2 0 0 4 Annual Report

October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004

Giving Hope to a World of Nee d Table of Contents Never Again? ...... 2-3 Rising Waters, Helping Hands ...... 4-5 Beyond the Battlefield ...... 6-7 A New Tool in the Fight Against AIDS ...... 8-9 Empowering Communities ...... 10-11 Good News from the Grassroots...... 12-13 Financial Summary ...... 14-19 Country and Regional Representatives ...... 20 Diocesan Directors...... 21 Donor Acknowledgement ...... 22 Our Leadership...... 23 CRS Around the World (map) ...... 24

Cover photo by: David Snyder Zinab Gabir Seliman pauses as she tells her story. She fled her village in Darfur, Sudan, as it was being attacked by militia. Zinab found shelter in Kounoungou, a CRS-managed refugee camp roughly 28 miles from the border in Chad. She knows of 95 people who were killed in her village. Two of her sons, ages six and eight, remain missing. As an elected leader of a refugee women’s committee, Zinab helps educate women on health, nutrition, sanitation and safety. A Year of Challenges, A Year of Hope

Dear Friend, In a year that saw near simultaneous crises in the Horn of Africa, the strong programming of care and support for people living with HIV/ Caribbean and the Indian subcontinent, I was reminded again and AIDS and for those—many of them children—who are left behind. again of how crucial our work is and how very much we owe to your As we have for more than 60 years, CRS continues to work through prayers and support. the power of our partnerships overseas. In concert with local dioceses, Your private contributions in the last fiscal year totaled $108 million, Caritas partners and communities, we are helping to provide immediate which allowed us to leverage an additional $436 million in revenues relief from disasters both natural and man-made. But we are also from government and other partners to benefit countless millions. Our focusing on long-term development—in education, basic healthcare, total revenues increased 14 percent—from $482 million to $551 million agricultural rehabilitation, and building communities of peace—that —largely as a result of U.S. government awards for HIV/AIDS and food can help individuals, families and communities to help themselves. aid programming. Here at home, we are expanding our outreach to U.S. Catholics, In Darfur, Sudan, at least 180,000 have died and more than 2 million providing opportunities for the faithful to share in our mission. In remain without homes, enduring harsh weather, lack of food and water, partnership with dioceses, parishes, Catholic colleges and universities, and continued attacks by government-backed militia. Nearly 200,000 elementary and high schools, and other Catholic organizations, we are A Special Thank You Sudanese have crossed the border into Chad, where the capacity and engaging Catholics in activities that make a difference. Many millions At no time has your generosity resources of refugee camps and host communities continue to be of Catholics are now participating in programs like Operation Rice been more evident than in the overtaxed. The threat of disease, malnutrition and further violence has Bowl and Food Fast, buying Fair Trade Coffee, and participating in our wake of the catastrophic Indian the potential to result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands more legislative network as a way to live in solidarity with the poor overseas. Ocean tsunami. December 26, people. This is one of the greatest humanitarian crises facing the world CRS proceeded with expansion of our Board of Directors in 2004, 2004, will always remind us today. Sadly, it is not the only one. adding five lay members. This change offers a balance of leadership as of how fragile life is against What should have marked a yearlong celebration of Haiti’s bicentennial we seek to connect with the poor and marginalized around the world. nature’s fury, particularly in the was marred by violence and political unrest that threatened to keep On a personal note, this year I was named to the Board of Directors developing world. food and medicine from those whose very lives depend on our work. of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. This is an initiative of the While the tsunami did not strike This was compounded by the 2004 hurricane season—a particularly President and Congress to improve accountability and impact of foreign within the last fiscal year, I would brutal one—which left hundreds of thousands in Haiti, the Dominican assistance. I am one of two non-governmental members appointed. be remiss if I did not thank the Republic, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica and the Bahamas in desperate need We are your agency and we proudly serve on your behalf reaching those many millions of compassionate of food, clean water, shelter and the very basic necessities. in need—not just with material necessities, but with the hope and who reached out to In India, floods from the summer monsoon season left millions in determination that can change lives. Our decades of experience tells us survivors with an immediate danger of water-borne diseases as they struggled to recover from the we can do this; our faith tells us we must. outpouring of support. loss of their homes and crops. Rivers that broke their banks during the Again, I thank you for your generous support and ask for your We are truly one human height of the rains caused roads to be impassible and further hampered continued prayers, family. CRS is motivated by the relief efforts. confidence you have placed in But this year also saw Catholic Relief Services recognized for our us, and we are committed to longstanding work addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the ensuring good stewardship as we developing world with three landmark U.S. government grants. Among work for the benefit of all those them is a multimillion-dollar, five-year award to deliver antiretroviral affected by the tsunami. Ken Hackett therapies to HIV-infected persons in parts of Africa, the Caribbean President and Latin America. CRS is the lead organization in the group of four organizations awarded this grant, which will help us add to our already acronym, SECADEV – CRS operated three camps for Sudanese refugees living along the border in eastern Chad. In Sudan, where we have worked since 1972, we opened new offices in Khartoum and El Geneina. Bureaucratic obstacles, remote terrain, A young child with his mother a punishing rainy season in the Riyad camp. The vast Never Again? majority of the camp’s residents and the threat of violence are women and children, since In a year that marked the The latest round of fighting This occurred while leaders made our work in the region many of the men have been tenth anniversary of the in this long-unstable region the world over were reflecting especially difficult. killed in the fighting across genocide in Rwanda—one of began in February 2003, when on the anniversary of the Darfur. photo by: David Snyder the greatest tragedies in recent two rebel groups claimed Rwandan genocide, when Our humanitarian assistance memory—a humanitarian unjust treatment over land 800,000 Tutsis and moderate in Darfur focuses on crisis has continued in the and resources. The Sudanese Hutus were slaughtered in just providing clean water, remote region of Darfur, government and allied militia 100 days. As people repeated psychosocial support for Sudan. Storming into villages launched attacks on villages “never again,” the escalating those traumatized by the across an area roughly the linked to the groups, enacting a crisis in Darfur tugged at the violence, education for size of Texas, a militia left scorched earth policy of rape, world’s conscience. children, shelter and cooking at least 180,000 dead, 2 robbery and murder. By April materials, and relocation for million homeless and whole 2004, more than a million With our Chadian Caritas displaced persons who want communities in ruins. Sudanese had been uprooted. partner – known by its French to move to safer areas.

