25th Annual Communities of Salt and Light Awards
“You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world.”
Ladies of Charity of Southern Fayette County, PA
Were awarded the Human Service Award
April, 2025
HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATION
LADIES OF CHARITY
SAINT MARY (NATIVITY) PARISHEvery Thursday between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. there is a bustle of activity inside the former St. Mary (Nativity) Parish Center in Uniontown, PA.
In one room, donations of clothes and other items that help in the development of a child are received and sorted into appropriate sizes. Another room is where the packaged donations are stored. At the end of the hallway is the Ladies of Charity Children’s Closet. This is the space where gently used clothing is placed on hangers and racks for those in need to come in and select items for their children, newborn to size 5T.
All of the sorting, bagging, and stocking and serving clients is lovingly done by the Ladies of Charity in the Roman Catholic Churches of Southern Fayette County.
The “ladies,” who live by the motto “To Serve Rather Than Be Served,” are the recipients of the Catholic Charities 2025 Salt and Light Human Service Organization Award.
“Originally, this amazing group of ladies asked me for a closet to store some clothes in,” said Father Anthony J. Klimko, pastor of the seven parishes that make up the Roman Catholic Churches of Southern Fayette County. “After that, they asked me for one of the rooms in the former school to help distribute the stuff, and it just kept on growing and growing.” So has the need in the community.
– Source: The Catholic Accent
Nancy Bianculli, LOC Regional VP – Middle Atlantic, shares the following:
Fr. Tony, our priest for Southern Fayette County said the invocation prayer to start the evening. Gloria Nuccetelli accepted the award from Bishop Larry Kulick, the bishop of the Greensburg Diocese. The Ladies of Charity of Southern Fayette County were the recipients of the award.
The award was accepted for the Ladies of Charity’s work in implementing the Children’s Closet. Clients can visit the closet every Thursday to receive free clothing, diapers, blankets, etc. for their babies or small children. We are so blessed with our LOC volunteers who work tirelessly every Thursday to help Mothers and their children.
