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new mothers with essential items such as bottles, diapers, clothing, blankets, and books for newborns, the
Society engages in wide variety of programs and services, including reading and literacy programs; book distributions; parenting programs; in-school and after-school education and enrichment programs; dedicated facilities for children who have been ejected from the foster system; school supplies, clothing, shoes, and outerwear for school-aged children; backpacks full of personal items for children in foster care or fleeing domestic violence; and thousands of Christmas and Easter gifts each year to needy children and families.
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Christmas gifts, and she and her friends would fill the requests, noting them "from the Christ Child". After her parents died suddenly when Merrick was 18, she conceived the idea of the Christ Child Society, envisioning an organization to serve needy children and families in the community inspired by seeing the Christ Child in every child.
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District's public schools, with significant funding from the U.S. Congress, as well as a program providing D.C. children with medical aid, braces, and orthopedic supplies. The Society later turned over its significant children's clothing distribution duties to the then-forming Catholic Charities organization in Washington, D.C.
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Society. Near the end of her life, in 1954, Merrick said of her life's work: "The guiding principle of the
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Merrick for allowing such racial segregation. In contrast, others have praised her for giving black members a representative on the society's board and autonomy in making decisions about internal operations when African-American rights were severely limited in many other aspects of life.
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In her later years, Merrick composed a draft of a handwritten autobiography that recounted the formation and growth of the
Society. She spent the last 30 years of her life in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where she was cared for by her sister and three secretaries, and she continued to work on behalf of the
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Merrick oversaw the opening of several more Christ Child
Centers in Washington so that by 1907, eight Centers served over two thousand children in the area. By 1908, Merrick's Society had expanded to seven other cities: Baltimore, New York City, Omaha, Worcester, Chicago, Toledo, Dayton, and Ellicott
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in honor of the "Christ Child" to be given to a poor infant during the
Christmas season. The following year, she encouraged a child of one of her family's employees who told her he was unlikely to receive a Christmas gift to write letters to the Christ Child to request one. After that, children began
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Merrick and the Christ Child Society's work in her Washington Daily News column. In her column, Roosevelt wrote: " began by making one child happy at Christmas time, and now, in this city, there is a settlement house which takes care of thousands of children. There is a convalescent home
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In 1912, Pope Pius X acknowledged and commended the Christ Child Society in a letter to Merrick. In the decade to follow, the Society would purchase a permanent Fresh Air Farm in Silver Spring, Maryland, which later led to several summer camps. The Society also established a Committee on Dental Work
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As of 2024, there are 45 chapters in 22 states with over 5,000 members of the National Christ Child Society serving children and families in need today, still governed by Merrick's motto that "Nothing is ever too much to do for a child," and as dictated by local conditions. In addition to providing
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On January 5, 1955, Merrick was taken to Georgetown Hospital after complaining of pain and died there of a cerebral hemorrhage on January 10, 1955, at 88. Upon her death, the Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle, predicted she would be the first U.S.-born saint in the Catholic Church.
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Merrick focused the society's early work on programs in the city's poor neighborhoods, through service to minority and immigrant families, offering English language and other skills classes and religious instruction. In 1913, Merrick created a "Colored Auxiliary Committee" within the society. Some
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Merrick grew up in a devoutly-Catholic environment fostered by her parents and was educated by French nurses and tutors who stressed the Catholic tradition and piety. She developed a deep faith and a love for helping others early while visiting and assisting local poor and vulnerable families with
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Fresh Air program's beginning. A Council was formed in 1894 to consist of the supervisors of different Society committees, and a Board of Managers was established around 1900. Merrick believed firmly in lay service in the Church, and she founded the Christ Child Society based on that belief.
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incorporated in 1903, marked with a published mission of providing improved instruction and relief for needy children in Washington, then a segregated city, "regardless of race, creed, or color".