2 Like many refugees from Darfur, Samha Osman Hassan described the grief of preparing mass graves for family and friends who were killed when Janjaweed militia attacked their village. Samha Osman Hassan They buried the bodies at midnight, in two mass graves one meter deep. It was just outside the Darfur town of Seliya, where 145 people had been killed the week before by Janjaweed militia and Sudanese bombs. Samha Osman On Capitol Hill, we advocated Hassan grieved silently with others in the darkness. They for a significant increase in poured earth over family and friends. Then they headed for humanitarian resources and the Chadian border, leaving their burned village behind. continued to call for greater “We had to remain silent; we didn’t make a sound for fear security throughout the Water is always among the of the Janjaweed.” greatest needs in any camp region. At the grassroots level, environment. Minimum They walked under cover of night and hid during the day. we also organized interfaith standards require that those in Their cover came from the scarce thorn trees or brush, candlelight vigils in Baltimore camps have access to about in dried riverbeds called wadis, or in deep holes dug by and Washington, D.C., to help 4 gallons per person per day for animals. After many days, Samha arrived at the border. In raise awareness of the crisis drinking, cooking, bathing her third trimester, she was hungry and exhausted. and washing clothes. and to bring people together Samha gave birth to a son in in support of those who need the forest before making it to our prayers and assistance. Kounoungou refugee camp, Rows of thin shelters line the Riyad camp, providing poor protection which was managed by a CRS from the heavy rains of the rainy season. Riyad is one of the CRS- local church partner. There she operated camps now scattered across Darfur. photos by: David Snyder receives shelter, food, clean water, family living kits, education and medical care. It is a place Samha and her son will call home until it is safe enough to return to Darfur. Samha Osman Hassan’s son was born in the brush surrounding the border town of Birak, where many refugees survived on the generosity of Chadians before arriving in refugee camps. photos by: David Snyder Annual flooding in northeastern India creates a cycle of poverty as Rising Waters, Helping Hands: it presents a constant challenge to development in the region. Here, Floods in Haiti and India a boy from Gamariguri village in Assam’s Barpeta region looks out Flooding is not just caused by and the water began to rise. water, medicine and In India, the worst flooding onto his family’s farm, which is completely flooded. Sadly, too much water. As the hillsides broke loose household supplies to those in 17 years took place in this land will not be arable again and the rivers overran their most in need. The aid made its the northeastern state of for at least one year. In Haiti, where more than banks, families struggled to way by truck, helicopter, boat Assam, where nearly two photo by: Liz Griffin 90 percent of the land is fend off the water and escape and even pack mule where the million people lost their deforested, the lack of trees their homes. Six months later, roads had washed away. homes. Flooding during the means that there is little to as hurricane after hurricane spring and summer months anchor the hillsides when the battered the Caribbean, many Beyond emergency relief, is routine in Assam—a state rains come. Rising rivers and of the same areas of the island we continue to work with crisscrossed by several rivers, mudslides leave extremely were flooded again. Thousands local communities and most of which originate poor people—most Haitians of lives were lost, and tens of dioceses to help them with in the Himalayas and flow earn just over a dollar a day— thousands were left with only long-term recovery. The south through Bangladesh at the mercy of the weather. what they could carry. rebuilding will take more before spilling into the Bay than nails and plywood, but The rains that fell across of Bengal. But this year the In the wake of each flood, we are committed to helping Brahmaputra, the longest Haiti in May were strong CRS mobilized emergency Haitians become and steady. Days wore on, and largest of these rivers, teams to deliver food, clean self-sufficient. breached its embankment

4 Maya Rani Biswas, a mother of four from the village of Gamariguri in northeastern India, lost her home and cattle in the flooding.

Maya Rani Biswas “In my entire life,” 33-year-old Maya Rani Biswas said, “I have never seen such devastation.” Like many Rising Waters, Helping Hands: (left) Stagnant water could be seen everywhere in Assam, India, causing in her village in Assam, the disease rate to rise with each rainfall. Diarrhea, malaria and respiratory India, she was forced to build a makeshift shelter on the infections were the most common diseases, many of which went untreated. Floods in Haiti and India In addition, many government-run camps for the homeless closed road in order to escape the floodwaters. Built primarily too soon, forcing residents back to their homes. with bamboo and plastic sheeting, many of these shelters in six places, pushing photo by: Liz Griffin housed more than two families. With our partners, we floodwaters into 89 villages (right) Three weeks after Tropical Storm Jeanne deluged Haiti, standing are helping Maya and her neighbors to rebuild their homes with reconstruction projects and to rebuild their in one district. Hundreds water remained in some areas of Gonaives. Though the city sits on the coast, flooding came from inland, where deforested hills could not absorb the lives through food assistance and trauma counseling. of deaths were reported, heavy rains and rush of water from swollen rivers. and as floodwaters receded, photo by: David Snyder additional bodies were recovered. More than 10,000 villages were cut off from the constructed shelters and We can’t change the weather, mainland, and 2.8 million provided trauma counseling. but we can help build resilient acres of crops were damaged. It will take months, if not communities – where poverty years, before the lives of those isn’t a legacy passed down Working with our partners affected by the flooding will through generations and and through local dioceses, return to normal. And we will where people are empowered we distributed food, be there working alongside to find local solutions to help helped rebuild damaged the communities to help them ease the effects of future infrastructure, distributed help themselves. disasters. household necessities, Approximately 2 million people in the affected areas of northeastern India were displaced because of the flooding. Raging waters of the Beki River swept the homes of these villagers away, leaving them with nothing but the clothes on their backs. photos by: Liz Griffin themselves who could claim the success.

School children in an impoverished But as the year progressed, section of Basra celebrate a new Iraq: Beyond the Battlefield so, too, did the violence. In playground and renovated November, the Italian military In places of extraordinary up communities neglected been given the opportunity to classrooms. photo by: headquarters in the town of Anna Schowengerdt suffering, there often exists through decades of war. A voice their opinion, much less Nasiriyah was bombed. One extraordinary grace. Such diverse staff of Christians, take a leadership role. Such a of our offices was destroyed grace marked our year in Sunni and Shiite Muslims, change was monumental in a in the explosion and 12 staff war-torn Iraq. CRS arrived in and Kurds helped community society that for nearly 40 years seriously injured. By the end June 2003 at the urging of leaders organize and of Baathist rule had been of the spring, the breakdown a partner, Caritas Iraq, set priorities. forbidden from organizing in security forced our with a mission to assist something as simple as a difficult decision to leave the poorest and most We worked alongside parent-teacher association. Iraq and discontinue the vulnerable communities. community members, encouraging not only their When running water was community program. Through the Iraq Community participation, but their restored to nearly 300,000 Despite this, our staff Action Program, we set to leadership in rebuilding people, when 41 schools accomplished our one- work in the lower southern their communities. For most were repaired and streets in year goal, completing 120 area of the country rebuilding of the Iraqis, our program six neighborhoods cleared community projects and roads and schools, restoring represented the first time in of months of trash, it was helping more than one water supplies, and cleaning decades that they had even the community members million Iraqis. The program

6 Anna Schowengerdt

During Iraq’s 110-degree summer nights, Anna Schowengerdt took to freezing bottles of water before bedtime in hopes they would cool her enough to sleep. Schowengerdt was no stranger to discomfort photo by: Provash Budden or even violent conflict. Just before taking on the responsibilities of emergency coordinator in Iraq, the Colorado native had worked in troubled northern Uganda, war-torn Liberia and briefly in Sierra Leone. But it was in Iraq, among places of biblical history—the Euphrates, Ur, Babylon—that she created more than 5,000 (left) Volunteers from the town of Basra donate their time and labor to remembered why she endured the hardships. jobs. As an agency, we are cleaning up their community. Community members contributed to projects with donated materials, voluntary labor and cash. “We really were winning hearts and minds,” Schowengerdt deeply proud of a staff that said. “The Iraqis have been living with war and dictatorship accomplished so much under (right) A member of a Community Action Group in Nassriya explains for decades. They had been robbed of hope. But by the such difficult circumstances. her community’s need for a women’s health center. photos by: Anna Schowengerdt time we left, there was real optimism among the people we met, a dream for their future and the future of their Although we have withdrawn families. It is pride we helped restore, not just buildings our staff from Iraq, we remain and roads.” committed to the Iraqi people. We continue working with our partners to assist the Iraqi people in rebuilding their lives, communities and country. And we look to the Anna Schowengerdt future when we may again and CRS/Iraq staff work side by side. at the opening ceremony for the Al Sadreen Elementary School, rebuilt by CRS and the local community. photo by: CRS/Iraq A New Tool in the Fight Against AIDS

