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Prayer for peace in our communities
Prayer & Reflection - August 18, 2020 - Opening Prayer God of mercy and peace, you created us in your image, forming one human family. You love all your children without discrimination, and invite us to love each of our neighbors as ourselves. In hope, we lift up to you for healing the tensions and racism that plague our nation, and pray for…
Year of Mercy: Visit the sick
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Prayer & Reflection - August 9, 2016 - Opening Prayer O God, who willed that our infirmities be borne by your only begotten son to show the value of human suffering, listen to our prayers for our brothers and sisters who are sick; grant them the grace to offer their pain in union with Christ. We ask this through the same Christ, our…
Year of Mercy: Clothe the naked
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Prayer & Reflection - March 21, 2016 - Opening Prayer Almighty and merciful God, look with compassion on our affliction, and so lighten your children’s burden and confirm their faith, that they may always trust without hesitation in your gracious providence. Amen. Read Luke 10:25-37 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 25:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7, 10-11 R. But you, Lord, my strength, come quickly to help…
Year of Mercy – Feed the Hungry
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Prayer & Reflection - March 21, 2016 - OPENING PRAYER O God, you have provided food for all living things and showed us in Christ how to care for the world. May everyone trust in you, who feeds even the birds of the air. Amen. READ LUKE 9:11-17 RESPONSORIAL PSALM 42 R./ Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his mercy…
CCUSA, CRS, USCCB offer moral criteria for ongoing budget debate
News - May 18, 2023 - As the President and congressional leaders continue discussions this week regarding the debt ceiling, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, and Catholic Relief Services wrote to Congress to address the moral and human dimensions of the ongoing budget debate. In light of the national deficit and inflation, Congress faces difficult choices…
CCUSA joins other faith groups to urge passage of EQUAL Act
News - February 15, 2023 - Catholic Charities USA joins in a faith letter urging the Senate leadership to take up and pass the EQUAL Act. The EQUAL Act will reduce bias in drug sentencing laws that have resulted in unequal outcomes across racial groups. CCUSA is committed to the fair treatment of all people based on the God-given dignity of…
CCUSA, USCCB, SVdP call for strengthened Child Tax Credit
News - December 14, 2022 - Catholic Charities USA joins with the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the United States Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP USA) to call on Congress to work in a bipartisan fashion to pass a strengthened Child Tax Credit before the end of…
CCUSA, CHA comment on proposed changes to Medicaid eligibility
News - November 7, 2022 - Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on proposed rulemaking to streamline the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program application, eligibility determination, enrollment and renewal process. CHA and CCUSA, guided by the singular mission of…
CCUSA asks administration to restore, enhance charitable giving incentives
News - August 3, 2022 - The Honorable Joseph BidenPresident of the United StatesThe White HouseWashington, DC 20500 The Honorable Nancy PelosiSpeakerU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Chuck SchumerSenate Majority LeaderU.S. SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthyHouse Republican LeaderU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnellSenate Republican LeaderU.S. SenateWashington, DC 20510 RE: Enable Charitable Nonprofits to…
On DACA’s 10th anniversary, CCUSA urges passage of American Dream and Promise Act
News - June 15, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – In recognition today of the 10th anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — the stopgap federal policy that provides qualifying young adults brought here as children with temporary permission to stay in the country and obtain work authorization — Catholic Charities USA stands with our immigrant brothers and sisters and…
CCUSA offers Congress priorities for mental, behavioral health policy
News - May 10, 2022 - The Honorable Frank Pallone Jr.Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee The Honorable Cathy McMorris-RodgersRanking Member, House Energy and Commerce Committee Dear Chairman Pallone and Ranking Member McMorris-Rodgers: In anticipation of the soon to be introduced mental health legislative package, the Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) network, with 50,000 employees and 15 million clients in 2021, would…
CCUSA letter in support of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act S. 1486
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2021/10/11/27052/
News - October 11, 2021 - The Honorable Chuck SchumerMajority Leader, U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnellMinority Leader, U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell: I write on behalf of Catholic Charities USA, the national office for 167 Catholic Charities agencies operating 3,000 sites across all 50 states and the U.S. territories.…