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69:(1955-01-10)
2909:1955 deaths
2904:1866 births
2864:Catholicism
2665:Joan of Arc
2595:Æthelthryth
2512:Melchizedek
2374:Telesphorus
2364:Sylvester I
2249:Marcellus I
2244:Marcellinus
2164:Gregory VII
2159:Gregory III
2074:Celestine V
2069:Celestine I
2064:Callixtus I
2054:Boniface IV
2044:Benedict II
2019:Alexander I
1994:Adeodatus I
1813:Ulma Family
1803:Thomas More
1653:Martyrology
1628:John Fisher
1277:Evangelists
1157:Bonaventure
811:Bartholomew
745:Virgin Mary
361:Siena Medal
2898:Categories
2399:Zephyrinus
2359:Stephen IV
2344:Sixtus III
2324:Simplicius
2269:Nicholas I
2194:John XXIII
2184:Innocent I
2154:Gregory II
2144:Gelasius I
2049:Boniface I
2009:Agapetus I
2004:Adrian III
1975:Matriarchs
1916:Patriarchs
1535:Zephyrinus
908:Confessors
876:Archangels
768:Assumption
719:Stages of
596:2022-08-14
435:References
211:newspapers
117:Early life
113:in 2003.
50:1866-11-02
2852:Biography
2655:Genevieve
2562:Zephaniah
2369:Symmachus
2354:Stephen I
2339:Sixtus II
2319:Silverius
2314:Sergius I
2274:Paschal I
2264:Miltiades
2174:Hormisdas
2149:Gregory I
2134:Felix III
2119:Evaristus
2114:Eutychian
2099:Eleuterus
2094:Dionysius
2089:Damasus I
2084:Cornelius
2079:Clement I
2024:Anacletus
1768:Philomena
1415:Dionysius
1390:Damasus I
1335:Anatolius
1021:Disciples
956:Homobonus
916:Anatolius
729:Venerable
401:In 1920,
394:In 1915,
387:In 1913,
380:In 1909,
301:Late life
2739:See also
2640:Euphemia
2477:Jeremiah
2457:Habakkuk
2414:Prophets
2389:Vitalian
2384:Victor I
2334:Sixtus I
2329:Siricius
2259:Martin I
2239:Lucius I
2204:Julius I
2169:Hilarius
2139:Felix IV
2109:Eusebius
2104:Eugene I
2034:Anicetus
1906:Remigius
1861:Boniface
1267:Irenaeus
1049:Silvanus
996:Salonius
841:Matthias
806:Barnabas
793:Apostles
587:Archived
2838:Portals
2700:Rosalia
2625:Cecilia
2572:Virgins
2532:Obadiah
2507:Malachi
2452:Ezekiel
2404:Zosimus
2394:Zachary
2379:Urban I
2309:Pontian
2284:Paul VI
2219:Leo III
2179:Hyginus
2129:Felix I
2039:Anterus
1969:Solomon
1934:Abraham
1778:Stephen
1545:Martyrs
1312:Fathers
1285:Matthew
1092:Ambrose
1059:Timothy
1054:Stephen
1029:Apollos
936:Dominic
898:Raphael
891:
889:Michael
884:Gabriel
836:Matthew
733:Blessed
644:Sources
363:of the
306:death.
265:layette
225:scholar
2888:Saints
2547:Simeon
2537:Samuel
2472:Isaiah
2462:Haggai
2447:Elijah
2422:Agabus
2304:Pius X
2299:Pius V
2294:Pius I
2279:Paul I
2229:Leo IX
2224:Leo IV
2214:Leo II
2189:John I
2124:Fabian
2014:Agatho
1949:Joseph
1310:Church
1102:Jerome
866:Thomas
856:Philip
801:Andrew
423:Legacy
351:1938:
227:
220:
213:
206:
198:
59:, U.S.
2527:Nahum
2522:Moses
2517:Micah
2497:Jonah
2467:Hosea
2442:David
2349:Soter
2289:Peter
2234:Linus
2209:Leo I
2059:Caius
1986:Popes
1959:David
1944:Jacob
1939:Isaac
1355:Caius
1064:Titus
861:Simon
851:Peter
737:Saint
590:(PDF)
579:(PDF)
375:Works
334:from
232:JSTOR
218:books
2487:Joel
2432:Anna
2427:Amos
2254:Mark
1964:Noah
1929:Abel
1924:Adam
1300:John
1295:Luke
1290:Mark
846:Paul
831:Jude
826:John
204:news
64:Died
44:Born
2482:Job
187:by
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