The consequences of the This year we launched into HIV/AIDS patients in the HIV/AIDS pandemic are new territory in the treatment first year and nearly 150,000 quickly approaching those of of AIDS in the developing by year five. The project will the greatest crises in human world – the provision of target patients in South Africa, history. In little over 20 years, antiretroviral therapy, the Zambia, Nigeria, Kenya, HIV/AIDS has wreaked havoc combination of medications Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, throughout the world, infecting that helps reverse the Haiti and Guyana. Clients 42 million people and leaving progression of HIV in the will come from rural and more than 14 million orphans body. As a result of an urban settings, with special in its wake. unprecedented commitment focus on serving small-scale by President Bush and the farmers—who face the added CRS promotes innovative and U.S. Congress, a CRS-led risk of going hungry because effective community- and group of four organizations they lack energy to grow and home-based programs for was awarded a grant–expected harvest crops. those affected by the disease to total several hundred – in order to address the million dollars over 5 years When linked to other CRS underlying causes of AIDS –to expand the delivery of programs – that focus on and to provide education to antiretrovirals to people home-based care and help reduce the spread of HIV. infected with HIV in Africa, support, orphans and We also address the stigma the Caribbean and vulnerable children, and too often associated with Latin America. encouraging behavior that AIDS and the special reduces the risk of infection vulnerabilities and burdens Under this initiative, the 5- – this initiative will enable faced by women. year grant will reach 14,900 CRS to offer a range of

Mulela Lubinda, 12, lost both parents when she was still an infant. She now lives with her sister in the care of her grandparents. Every Saturday, Mulela attends Adventure Unlimited, a CRS-supported program run by the Diocese of Mongu in Zambia. As many as 300 orphans participate in the program, which provides activities and opportunities for vulnerable children. photo by: David Snyder

8 Carl Stecker, RN, MPH, EdD

Dr. Carl Stecker is the senior program director for AIDSRelief, the CRS-led group that delivers antiretroviral therapy to AIDS patients throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. Carl has more than 25 years of international health experience in Africa. He has been responsible for the technical aspects of our work in more than 100 HIV/AIDS projects in 48 different countries, and for monitoring and CRS staff and partners of the evaluating AIDS program excellence. “CRS is Diocese of Mongu conduct playing such a key role in the fight against HIV/ home-based care visits in Mongu AIDS around the world,” said Stecker. “It is town. CRS visits 1,500 recipients exciting to be a part of an organization that across the Diocese of Mongu in puts such a high priority on the prevention Zambia. photo by: David Snyder and eradication of this deadly disease.” programming for people compels us to affirm human living with HIV/AIDS, their dignity as we seek an effective families and caregivers. From means of addressing HIV/ prevention to treatment to AIDS. Our mission is to care end-of-life care through for the poorest of the poor, faith-based organizations, without regard to race, reli- CRS is reaching out to the gion, ethnicity or nationality. most vulnerable affected by This historic grant will help us this disease. further our mission and make a difference in the lives of We are called to offer compas- many who are suffering. sion, not just sympathy. This Steven Chege, a community nurse with Kijabe Hospital, dispenses tuberculosis medications to a patient during the third of nine home visits he will make today in the community of Ndeiya, Kenya. Tuberculosis is one of many opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS. photo by: David Snyder Women from a self-help group in Orissa, India. After being devastated by a flood, the group started a grain bank for food and seed so they will be Empowering Communities better prepared for future emergencies. photo by: Jennine Carmichael All over the world, the work between the and Migrant Ministry and witness of CRS is done in partnership. Mexico, we are working with how the Working with local commu- the dioceses of Tucson, Phoenix reaches out to migrants— nities, churches and dioceses, and Hermosillo to address providing meals, clothing, we are able to use grassroots the needs and concerns of medicines and information knowledge to be efficient, migrants and the communities about their rights—and also effective and empowering. affected by them. warning them of the dangers of the cross-border journey. Millions of the world’s poor Through visits, shared pastoral have to leave home to find experiences and support for Beyond initiatives in the work. Migrants coming north the Migrant Ministry of the border communities, CRS is to the United States face a Archdiocese of Hermosillo, working to advocate for the route lined with danger, but the tri-diocesan partnership rights of migrants, for fairer many are willing to face any has truly come alive. Many agriculture and trade policies risks for the chance to support Arizona parishes have taken that would get at the roots of family members and find a pilgrimages to Altar or Agua migration, and for a just and better life. Along the border Prieta, Mexico, to visit the humane border policy.

10 photo provided by: CRS/Mexico

Fr. René Castañeda, Coordinator of the Migrant Ministry, Archdiocese of (left) Two men in Orrisa, India, assess Hermosillo, and in the northern the damage after a cyclone. Mexico desert parish of Altar photo by: Sean Sprague On the other side of the lifejackets and rescue rafts, (right) A farmer in the northern globe in India, we have and identified the most state of Chihuahua, Mexico, has “The community of Altar has come to helped establish some 2,000 vulnerable families so that joined an association of small producers with support from CRS. understand that the migrants who arrive are self-help groups with more their well-being could be He is now diversifying crops and not delinquents nor terrorists, that they are our than 40,000 members in ensured in the event of benefiting from new cross-border brothers and sisters simply seeking a better life, Orissa, a region prone to future emergencies. relationships with U.S. businesses willing to risk it all to provide for their families and academic institutions. severe flooding and cyclones. who don’t have enough to survive. The flow of photo by: CRS Staff The groups formed as part When the floods came again, migrants is the barometer of a society’s ability of a rehabilitation effort after no one died. And when to provide for its members. It reveals the consequences of human selfishness, of fatal floods in 2001. offered outside relief aid, many of the villagers asked economic systems that benefit a select few, To prevent some of the that it go to places where the harming millions more in the process. We suffering brought on by need was greater. must find alternatives that guarantee all persons the right to remain in their flooding, the group stored birthplace and not to be forced to seeds for planting, as well as leave their homeland in order supplies for use by people to live with dignity.” and livestock. They made Good News from the Grassroots Some of our greatest achievements this year came from the kind of quietly effective work CRS does each day around the world.

Building a Better World One Cup at a Time Peace Train While we work overseas to In June, train service resumed in the Democratic Republic of Congo between provide direct assistance to former government and rebel-held territories for the first time since 1998. struggling coffee farmers, Starting in Lubumbashi on the southern border, the “Peace Train” traveled to CRS recognizes that we can the war-torn town of Kindu in the northeast, restoring an economic lifeline to also support them here in the the region and standing as a symbol of hope for the whole country. During its United States by promoting inaugural voyage, the train was met by mile after mile of people who had Fair Trade—an alternative traveled to greet it with cheers of “paix!” or “peace!” Damaged track was system of international trade repaired by hand, with teams clearing away years of overgrown brush and rooted in principles of human contending with snakes that had made the unused tracks their home. CRS dignity, economic justice and helped fund repair of the tracks and worked hand-in-hand with the photo by: Michael Sheridan mutually beneficial relation- communities, providing technical training to ships. Fair Trade ensures that farmers earn a fair price for their help make the dream of the peace train a reality. coffee, helping them provide for their families even as world coffee prices reach historic lows. We launched our Fair Trade coffee program in November 2003, and in the first year, more than (top) The newly restored restaurant car with 1,000 parishes, offices, individuals and religious organizations waiting staff served meals and drinks throughout purchased 30 tons of coffee. By harnessing our power as consumers, the day and quickly became the social spot for U.S. Catholics are helping thousands of small-scale coffee farmers passengers as they traversed the countryside. overseas to put food on their tables, send their children to school (bottom) A Congolese band and dance troupe and keep their farms viable. For more information about our entertained cheering, festive crowds in several villages and towns along the route. Fair Trade program, visit www.crsfairtrade.org. photos by: Caroline Brennan

12 East African school children wave to Lucia Robinson of The Raskob Foundation during her visit last spring to CRS programs for children affected by HIV/AIDS. photo by: Lucia Robinson

