The denominational set: Catholic Charities, and the parish-relief line at Terre Coupee

1916–2026 · THE AGENCY'S OWN CENTENNIAL; THE PARISH RECORD BANKED

The diocese's charity is a century old, and its South Bend door opened in 1947. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend publishes a centennial history: the Associated Catholic Charities opened an office in South Bend in 1947, the Western Region's center, for the area's large Catholic population; a reorganization in 1957 created Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend Inc.; and the agency now directly assists nearly 16,000 people a year across the diocese. Its South Bend programs stand in the county's relief roster — an Emergency Food and Shelter participant alongside the St. Vincent de Paul Society, whose county society likewise stands in that roster. On this ground the denominational relief line is older than the agency and runs through the parish: at St. Stanislaus Kostka, Terre Coupee, the parish record carries its societies of the 1901 era — the Men's Sodality, the Ladies Rosary Society, the Young Ladies — parish life carrying parish relief in the form the record preserves (the Religion section carries them whole). A St. Vincent de Paul conference at the parish is the form the checklist asks for; none is attested for Terre Coupee in the record this section reached, and the line prints as untested-beyond-search rather than absent: the settler is the diocesan SVdP council's conference list read for the parish's name.

Sources:

1. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend, "100 years of Catholic Charities" (ccfwsb.org/history), read November 2026 — the 1947 South Bend office, the 1957 reorganization, ~16,000 assisted yearly.
2. Churches & Religion — the St. Stanislaus societies of 1901-era parish life.
3. Catholic Charities FW–SB, EFSP release, 30 July 2024 — Catholic Charities and the St. Vincent de Paul Society in the county roster.