence	$1000
St. Agnes - Our Lady of Fatima Parish	Education for lay leaders	$2000
Still point Theater Collective	Theater workshops for women in prison	$500
St. John the Apostle Church	Soup kitchen and poverty needs	$1000
Labor-Religion Coalition	Health care justice	$1000
TASSC International (Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition)	Survivors working to abolish torture	$1000
WATER	Spirituality for breast cancer survivors	$1000
TOTAL		$38, 500

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