Donor Profile: The Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities Before The Raskob Foundation decided to join CRS in the battle against HIV/AIDS in Africa, they did their homework. In 2001, the foundation – a long-time friend and supporter of CRS – solicited expert advice on how Harvesting Hope its dollars could achieve the greatest impact on Africa’s future. Hunger and malnutrition remain among the greatest risks to global The result? Their decision to provide funding to projects health, killing more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Now that serve the children of Africa. Home to 12 million farmers in the United States can help lift people out of poverty and hunger children orphaned by AIDS, sub-Saharan Africa has born by doing what they’re already doing – farming. Through a partnership the brunt of this disease. The Raskob Foundation chose launched in 2004 with the ecumenical organization Foods Resource Bank, CRS projects that serve the AIDS-affected children of we are helping Catholic farmers fight hunger in developing countries by Benin, Cameroon and Uganda to receive grants in 2004, donating a portion of their land for a year. When the crops are harvested with multi-year commitments totaling more and sold, the proceeds from that portion of land are used to fund overseas than $675,000. development programs. These include health and small-scale agricultural Last spring, Lucia Robinson, the foundation’s HIV/AIDS projects that buy simple committee chairperson, traveled to visit CRS programs tools and seeds, and training for children in Kenya and Tanzania. Harvest festivals are a that helps poor farmers time when people of “My purpose for going, at first, was as a liaison for the overseas care for their families all ages enjoy activities Foundation,” Robinson said. “By the end of the trip, I and become self-sufficient. like riding combines understood the purpose was to experience a spiritual and learning how CRS reawakening. I had seen the Church through the eyes And participation isn’t programs respond to limited to farmers. Com- global hunger. Here of the poor.” munities and churches help farmers teach children CRS is proud of its long history with The Raskob about agriculture while Foundation, which dates back to the early 1940’s. cover some of the farming they maneuver their expenses, while agribusi- combines to harvest The foundation has supported CRS emergency relief nesses donate seed, fertilizer 144 acres of corn in operations in Rwanda, India, Bangladesh, Haiti and, and other necessities. Mendota, . most recently, Sudan. photos by: Judith Pojda CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC FINANCIAL SUMMARY Year ended September 30, 2004 (In Thousands)

Donated Agricultural, Other Commodities Cash Grants From USG and Ocean Freight Small Enterprise Health HIV/AIDS Peace and Justice Welfare

All Other Support Support Services Emergency Private Education Contributions Agriculture

Operating Expenses Operating Revenue Agriculture $ 72,192 12.59% Private Donor, Foundation Education 50,371 8.78% and Corporate Contributions $ 108,678 19.69% Emergency 272,329 47.49% Donated Agricultural, Other Commodities Small Enterprise 11,869 2.07% and Ocean Freight 281,324 50.98% Health 40,748 7.11% Cash Grants from USG 145,247 26.32% HIV/AIDS 44,343 7.73% All Other Support 16,586 3.01% Peace and Justice 21,200 3.70% Totals $ 551,835 100% Welfare 31,010 5.41% Program Services 544,062 94.88%

Management and General 11,026 1.92% Public Awareness 1,999 0.34% Fundraising 16,408 2.86% Support Services 29,433 5.12%

Totals $ 573,495 100.00%

14 CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION September 30, 2004 (With Comparative Totals for September 30, 2003) (In Thousands)

Assets 2004 2003 Cash and cash equivalents $ 40,710 $ 41,100 Accounts receivable and other assets 37,599 45,352 Investments 75,689 85,971 Segregated investments 39,909 38,685 Undistributed commodity contributions 43,399 49,466 Land, building and equipment, net 15,652 14,597 Total assets $ 252,958 $ 275,171

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 41,526 $ 41,279 Advances received for programs 20,241 32,338 Deferred revenue 43,589 49,648 Annuities payable 32,631 31,708 Total liabilities 137,987 154,973

Net assets Unrestricted 80,310 77,327 Temporarily restricted 31,589 39,829 Permanently restricted 3,072 3,042 Total net assets 114,971 120,198 Total liabilities and net assets $ 252,958 $ 275,171 In the interest of stewardship, CRS decided not to include the financial notes in the 2004 Annual Report. What follows are the statements of financial position, activities, cash flows and the statement of functional expenses. The complete financial statements, audited by RSM McGladrey, LLP, are available at www.crs.org/about_us/financial_information/summary.cfm or by calling 1.410.951.7240. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Year Ended September 30, 2004 (With Comparative Totals for September 30, 2003) (In Thousands)

Temporarily Permanently Total Temporarily Permanently Total Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2004 2003 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2004 2003 Operating Revenues Operating Expenses Private donor, foundation and Program services 544,062 - - 544,062 490,307 corporate contributions: Catholic Relief Services Collection Support services: formerly known as Annual Bishops Overseas Appeal $ 12,048 - - $ 12,048 $ 13,415 Management and general 11,026 - - 11,026 9,910 Operation Rice Bowl appeal - 6,120 - 6,120 5,718 Public awareness 1,999 - - 1,999 2,823 Contributions 54,312 27,380 81,692 77,248 Fundraising 16,408 - - 16,408 17,667 In-kind contributions 8,818 - - 8,818 1,968 Total support services 29,433 - - 29,433 30,400 Total contributions 75,178 33,500 - 108,678 98,349 Total operating expenses 573,495 - - 573,495 520,707 Government, international organizations and other exchange transactions: Change in net assets from operations (13,412) (8,248) - (21,660) (38,065) Donated agricultural, other commodities and ocean freight 281,324 - - 281,324 261,821 Grants and agreements: Non-Operating Revenues and (Expenses) United States government 145,247 - - 145,247 109,128 Contributions 9,921 - - 9,921 6,087 Other 9,550 - - 9,550 6,176 Net change in annuities, trusts and pooled income fund 206 8 34 248 1,238 Total 436,121 - - 436,121 377,125 Realized and unrealized gain (loss) Investment and other income 5,688 1,348 - 7,036 7,168 on non-segregated investments 6,268 - (4) 6,264 19,263 Net assets released from restrictions 43,096 (43,096) - - - Reorganization and other costs - - - - (9,589) Total operating revenues 560,083 (8,248) - 551,835 482,642 Total non-operating revenues and expenses, net 16,395 8 30 16,433 16,999 Change in net assets 2,983 (8,240) 30 (5,227) (21,066) Net assets, beginning of year 77,327 39,829 3,042 120,198 141,264 Net assets, end of year $ 80,310 $ 31,589 $ 3,072 $ 114,971 $ 120,198

16 CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Year Ended September 30, 2004 (With Comparative Totals for September 30, 2003) (In Thousands)

2004 2003 2004 2003 Cash Flows from Operating Activities Cash Flows from Investing Activities Change in net assets $ (5,227) $ (21,066) Proceeds from sale of land, building and equipment 295 321 Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets to net cash Purchase of land, building and equipment (6,888) (4,866) used in operating activities: Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments 89,686 75,797 Depreciation 5,138 5,213 Purchase of investments (74,363) (62,618) Loss on disposal of land, building and equipment 400 163 Net cash provided by investing activities 8,730 8,634 Loss on asset impairment - 6,503

Realized (gain) loss on sales of investments (2,107) 1,015 Cash Flows from Financing Activities Unrealized gain on investments (4,158) (19,970) Loan proceeds 470 25 Changes in assets and liabilities Principal payments on long-term debt (108) (66) Decrease (increase) in: Increase in annuities payable, net 923 1,858 Accounts receivable and other assets 7,753 (9,155) Net cash provided by financing activities 1,285 1,817 Undistributed commodity contributions 6,067 (31,743) Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (390) 1,297 Increase (decrease) in: Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 41,100 39,803 Accounts payable and accrued expenses (115) 9,367 Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 40,710 $ 41,100 Advances received for programs (12,097) 19,179

