Secours catholique

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Secours catholique
legal form Association reconnue d'utilité publique ( non-profit association )
founding September 8, 1946
founder Assembly of Cardinals and Archbishops of France
Seat Rue du Bac , Paris , France
Action space France and worldwide
people Véronique Fayet (President)
sales 339 million (2015)
Employees 980
Volunteers 67,000
Website www.secours-catholique.org

The Secours catholique (German: Catholic aid ) is an aid organization of the French Roman Catholic Church based in Paris . It was founded in 1946 and is a member of Caritas Internationalis . In 2015 the association supported 1.46 million people in France and 4.2 million people in 72 other countries around the world.

Véronique Fayet has been the President of the Secours catholique since June 19, 2014.

According to its own information, the Secours catholique employs almost 1,000 people and is supported by around 67,000 volunteers across France.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b secours-catholique.org: Annual Report 2015 (accessed April 19, 2017)
  2. coordinationsud.org: Secours Catholique - Caritas
  3. a b secours-catholique.org: Métiers du Secours Catholique (accessed April 19, 2017)