In 2010, Bishop Fredrick F. Campbell and the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women launched a Catholic cancer response initiative – Catholics for Cancer Prevention and Cure. In 2016, this initiative was renamed the St. Peregrine Fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide resources for cancer screening, ethical research, and outreach to individuals and families dealing with all forms of cancer in the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
The St. Peregrine Fund helps cancer patients and their families with unmet needs through the Catholic hospital systems in our diocese, the Stephanie Spielman research and patient outreach funds, and a fund available to parishes outside the Catholic hospital systems networks through the diocesan Vicariate for Catholic Social Doctrine.
The Fund provides opportunities to connect acts of kindness (such as prayer shawls and chemo caps) with monetary needs.
Donations can be made through your parish, sent to the Vicariate for Catholic Social Doctrine (checks made out to Catholic Diocese of Columbus with St. Peregrine in the memo line, 197 East Gay St, Columbus, OH 43215), or online by clicking here.
There are many low-income and under-served people in our 23-county diocese, along with families whose medical bills have drained their resources. The fund can provide axillary items such items as compression garments, wigs, prosthetic breasts with bras, genetic counseling and testing, comfort bags, transportation, breast reconstruction, mammograms, medications, diet counseling, food gift cards, lymphedema treatment, etc.
The St. Peregrine Fund seeks the active involvement of all of our parishes, Catholic high schools, and Catholic elementary schools by challenging them to create small, medium, and large money-making events. 100% of all donations will be distributed through the St. Peregrine Fund (no administrative costs are deducted from the donations).
If you would like more information or help to start a fundraiser, contact Mary Kristof, Associate Director of Pro-Life Ministries at 614-241-5555 ext. 1432 or mkristof@columbuscatholic.org