Cathedral Health Ministries
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Cathedral Health Ministries (CHM) provides free holistic health services to the poor and disadvantaged of Houston, TX.  We serve the needy both as a medical operation and as the basis of a comprehensive and integrated ministry, proactively meeting the health needs of body, mind, and spirit.

 

We have effectively developed a model for health care delivered in a pastoral context, combining the strengths of a large urban parish with those of experienced providers and other community partners, resulting in programs that are more effective than any one organization could offer alone.

 
Our Programs
Espiritu De Salud Mobile Clinic

  • Serving impoverished children and youth of Houston, TX, since 1998.  Provides primary health care and behavioral health services.

  • Current primary focus populations:

    • East End

    • Street kids, heavily concentrated in Montrose

  • Principal community partners:

    • Rusk School Health Promotion Project (contract provider of clinical services)

    • UT Health Science Center

    • Covenant House Texas (through a federal grant)

    • Interfaith Ministries

    • Willow Creek Apartments

 

 

Cathedral Clinic

  • Opened January 2007

  • Provides Holistic Health Care for the Houston, TX, Downtown Homeless Population

    • Clinical health services provided by Healthcare for the Homeless (HHH)

    • Emphasis on behavioral and mental health

    • Priests and pastoral care volunteers provide support through mentoring and counseling

  • Client Base

    • Walk-Ins

    • Self-referrals

    • Dunn Center referrals

    • Referrals from other Healthcare for the Homeless (HHH) clinics
    • Mobile street outreach 

    • Pastoral care & clergy referrals
    • Referrals from other community agencies

Our Community and Funding Partners

 

Community Partners

 

Funding Partners

 

  • The Baxter Trust (2005 & 2006)
  • The Brown Foundation, Inc. (2005 & 2006)
  • The Charity Guild of Catholic Women (2005 & 2006)
  • CHRISTUS Fund (2007)
  • The Clayton Fund, Inc. (2005 & 2006)
  • The Cullen Trust for Health Care (2005)
  • Family & Youth Services Bureau-Street Outreach Program (2005, 2006 & 2007)
  • George & Mary Taylor Outreach Fund (2005 & 2006)
  • Houston Endowment, Inc. (2005 & 2006)
  • John P. McGovern Foundation (2005 & 2006)
  • The Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation (2005 & 2006)
  • Rockwell Fund, Inc. (2005)
  • Rotary Clubs of Houston / Harris County (2005 & 2006)
  • St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities (2005, 2006, & 2007)

For more information on Cathedral Health Ministries view the Cathedral Health Ministries Fact Sheet.