Deferred revenue (6,059) 31,340 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information Net cash used in operating activities (10,405) (9,154) Cash payments for interest $ 81 $ 51 CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES Year Ended September 30, 2004 (With Comparative Totals for September 30, 2003) (In Thousands) Total Small Peace Program Services Description Agriculture Education Emergency Enterprise Health HIV / AIDS and Justice Welfare 2004 2003 Program Services Salaries and related benefits $ 10,615 $ 11,618 $ 20,444 $ 4,476 $ 9,688 $ 9,479 $ 6,189 $ 3,862 $ 76,371 $ 67,474 Professional fees 1,407 1,196 2,296 505 787 1,044 841 456 8,532 6,184 Telecommunications and postage 404 451 858 218 279 410 331 128 3,079 2,602 Supplies, office expenses and other 1,860 1,377 2,128 1,052 754 1,435 836 1,055 10,497 9,772 Occupancy 508 641 1,304 367 585 547 384 301 4,637 4,544 Vehicle and equipment 1,625 2,748 5,615 277 1,341 2,008 811 589 15,014 15,114 Travel, training and representation 2,084 2,610 3,668 741 1,911 2,205 2,392 612 16,223 12,756 Warehousing and freight 15,000 10,980 79,365 468 4,059 2,670 11 8,921 121,474 126,781 Publicity - 7 - - - - 1 - 8 7 Advances to implementing partners 12,075 5,671 33,644 2,350 10,398 21,620 9,403 5,924 101,085 94,165 Food, other commodities and in-kind contributions 26,336 12,425 122,550 453 10,641 1,481 1 8,541 182,428 146,338 Depreciation 278 647 457 962 305 1,444 - 621 4,714 4,570 Total expenses $ 72,192 $ 50,371 $ 272,329 $ 11,869 $ 40,748 $ 44,343 $ 21,200 $ 31,010 $ 544,062 $ 490,307

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18 CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES (CONTINUED) Year Ended September 30, 2004 (With Comparative Totals for September 30, 2003) (In Thousands) Total Total Management Public Support Services Operating Expenses and General Awareness Fundraising 2004 2003 2004 2003 Support Services Salaries and related benefits $ 6,970 $ 957 $ 4,297 $ 12,224 $ 12,190 $ 88,595 $ 79,664 Professional fees 1,037 166 3,140 4,343 4,227 12,875 10,411 Telecommunications and postage 281 19 3,538 3,838 4,259 6,917 6,861 Supplies, office expenses and other 852 69 4,952 5,873 5,931 16,370 15,703 Occupancy 492 33 112 637 588 5,274 5,132 Vehicle and equipment 177 11 30 218 81 15,232 15,195 Travel, training and representation 765 148 272 1,185 908 17,408 13,664 Warehousing and freight 27 - 19 46 58 121,520 126,839 Publicity 1 584 22 607 1,497 615 1,504 Advances to implementing partners 19 12 7 38 18 101,123 94,183 Food, other commodities and in-kind contributions - - - - - 182,428 146,338 Depreciation 405 - 19 424 643 5,138 5,213 Total expenses $ 11,026 $ 1,999 $ 16,408 $ 29,433 $ 30,400 $ 573,495 $ 520,707 Country and Regional Representatives

Southeast Asia Central Africa South Africa Middle East North Africa Eastern Europe & The Caucasus Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director Mark Pierce Dorothy Madison-Seck Annemarie Reilly Mark Schnellbaecher Mark Schnellbaecher Country Representatives Country Representatives Country Representatives Country Representatives Country Representatives Cambodia Cameroon Angola Egypt Albania Richard Balmadier Central African Republic Scott Campbell Susan Silveus Christine Darmawan East Timor Chad Madagascar Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza Armenia Jessica Pearl Equatorial Guinea Jennifer Overton Don Rogers Susan Cheung Jennifer Nazaire Indonesia Malawi Morocco Azerbaijan Jonathan Evans Democratic Republic of the Congo Schuyler Thorup Suzanne Manzer Jack Byrne Congo Brazzaville Philippines Dorothy Madison-Seck South Africa Iran Bosnia-Herzegovina Burma Ruth Stark Iraq Leslie Sherriff Michael Frank Nigeria Jordan William Dial Zambia Bulgaria Vietnam Michele Broemmelsiek Lebanon Romania Syria Gregory Auberry Zimbabwe Mila Gavrilova East Africa Turkey Laos Margarett Desilier Mark Schnellbaecher Croatia James McLaughlin Regional Director Botswana Jack Connolly China Jean-Marie Adrian Lesotho Georgia North Korea Country Representatives Namibia Latin America & the Caribbean Richard Hoffman Pacific Sub-Region Burundi South Africa Regional Director Kosovo Thailand Luc Picard Swaziland Jared M. Hoffman Lee Norrgard Mark Pierce Annemarie Reilly Rwanda Country Representatives Macedonia Sean Gallagher Bolivia John McCuen South Asia Eritirea West Africa Argentina Sharon Maggard Regional Director Nick Ford Regional Director Uruguay Russia William Farrand Kevin Hartigan Ethiopia William Rastetter Lebanon Country Representatives Anne Bousquet Country Representatives Brazil Mark Schnellbaecher Peter Rothrock Afghanistan Kenya Benin Serbia and Montenegro PM Jose Ken MacLean Togo Bahamas Thomas Garofalo Christopher Bessey Dominican Republic India Tanzania Grenada Marc D’Silva Kathy Robinson Burkina Faso Guyana Pakistan Sudan Mali Jamaica Jack Norman Doug Ryan Karen Kent Venezuela Bangladesh Uganda Ghana Andrew Rosauer Nepal Ben Phillips David Orth-Moore Ecuador Sri Lanka Somalia Guinea Colombia Kevin Hartigan Jean-Marie Adrian Vewonyi Adjavon Scott LeFevre Liberia El Salvador Raymond L. Studer Rick Jones Niger Guatemala Paul Armour Lane Bunkers Senegal Haiti Guinea-Bissau Dula James Mauritania Honduras Godlove Ntaw Conor Walsh Sierra Leone Costa Rica Brian Gleeson Nicaragua Cote d’Ivoire Lara Puglielli William Rastetter Peru The Gambia Mark Snyder Carla Brown-Ndiaye Cuba Brian Goonan Mexico Erica Dahl-Bredine

