Story - April 22, 2021 - By Allison Cavazos, Associate Director of Parish Relations, Catholic Charities of Central Texas Catholic Charities works to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures, and to call the entire Church and other people of good will to do the same. At Catholic Charities of Central Texas (CCCTX), we recognize that this call…

Story - June 9, 2020 - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and a few Catholic Charities agencies have joined more than 30 other religious groups, states and a group of Congress members urging the Supreme Court to protect Philadelphia’s faith-based foster care. The groups filed friend-of-the court briefs in early June in Fulton v. Philadelphia, which…

Job - September 9, 2024 - The Manager for AmeriCorps Programs’ primary responsibility is to facilitate the AmeriCorps grants for which CCUSA acts as the national intermediary. This individual will be responsible for identifying and developing programmatic responses to emerging issues and trends in the fields related to the AmeriCorps grants. In addition, this individual will also facilitate CCUSA’s members knowledge…

Job - September 5, 2024 - Ministry: Newcomers MRS Primary Office: Manassas Hours per Week: 40 Hours non-exempt. Starting Hourly Rate: $24.14 Staff Supervisor: Site Supervisor Telework Available: Hybrid (after 90 days training) Position Description: The Case Manager I-Employment Specialist of Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington, Migration & Refugee Services, assists and prepares refugees and asylees to become self-sufficient through employment. Working under…

Job - September 4, 2024 - Ministry:  Newcomers MRS                    Primary Office: Manassas Hours per Week: 40 Hours non-exempt.       Staff Supervisor:  Site Supervisor Starting Hourly Rate: $24.14 Telework Available:  hybrid (*After 90 days training)   Position Description: The Case Manager I-Employment Specialist of Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington, Migration & Refugee Services, assists and prepares refugees and asylees to become self-sufficient through…

Story - December 11, 2018 - Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa (CCSR), in addition to its many social services, operates three homeless shelters, each serving specific populations: Samuel L. Jones Hall (SLJH) offers shelter for up to 123 individual adults and couples without children. It is the largest full-service shelter in northern California and provides congregate living in dorms with up…

Story - December 9, 2020 - Charles Mugabe is the COVID-19 Project Coordinator for Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services in Maine. As the liaison between Ethnic Community-Based Organizations statewide, Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mugabe works with a coalition of organizations to help provide COVID-19 social service support for…

News - November 1, 2021 - Pilot Program to develop national standard of practice in providing comprehensive referral and social services to asylum-seekers Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charites USA (CCUSA) announces “The Border is Everywhere” (TBIE) pilot initiative, a first-of-its-kind national effort to ensure asylum-seekers — individuals and families — are properly referred from border communities to an interior city destination…

News - July 25, 2022 - Dear Representative: We write on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS), Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, and Catholic Health Association to express our support for H.R. 6552, the “Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022.” This bipartisan legislation is critical for…

Catholic Charities believes that through care for the whole person — physical, mental and spiritual well-being, or what the church calls integral human development — everyone can realize their full potential.  

Story - August 22, 2020 - As part of what seems to be a new trend for the Supreme Court, it will once again take up a religious liberty case in its new term with oral arguments Nov. 4 in a case about a Catholic social service agency excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster…

Story - October 21, 2020 - Ahead of what has been described as one of the most contentious elections in the United States, the Diocese of Phoenix offered a perspective on the role and responsibility of Catholics in the voting booth during its recent “Catholics in the Public Square Seminar” livestreamed from the diocesan pastoral center. This biennial event normally draws…