News - August 24, 2023 - Recognizing the crucial importance of mental health, the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM) is inviting Catholic parishes and organizations to host a seminar, resource session or presentation integrating Catholic spirituality and mental health on a chosen Sunday afternoon or evening in October. To aid in this important effort, NFCYM is encouraging these groups to…

Publication - October 1, 2019 - Paths to Project Development (First Edition) presents examples of successful conversions of surplus church property into affordable housing units. This guide is a dynamic document featuring project profiles submitted by Catholic Charities member agencies. Summary Each surplus church property conversion project is unique, and the recommendations offered by member agency developers are meant to help…

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Prayer & Reflection - March 18, 2023 - “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah?” And we might as well add our own names: What can I do with you, David? “Your piety is like a morning cloud, like the dew that early passes away.” Ouch! That stings. The prophet Hosea means to sting us with…

Prayer & Reflection - February 26, 2023 - We who have been “around” for a while know that on the first Sunday of Lent we get the two “big” temptation stories: the Garden of Eden and Jesus tested in the desert. Sometimes we skim over these familiar readings and decide we know what is going to happen anyway. But how would it go…

Prayer & Reflection - February 22, 2023 - “Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned,” says the psalmist. Today we begin the holy season of Lent, the 40 days of preparation for the great feast of Easter, when death is conquered and heaven and earth are reconciled. But wait, says the Lord. Not so fast. First we are told to repent. “Repent”…

Prayer & Reflection - November 30, 2022 - We visited our grandchildren last week to celebrate Thanksgiving. While walking back from a restaurant after a delightful meal of gumbo and gator bites, we passed between two dueling street preachers. One was standing on a wall, shouting to passersby that they were bound for hell if they didn’t immediately give their life to Jesus.…

Prayer & Reflection - March 12, 2022 - Unprovoked war? Ongoing pandemic? Irreversible climate change? Increasing homelessness, violence and addiction? This Lent begins with menacing global and local darkness. Living in Arizona, the reminder “the LORD will guide you always and give you plenty even on the parched land” is tacit as we anticipate an alarmingly hot summer. Despite troubles, “He will renew…

Prayer & Reflection - March 6, 2022 - Hard to believe we find ourselves now in March and the first week of Lent. The new year is unspooling, too quickly, even as the last two years have dragged, carrying on their sagging shoulders the weight of pandemic and natural disaster and war, always war. As a writer in America magazine asked last week,…

Prayer & Reflection - December 19, 2021 - Catholic Charities USA’s Daily Advent Reflection Advent has always been a time of joy-filled anticipation for me, and I love everything about the season: the hope-filled liturgies, the festive decorations, and especially planning out special Christmas gifts for loved ones. I remember several years ago having conversations with my Catholic Charities colleagues, who recommended that…