20 Diocese of Gary Diocese of Worcester Diocese of Reno Diocese of Youngstown Diocese of El Paso Dr. Kenneth M. Flanagan, MSW Rev. Msgr. Edmond T. Tinsley Br. Matthew Cunningham, FSR Mr. Brian R. Corbin Rev. John Stowe, O.F.M. Conv. Diocesan Directors Archdiocese of Indianapolis Michigan New Hampshire Diocese of Fort Worth Mr. David J. Siler Archdiocese of Detroit Diocese of Manchester Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Mr. Ralph McCloud Diocese of Lafayette Mr. Michael Hovey Sr. Peggy Crosby No Diocesan Director Named Diocese of Galveston-Houston Alabama Diocese of Norwich Mr. David Wilson Diocese of Gaylord New Jersey Diocese of Tulsa Mrs. Hilda O. Hernandez Diocese of Birmingham Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Brown Iowa Ms. Beth Bauer Diocese of Camden Henry L. Harder, PhD Diocese of Laredo Very Rev. Brian Egan Diocese of Stamford No Diocesan Director Named Rev. Jonathan Morse, PhD Diocese of Davenport Diocese of Grand Rapids Rev. John Muscat Oregon Archdiocese of Mobile Mr. Dan Ebener Mr. John Mitchell Diocese of Lubbock Fr. William D. Skoneki Delaware Diocese of Metuchen Diocese of Baker Diocese of Des Moines Diocese of Kalamazoo Rev. Joseph Kerrigan Pastoral Office Rev. Nicolas Rendon Alaska Diocese of Wilmington Mr. Tom Chapman Sr. Susan Ridley, OP Diocese of San Angelo Rev. George Brubaker Archdiocese of Newark Archdiocese of Portland Archdiocese of Anchorage Archdiocese of Dubuque Diocese of Lansing Rev. Tom Nydegger Rev. Dennis O’Donovan, VG Msgr. Larry J. Droll No Diocesan Director Named District of Columbia Mr. James Yeast, LMSW No Diocesan Director Named Diocese of Paterson Pennsylvania Archdiocese of San Antonio Diocese of Fairbanks Archdiocese of Military Services Diocese of Sioux City Diocese of Marquette Mr. Joe F. Duffy Very Rev. Lawrence J. Stuebben, VG Mr. Tom Buzek Mr. David Levite Diocese of Allentown Msgr. Michael B. Sernett Rev. Lawrence T. Gauthier Diocese of Trenton Rev. Richard J. Ford Diocese of Tyler Diocese of Juneau Archdiocese of Washington Kansas Diocese of Saginaw Rev. Brian T. Butch Ms. Maria Guadalupe Natera Fr. Perry M. Kenaston Mr. Edward J. Orzechowski Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown Diocese of Dodge City Ms. Terri Grierson New Mexico Rev. Bob Kelly Diocese of Victoria Arizona Florida Rev. Dan Morales No Diocesan Director Named Minnesota Diocese of Gallup Diocese of Erie Diocese of Phoenix Archdiocese of Miami Archdiocese of Kansas City Diocese of Crookston Rev. Mr. James P. Hoy Ms. Rose Graham Utah Ms. Tricia Hoyt Mr. Richard Turcotte No Diocesan Director Named Ms. Bernadette Dunn Diocese of Las Cruces Diocese of Greensburg Diocese of Salt Lake City Diocese of Tucson Diocese of Orlando Diocese of Salina Diocese of Duluth Rev. Msgr. John E. Anderson, VG Rev. J. Edward McCullough Rev. Mr. Silvio Mayo Ms. Joanne Welter Ms. Deborah Stafford Shearer Rev. James E. Hake Rev. Lawrence O’Shea Archdiocese of Santa Fe Diocese of Harrisburg Vermont Arkansas Diocese of Palm Beach Diocese of Wichita Diocese of New Ulm Rev. Arkad Biczak Rev. Msgr. Francis M. Kumontis Diocese of Burlington Mr. Tom Bila Diocese of Little Rock Sr. Ursula Fotovich, CSJ Rev. Bill Bowles New York Archdiocese of Philadelphia Ms. Mary McNamara Mrs. Sheila Gomez Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee Kentucky Diocese of St. Cloud Mrs. Anne Healy Ayella Virginia Rev. Joseph Fowler Diocese of Albany California Diocese of Covington Rev. William Vos Ms. Mary Olsen Diocese of Pittsburgh Diocese of Arlington Diocese of Fresno Diocese of St. Augustine Ms. Sue Grethel Archdiocese of St. Paul and Rev. Ronald P. Lengwin Mr. Steve Luteran Mr. Bill J. Tierney Diocese of Brooklyn Mr. William Lucido Diocese of Lexington Minneapolis Rev. Michael C. Gribbon Diocese of Scranton Diocese of Richmond Archdiocese of Los Angeles Diocese of St. Petersburg Rev. Mr. Bill Wakefield Rev. Mr. Mickey Friesen Mr. James B. Earley Dr. Kathleen T. Kenney Mr. Arnold Andrews Diocese of Buffalo Ms. Maria Elena Perales Archdiocese of Louisville Diocese of Winona Rev. Joseph J. Sicari Rhode Island Washington Diocese of Monterey Diocese of Venice Mr. Steven E. Bogus Ms. Suzanne Belongia No Diocesan Director Named Archdiocese of New York Diocese of Providence Archdiocese of Seattle Ms. Martina O’Sullivan Diocese of Owensboro Mississippi Mr. George Horton Rev. Msgr. William Varsanyi, Mr. J.L. Drouhard Georgia Diocese of Oakland Mr. Dick Murphy Diocese of Biloxi Diocese of Ogdensburg JCD, PA Diocese of Spokane Ms. Barbara Terrazas Archdiocese of Atlanta Louisiana Sr. Rebecca Rutkowski, ACSW Sr. Donna Franklin, DC South Carolina Ms. Donna M. Hanson Ms. Simone Blanchard Diocese of Orange Diocese of Alexandria Diocese of Jackson Diocese of Rochester Diocese of Charleston Diocese of Yakima Mrs. Shirl Giacomi Diocese of Savannah Sr. Mary Bordelon Mr. William P. Dunning Ms. Judy A. Taylor Ms. Dorothy Grillo, ASCW, LISW Mr. John L. Young Mr. Stephen B. Williams Diocese of Sacramento Diocese of Baton Rouge Missouri Diocese of Rockville Centre South Dakota West Virginia Rev. Michael F. Kiernan Hawaii Ms. Pat Slater Diocese of Jefferson City Br. William A. Boslet, OFM Diocese of Rapid City Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Diocese of San Bernardino Diocese of Honolulu Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Ms. Alice J. Wolters Diocese of Syracuse Rev. Paul G. Dahms Mr. George Smoulder Rev. Reno Aiardi, IMC Ms. Carol Ignacio Sr. Celeste Cotter, CSJ Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph Mr. Dennis Manning Diocese of Sioux Falls Wisconsin Diocese of San Diego Idaho Diocese of Lafayette Sr. Jeanne Christensen North Carolina Mr. Jerome Klein Mr. Rodrigo Valdivia Diocese of Green Bay Diocese of Boise Ms. Una Hargrave Diocese of Springfield-Cape Diocese of Charlotte Tennessee Ms. Cindi K. Brawner Archdiocese of San Francisco Sr. Mary Arlene Ellis Diocese of Lake Charles Girardeau Mr. Joseph Purello Rev. Msgr. Harry G. Schlitt Rev. Thomas E. Reidy Diocese of Knoxville Diocese of La Crosse Illinois Rev. V. Wayne LeBleu Diocese of Raleigh Fr. J. Vann Johnston, JCL Mr. Arthur Hippler Diocese of San Jose Diocese of Belleville Archdiocese of New Orleans Archdiocese of St. Louis Rev. Thomas S. Tully Ms. Linda Batton Rev. Francis Flood Diocese of Memphis Diocese of Madison Fr. Kenneth York Mr. Thomas Costanza North Dakota Ms. Caroline Tisdale Mr. J. Mark Brinkmoeller Diocese of Santa Rosa Archdiocese of Diocese of Shreveport Montana Ms. Maureen E. Shaw Diocese of Bismarck Diocese of Nashville Archdiocese of Milwaukee Ms. Adrienne Curry Rev. David Richter, VG Diocese of Great Falls-Billings Mr. Ron Schatz Rev. Mr. Hans Toecker Mr. Rob Shelledy Diocese of Stockton Diocese of Joliet Maine Rev. Jay Peterson Ms. Cecilia Titizano Diocese of Fargo Texas Diocese of Superior Mr. Thomas Garlitz Diocese of Portland Diocese of Helena Rev. Joseph P. Goering Mr. Steve Tarnowski Colorado Rev. Mr. Tony Duvernay Diocese of Amarillo Diocese of Peoria Mrs. Carleen Cook Ohio Rev. Michael Colwell, JCL Wyoming Diocese of Colorado Springs Msgr. Steven P. Rohlfs Maryland Nebraska Mr. Peter Howard, S.T.L. Archdiocese of Cincinnati Diocese of Austin Diocese of Cheyenne Diocese of Rockford Archdiocese of Baltimore Diocese of Grand Island Ms. Cori Thibodeau Sr. Mary Lou Stubbs, DC Ms. Elizabeth E. Groom, MSW Archdiocese of Denver Mr. Thomas McKenna Mrs. Mary D’Ambrogi Most Rev. Lawrence J. McNamara, Mr. Al Hooper DD, STL Diocese of Cleveland Diocese of Beaumont Diocese of Springfield Massachusetts Mr. Rocky Ortiz Ms. Letty Lanza Diocese of Pueblo Mrs. Vicki Compton Diocese of Lincoln Mr. Larry Howe-Kerr Archdiocese of Boston Rev. Mark Huber Diocese of Columbus Diocese of Brownsville Indiana No Diocesan Director Named Ms. Erin Cordle Rev. Eduardo Ortega Connecticut Diocese of Evansville Archdiocese of Omaha Diocese of Fall River Rev. Joseph C. Taphorn Diocese of Steubenville Diocese of Corpus Christi Diocese of Bridgeport Mr. James F. Collins Rev. Msgr. George W. Coleman, VG Rev. Msgr. Gerald Calovini Ms. Susan Campbell Ms. Edie Cassidy Nevada Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese of Springfield Diocese of Toledo Diocese of Dallas Archdiocese of Hartford No Diocesan Director Named Ms. Jan Denney Diocese of Las Vegas Rev. Mr. Leo Bistak Sr. Nancy Sullivan Sr. Dorothy Strelchun Mr. Ryan Hall

