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Seniors helping seniors while aging together
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Story - May 3, 2016 - Walking through the doors of Norris Square Senior Community Center, members are welcomed with a flurry of activity, a collection of friendly faces, and a buzz of conversation. Nestled in a mostly Spanish-speaking community, the center is the gathering spot for local seniors and is full of energy and vitality. Norris Square Senior Community Center…
Hispanic senior center staff are true pandemic heroes
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Story - November 3, 2021 - When lockdown began in March 2020, Catholic Charities’ Hispanic Senior Center—which provides recreational and socialization activities for older Hispanic adults through the St. Augustine Towers—was forced to close its doors. “Like other Catholic Charities staff, the HSC staff was confused and nervous with the information flowing in about COVID-19 and its effects, especially on older…
You are not alone: Providing hope for seniors in midst of isolation
Story - February 8, 2021 - In this pandemic, we are all experiencing amplified feelings of loneliness and isolation, but these experiences are, perhaps, felt most acutely by senior citizens— a highly vulnerable group that has been advised to stay at home and out of harm’s way because they are particularly susceptible to COVID-19. With many senior centers closed and organized…
Community approaches to food security for seniors
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Story - March 21, 2019 - According to the Administration on Aging, the number of seniors in our population is on the rise and will continue to rise as the Baby Boomer generation gets older. Just three years ago, this population represented almost 15 percent of the population (about 1 in 7 Americans), an amount that represented a 28 percent increase…
Thomas Merton Center celebrates fifty years of serving the community
Story - February 14, 2024 - Catholic Charities Fairfield program has grown exponentially since ‘soup kitchen’ days It started with a challenge. Back in 1974, Fr. John Giuliani, the charismatic Sacred Heart University (SHU) campus minister, and his prayer group invited Kathleen Thorsby of the Washington, D.C. Center for Creative Non-Violence to report on the recent opening of a soup kitchen…
Breaking ground on affordable senior housing in New York
Story - January 15, 2020 - The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, bishop of Brooklyn, joined Monsignor Alfred LoPinto, chief executive officer, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and community members today for the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Catholic Charities Loreto Apartments, a $48 million development to provide 135 units of affordable apartments for…
Catholic Charities of San Antonio cares for seniors during COVID-19
Story - April 2, 2020 - Catholic Charities of San Antonio (CCAOSA) is delivering food and other basic necessities to isolated seniors through Adopt-A-Senior, a program that pairs compassionate companion volunteers with isolated senior citizens. Staff and volunteers work together to assemble and distribute basic needs like food and hygiene kits to our most vulnerable seniors who may not be able…
Seniors and their families adapt to precautions amid virus
Story - April 1, 2020 - Doris Hollis, a resident of Caritas House Assisted Living, celebrated her 94th birthday March 27. Her family brought a cake and a homemade banner for the special occasion, but there were no hugs. The family sang to her, but their voices were muffled as they stood behind a picture window outside the Baltimore home for…
HUD secretary tours archdiocesan senior complex, announces housing plans
Story - September 13, 2021 - A new archdiocesan senior apartment complex hosted a major announcement yesterday from the Biden-Harris Administration in regard to the nation’s “severe shortage of affordable housing.” On Wednesday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge toured St. Rita Place, which will provide 46 one-bedroom apartments for income-eligible adults aged 62 and older. The $18.3 million…
Catholic Charities reopens Brooklyn childhood center destroyed by Sandy
Story - January 15, 2020 - Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens celebrated a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Charles F. Murphy Early Childhood Development Center in Coney Island on November 8, 2019, to mark the opening of the state-of-the-art facility. The new building replaces the former Madeleine Jones Head Start Center, operated by Catholic Charities since 1979, which was destroyed…
Pope Francis Apartments at Loreto dedicated to housing seniors
Story - April 29, 2022 - On April 28, 2022, The Most Reverend Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, and Monsignor Alfred LoPinto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, were joined by New York State Homes and Community Renewal, NYC Health + Hospitals and community members for a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Catholic Charities…
D.C. Catholic food pantry sees long lines with no end in sight
Story - July 22, 2020 - When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the Washington area in mid-March, shuttering many local restaurants and businesses, the lines at a weekly food pantry sponsored by the Spanish Catholic Center immediately jumped from about 60 people to hundreds. And now, four months into this time of job loss, sickness and social distancing, this previously small…