Charity Gift Catalogs

[midori]

So, a lot of people prefer to avoid giving “stuff” during the gift-giving season (whether it’s Christmas, or birthdays, or whenever). So sometimes food gifts are nice, or experiences, but sometimes charitable donations in someone’s name are nice, also.

There’s the CRS Gift Catalog.

There’s Cross Catholic Outreach.

There’s Food for the Poor.

Chalice seems to be a Canadian Catholic organization?

The Salesians seem to have a number of projects to donate towards, in addition to letting people sponsor religious equipment in the missions or build a chapel.

What’s your pet/go-to Catholic charitable gift catalog?

 

[Xanthippe_Voorhees]

If I know of an order that makes items I try to buy from them and get gifts. The more they are supported the better.

Here’s the blog article Handmade Gifts by Nuns and Monks | A Nun's Life Ministry

Here’s the list (pasted from article…links are in the article.)

All Good Things - ceramic tiles, soaps and lotions, original cards and prints, peace cranes, prayer pillows, and more

Artaura - original artwork available on mugs, t-shirts, posters, necklaces, prints, and more

Brigittine Monks’ Gourmet Confections - fudge and truffles

Cloister Shoppe - Seignadou Soaps, lip balms, candles, books, and more

For Heaven’s Sake and Simply Divine Bakery - sisters’ crafts, books, religious items, baked goods, and more

Gethsemani Farms - fruitcake, fudge, and cheese plus an Abbey Gift Shop with religious items, art, and more

Holy Spirit Monastery Gifts - food items, religious items, and more

Monastery Candy - caramel candies, chocolate-coated caramels, mint candies, chocolate hazelnut candies, truffles, and caramel sauce

Monastery Creations - candles, art, music, soap, and more

Monastery Fruitcake - fruitcake, truffles, and creamed honey

Monastery Greetings - food and drink items, books, CDs, cards, pet items, and more from a variety of abbeys, convents, monasteries, and hermitages; some popular items not found elsewhere:

Trappist Preserves
Praylines
Chimay Trappist Ale
Monks’ Bread - bread, spreads, soups, coffee, sauces, dressings, baked goods, mugs, and more

Mystic Monk Coffee - coffee, tea, drinkware, and more

New Skete - cheese cakes and other food items, greeting cards, music, iconography, pet items, and more

NunBetter Chocolates and Custom Gift Baskets - chocolates and gift baskets

Our Lady of the Angels - Monastery Country Cheese

Prayerfully Popped - popcorn, fudge, and gifts

The Printery House - greeting cards, icons, holy cards, religious gifts, and more

Redemptoristine Sisters, Dublin - candles, altar bread

Redwoods Monastery - Monastery Creamed Honey, greeting cards

Ruah Media - videos, screen savers, DVDs, and CDs

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Gift Shop - prayer cards, rosaries, mugs, books, soaps, crosses, and more

Sinsinawa Bakery - Mound Bread and other breads, rolls, and fruitcake

Sisters of Carmel - religious goods including custom rosaries using the “build a custom rosary” page

Sophia Center - clay art, including Hearthstones

Subiaco Abbey - Monk Sauce and other food items, religious products, calligraphy, wood carvings, and more

Texas Nuns - Nonnavita soap

Trappistine Quality Candy - candy and fudge as well as monastic products such as CDs, original icons and Chinese brush paintings, woolen throws, cards, and more