Donor Acknowledgement

We gratefully acknowledge the following private individuals, organizations, foundations and The compilers have carefully reviewed the names that are listed. Donors are recognized for corporations who supported our work with $10,000 or more in fiscal year 2004. gifts made during Fiscal Year 2004: October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004. If a name has been listed incorrectly or has been omitted, please accept our apologies and bring the mistake to the We also extend our deepest thanks to thousands of others for their steadfast and continuous attention of: support of our work. Their concern for those less fortunate is demonstrated every year by their gifts to the Catholic Relief Services Collection (formerly known as the Annual Bishops Overseas Appeal) Director of Major Gifts, Catholic Relief Services and to Operation Rice Bowl, and by their continuing support of all our programs. Their generosity 209 West Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21201-3443 helps make it possible for us to alleviate human suffering and provide assistance to the world’s poor.

Barbara L. Houlihaw and Mr. and Mrs. Ervin A. Sauer The Catholic Community Foundation Margaret C. Faase Individuals William A. Hecht Elizabeth and Bill Schlater of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Bequests Claire Frances Fabish Mrs. Judy Balaban and Minneapolis Leonel Baillargeon Michael A. and Helen Hughes Mr. Richard Schmeelk Thomas P. & Jacqueline M. Fahy Mr. Jonathan Nelson Catholic Daughters of the Americas John Baker Frank Johnson Mr. Roy A. Schnebelen Marie F. Fay Mr. and Mrs. James L. Barrett Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund Fr. Donald E. Bartone Albert J. and Diane E. Kaneb Stephen D. and Sharon B. Schwarz Fr. John J. Feeney Lawrence and Keiko Beer Danellie Foundation Fr. Matt Bednarz James and Colleen Kapuscinski Mr. and Mrs. John E. Seidel Frank Fessler Ms. Maribeth Benham The Ford Foundation Kathryn G. Bibler Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kemper Dennis and Barbara Shoener Arlene F. Fink Mr. Dennis M. Berryman Fresno Regional Foundation Edna A. Blersch Bernice and Robert A. Kenkel Frank Stein Dorothy Fischer Lee Blaugrund Fund For The Poor, Inc. Msgr. Roland Boudreaux Bernard F. and Francine M. Kohout Mr. C. Eugene Steuerle Dorothy M. Fitzgerald Gerald and Celeste Brasuell Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Eugene J. Braithwaite Paul and Julie Kollitz James Tighe Lois Flynn James and Lynn Briody Gillen Family Foundation Agnes G. Brandl Maurice and Linda Korkmas Eugene Tillman Msgr. James B. Flynn Mr. Robert Brooks Gleason Family Foundation Ruth E. Braun Kevin and Janice Kreuz Helen M. Timmons Harold W. Fox Ms. Marylane T. Burry The Griffin Foundation, Inc. Katharine L. Broderick Michael and Tess Kunesh Dennis and Mary Tippmann John T. Franzen Michael Canale Chuck and Ellen Haas Foundation Mary C. Brown Ms. Ronni S. Lacroute Mr. Donald J. Toumey Marie M. Frohmiller Judy and David Castaldi JP Morgan Chase Foundation Elizabeth H. Bullock John G. and Annice A. Lane Lucia Van Ruiten Paula K. Fuchs James and Barbara Censky The Laffey-McHugh Foundation Florence E. Burgess Mr. Johannes H. and Mrs. Jeanne M. Anselm and Pia Varni Peter D. Gallant Cindy Clarke and Tom Walter Lemmens Lorden Charitable Foundation Leocadia A. Call Virginia Vatterott Michael F. Gannon Mr. William Clemens Mrs. Shirley R. Lenihan The Love of Christ Foundation, Inc. Margaret Callahan Thomas A. and Mary C. Verhoeven Sylvia M. Ghiglieri John and Maureen Copp in honor of Dr. Joseph Lenihan The McKnight Foundation Paul Carroll Ms. Darlene M. Ward Antoinette J. Gierlus Glenn and Mary Jane Creamer William Loichot The Moran Foundation Rose Cassidy Ray Weingartz Family Richard W. Goes Mr. John and Mrs. Lenore de Csepel Patrick and Giovanna Mandracchia The Murphy Family Foundation Frances A. Cavanaugh Bart Wellenstein Rose T. Graziano George and Diane Davis Kevin and Nancy McDevitt National Council of Catholic Women Florence Quinn Charters Steve and Peg Wilcox Laura Mae Hallows-Heise Mrs. Rosemarie P. Dick Mr. Daniel L. and Open Society Institute Elizabeth Cheesewright Mrs. Arlene McGinnis Mary Willard Edward J. Hart Thomas E. and Mary Dinndorf Peace Times Weekly Inc., Korean- Harold W. Cloud James McGowan Mrs. Agnes N. Williams Msgr. Al Harte John and Lynne Divittorio American Catholic Newspaper in NYC Mary C. Cole Kevin McGuirk and Susan Rogers Charlene Williams Robert T. Hebert Kevin and Silvia Dretzka P. K. Tool and Manufacturing Co. Mary Ann Collins Thomas F. and Judith G. Mich Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wolohan Fr. John R. Henley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Duffy Raskob Foundation for Catholic John and Margaret A. Conklin Cletus and Joan Mueth John and Amy Yadgir Family Activities, Inc. Mary G. Hickey Charles Engel and Kathleen T. Costantini Ivy (Eifiona) L. Main Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Mullen Anne Young The Thomas A. Rodgers Jr. Family Peter J. Hill Martin J. Costello James and Margaret Foley Jim and Mona Mulvaney Foundation Rosemary P. Hoban Beatrice F. Cox Raymond P. and Marie M. Ginther Mr. and Mrs. William M. Murphy, III 239 Anonymous Donors Rosenlund Family Foundation Mary M. Holtke Fr. Salvatore D’Alessandro Mr. Charles R. Graham William and Barbara Murphy The Ryan Memorial Foundation Austin O. Hooey H. Leo Damge, Jr. Mr. John F. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Murray Saint Joseph Health System Foundation Marie T. Houser Corporations, Frances C. Davidson Mr. Raymond Grzybowski David Nelson Sexton Foundation Virginia F. Huot Foundations and Dorothy E. Dederich Laura and Terry Haas John and Sally Newcomb Stop World Hunger Eileen Hurst Organizations Edward B. Dillon John and Patricia Hall Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. O’Brien The Strelchun Family Trust Mary Jo Huth Alsam Foundation John M. Dolson Patrick T. and Emily G. Harker Mary M. O’Hern Trinity Quality Homes, Inc. Mary V. Iannello Alternative Gifts International James N. Donahue Steven and Sue Hart Philip Pennance Kirk Williams Co., Inc. Agnes Imming Argidius Foundation Margaret Driscoll Jeanne and Michael Heekin Mr. and Mrs. James N. Perry Jr. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Lorraine S. Ireland Arguild Foundation Thomas J. Dukes Quentin and Sally Heimerman John N. Reeber The W. O’Neil Foundation Martha L. Kading The Bunting Family Foundation Nancy N. Dunning Donald and Audrey Heinzen Bernie and Linda Roberts Vista Hermosa Foundation David F. Kane Kenneth J. Exner Jean C. Kelly

