Discovering that you are pregnant, when you weren’t planning to be, can be scary. You aren’t alone, and there are places for you to turn. The Catholic Diocese of Saginaw offers support to moms in need through the Walking with Moms Ministry, the Mother Teresa Endowment Fund, and community resources. Nonjudgmental support and completely confidential accompaniment are waiting for you at our parishes. Being Catholic is not a requirement.
Catholic parishioners like you are making big differences in the lives
of pregnant and parenting moms in their communities.
Find out how in this short video, Walking with Moms in Need.
Walking with Moms in Need is a year of service where Catholic parishes and communities "walk in the shoes" of local pregnant and parenting women in need.
Everyone should know how to help moms in difficult circumstances.
While not trying to turn Catholic parishes into pregnancy centers, we can support local pregnancy centers where they exist, and we can also find and share other resources with pregnant and parenting women.
And where there are few local resources, we can create our own, based on the gifts of the parish community!
We hope you and your parish will join us in Walking with Moms in Need.
To learn how you can be part of this vital ministry, watch this video: Intro to Walking with Moms in Need.(below)
To learn more contact Beth Bauer by clicking here.
- Click here to Donate to Helping Women Choose Life
The Mother Teresa Endowment Fund
The Mother Teresa Endowment Fund of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw provides assistance to individuals or couples experiencing limited financial resources while awaiting the birth of their child and/or during the initial period following the birth. The fund was originally established through the generous gifts of many individuals to support LIFE. The dollars contributed are invested and the interest generated provides revenue for the assistance. These gift dollars keep working in perpetuity to promote and support new life.
Donations
Would you like to help a family facing these challenges? Donations to the Mother Teresa Endowment Fund are welcomed at any time and are tax-deductible. If you want to help, click here to contribute to the Mother Teresa Endowment Fund. The funds are managed through the Catholic Community Foundation of Mid-Michigan.
For Assistance
If you are in need of help paying for utility bills, food, clothing, housing, basic needs, etc. you may apply for assistance through the Mother Teresa Fund follow this link for the online application. Once the application is submitted, you will get a call from the Diocese of Saginaw. A special committee reviews the application and determines the amount of assistance based upon need and the availability of dollars. Should you need help in completing the application or if this is an emergency situation, please call Lori Becker at 989-797-6652 or email lbecker@diosag.org
Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defense of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded. She was committed to defending life, ceaselessly proclaiming that “the unborn are the weakest, the smallest, the most vulnerable.” She bowed down before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the road, seeing in them their God-given dignity. She made her voice heard before the powers of this world, so that they might recognize their guilt for the crime of poverty they created. For Mother Teresa, mercy was the “salt” which gave flavor to her work, it was the “light” which shone in the darkness of the many who no longer had tears to shed for their poverty and suffering.
Community Resource Contacts by County
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Bay County
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LifeClinic Community Resources
989.922.5433
www.lifeclinic.org -
Clare County
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Joshua's House Maternity Home
833.424.2229
www.joshuashouseint.orgJoshua's House a Place of Hope
833.424.2229
www.joshuashouseint.org -
Gladwin County
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Options Resource Clinic
989.345.7398
www.oopspregnant.comCaring Pregnancy Center
989.345.3909
www.chooselifeconnection.org -
Gratiot County
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Pregnancy Services of Gratiot County
989.466.2295
www.pregnancyservicesgratiot.com -
Huron County
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Positive Alternatives Pregnancy Care Center
989.269.6760
www.mypositivealternative.com -
Isabella County
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Life Choices of Central Michigan
989.773.6008
www.lifechoicescm.com
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Midland County
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LifeClinic Community Resources
989.835.1500
www.lifeclinic.org -
Saginaw County
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LifeClinic Community Resources
989.754.0091
www.lifeclinic.orgOld Town Baby Pantry
989.249.8696
www.oldtowncoc.comPregnancy Care Center
989.752.7664
www.saginawpcc.orgH.I.S. Restoration Ministries
989.327.1086
www.hisrm.us -
Tuscola County
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Positive Alternatives Pregnancy Care Center
989.672.4673
www.mypositivealternative.com