Purpose Statement: Providing a safe home, compassionate care, and high-quality mental health services to children and youth who have experienced significant trauma, to restore their childhood and equip them for productive adulthood.
Catholic Charities ministry Marygrove has a rich history spanning more than 175 years of caring for children, teens, and young adults — providing a compassionate, safe, and healing environment. As one of the oldest organizations in the St. Louis region, Marygrove offers a comprehensive spectrum of trauma-informed, community-based prevention and intervention programs designed to help children and youth overcome emotional and behavioral challenges rooted in abuse, neglect, trauma, and abandonment. Many of the young people we serve have experienced significant adversity before arriving at our doors, and our goal is to support each one in successfully transitioning to the care of a family member, a permanent home, or independent living.
Marygrove serves children, adolescents, and families across more than 120 counties in Missouri and Illinois. Each year, we provide care to over 100 youth, from birth through age 24, through a continuum of trauma-informed services that includes clinical outpatient therapy, emergency respite care, treatment foster care, and independent living services. Marygrove is also one of the few providers in the region equipped to serve youth with significant mental health challenges, delivering truly integrated, whole-person care.
Trauma-informed care is the foundation of everything we do. Through this approach, Marygrove works to mitigate the impact of adverse childhood experiences while helping prevent future homelessness and ongoing cycles or trauma. Guided by a Positive Youth Development framework, we empower young people to recognize their strengths, build essential life skills, and achieve meaninful, lasting success.
In partnership with Good Shepherd Children & Family Services and as part of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Marygrove continues to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our community—ensuring that every child and young adult we serve has the opportunity to heal, grow, and build a brighter future.
Marygrove is accredited by the nationally recognized Joint Commission and is a Platinum-level GuideStar Exchange participant, reflecting our commitment to the highest standards of care, accountability, and transparency.
As one of the nine family of ministries of Catholic Charities of St. Louis, we are proud to share in their mission, vision, and values.
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- Mission: To bring the healing, help, and hope of Jesus Christ to those in need with a compassionate, caring presence.
- Vision: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis will be a premier leader in community renewal and a visible catalyst for social outreach by connecting with people, parishes, and ministries committed to a meaningful communion of care to those in need across every square mile of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
- Values
- Dignity: We love and serve each person as made in the image of God
- Hospitality: We are to be and see Christ in those we serve
- Service: We always welcome joyfully any opportunity to be in the presence of Christ
- Excellence: We give our very best to people God calls us to encounter
- Compassion: We seek to journey with our sisters and brothers
- Joy: We bring fullness for life and look to bring healing, help, and hope in every encounter