22 Our Leadership

Ann Marie Kelly Edward J. Mikes Monica Spain Board of Directors 2004 Executive Leadership Team Fr. William A. Kloeckner Robert H. & Pauline P. Miller Msgr. David P. Spelgatti Richard T. Knowles Dorothy P. Monahan Anthony J. Sporer Robert N. Lynch, Chair Kenneth F. Hackett John C. Kopecky Louise A. Montavon Irvina L. Stanwyck Diocese of St. Petersburg President and Chief Executive Officer Bishop Joseph L. Charron, CPPS Virginia D. Kopp Adelbert G. Neese Anna L. Stoklosa Sean Callahan Diocese of Des Moines Mary Ann Korngable Ruth E Neese Herman F. Stoverink Vice President, Overseas Operations Bishop Patrick R. Cooney Anthony S. Kreski Anne M. Newyahr Eileen O’Connell Strauss Diocese of Gaylord Oleg Lobanov Fr. Jerome Krieg Sydnie Niccoli Joseph L. & Margaret E. Strobl Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Vice President, Fund Development Madeline Kristiansen George A. Nolan Betty M. Strong Diocese of Brooklyn and Marketing Charlotte E. Kristy Catherine G. O’Connor Helen A. Suhr Rev. Msgr. William P. Fay Joan F. Neal Michael P. Kromrey Carmel O’Keefe Marion A. Swigart General Secretary, USCCB Vice President, U.S. Operations Dorothy Lally Josephine M. O’Neill Jane F. Tate Archbishop Harry J. Flynn Mark Palmer Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Virginia K. Lamer Albert J.O’Neill Germaine J. Thereault Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mr. John H. Griffin, Jr. Teresa Landwer Fr. Thomas Pater Catherine E. Torborg David Piraino President, Meredith Publishing Group Vice President, Human Resources Mary Joan Larkin Fr. William J. Paul Martha Tracey Bishop Curtis J. Guillory, SVD Michael Wiest Antoinette Legris Frank A. Pavis Irene R. Trapp Diocese of Beaumont Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chester W. Lindsay Saviour S. Pecorella Mary T. Tyrrell Mr. Richard S. Kearney Frances J. Link Clare E. Petkus Helen Bernice Udick President and CEO, Rosanne L. Lisman Patricia N. Pinto Cecile M. Viau Mainline Global Systems Fr. William Headley, CSSp Counselor to the President Doris Longman Helena C Pitsvada Henry U. Volz Judge Diana Lewis Palm Beach County Court Marie O. Lorentz Edward D. Powers Rosalia Voorn Theodore Cardinal McCarrick Emma T. Lustig Fred E. Proulx Elaine T. Webber Archdiocese of Washington Edward J and Rose M. Lynn Manuel I. Quintana Joseph D. Welch Bishop John B. McCormack Delora K. Lyons J. Bernard Real Margaret F. Weldon Diocese of Manchester Michael J. Madden Catherine M. Rennekamp Mary C. Willett Bishop George V. Murry, SJ Marcella E. Maenner Margaret Ring Albert O. Wlecke Diocese of St. Thomas, VI William And Lillian Mages Henry J. Robitaille Joseph L. Wojtas Mr. James N. Perry, Jr. Managing Director, Agnes Malec Mildred B. Robrecht Msgr. Peter J. Woll Madison Dearborn Partners Catherine J. Maloney Donald V. Roemer Regina B. Wright Bishop Michael J. Sheridan Elizabeth Markush Fr. Robert E. Roos John & Rose Yelinko Diocese of Colorado Springs Walter P. & Irene A. Mastalarz Jean R. Rowan Amelia Zaniewski Bishop J. Terry Steib, SVD Linda T. McCartney Gregory J. Russo Patricia A. Ziemba Diocese of Memphis Agnes & Mary McDermott Edmond C. Sabbagh Bishop Thomas J. Tobin Diocese of Youngstown Mary Margaret McGee Joseph Shaheen Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo Joseph W. McGovern Eugenia M. Shea Dean, Mendoza College of Business, Eugene T. McGraw Margaret Shelley University of Notre Dame William McPartland Edward L. Sherman Bishop John W. Yanta Kathryn McQuaid William John Slattery Diocese of Amarillo Marion J. Mechels James E. And Loretta A.Smith Arturo Mercado Alice C. Smithson Catherine M. Meyer Kenneth E. & Sophie A. Sorensen GLOBAL R E G I O N S � Latin America & Caribbean � Africa � Middle East & North Africa � Eastern Europe � Asia

� 1 Afghanistan � 15 Burkina Faso � 28 Democratic � 40 Grenada � 54 Kenya � 70 Nicaragua � 84 Somalia � 2 Albania � 16 Burundi Republic of � 41 Guatemala � 55 Kosovo � 71 Niger � 85 South Africa � 3 Angola � 17 Cambodia Congo � 42 Guinea � 56 Laos � 72 Nigeria � 86 Sri Lanka � 4 Argentina � 18 Cameroon � 29 Dominican � 43 Guinea-Bissau � 57 Lebanon � 73 North Korea � 87 Sudan � 5 Armenia � 19 Central African Republic � 44 Guyana � 58 Lesotho � 74 Pacific � 88 Swaziland � 6 Azerbaijan Republic � 30 East Timor � 45 Haiti � 59 Liberia Sub-Region � 89 Syria � 7 Bahamas � 20 Chad � 31 Ecuador � 46 Honduras � 60 Macedonia � 75 Pakistan � 90 Tanzania � 8 Bangladesh � 21 China � 32 Egypt � 47 India � 61 Madagascar � 76 Peru � 91 Thailand � 9 Benin � 22 Colombia � 33 El Salvador � 48 Indonesia � 62 Malawi � 77 Philippines � 92 Togo � 10 Bolivia � 23 Congo- � 34 Equatorial � 49 Iran � 63 Mali � 78 Romania � 93 Turkey � 11 Bosnia- Brazzaville Guinea � 50 Iraq � 64 Mauritania � 79 Russia � 94 Uganda Herzegovina � 24 Costa Rica � 35 Eritrea � 51 Jamaica � 65 Mexico � 80 Rwanda � 95 Uruguay � 12 Botswana � 25 Côte d’Ivoire � 36 Ethiopia � 52 Jerusalem, � 66 Morocco � 81 Senegal � 96 Venezuela � 13 Brazil � 26 Croatia � 37 The Gambia West Bank � 67 Myanmar � 82 Serbia and � 97 Vietnam � 14 Bulgaria � 27 Cuba � 38 Georgia and Gaza � 68 Namibia Montenegro � 98 Zambia � 39 Ghana � 53 Jordan � 69 Nepal � 83 Sierra Leone � 99 Zimbabwe

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