News - September 2, 2016 - It was announced today that Catholic Charities USA President and CEO, Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, is part of a special Presidential delegation traveling to the Vatican to attend the canonization of Mother Teresa. The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, will lead the delegation which also includes the…

News - June 7, 2021 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) applauds USDA’s $1 billion investment to purchase healthy food for food-insecure Americans and build food bank capacity. This funding will be made available to help support the expansion of food distribution programs across every state and territory and potentially increase local agency storage and refrigeration capacity and address the growing need…

News - February 10, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) applauds the decision by the 9th Circuit Court that  lets stand the temporary block on the Administration’s travel ban directed at citizens from predominantly Muslim countries. An appeal by the Trump Administration to the Supreme Court is likely. Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, president and CEO of CCUSA said,…

News - July 19, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – In a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, U.S. Catholic leaders expressed gratitude for several recent country designations for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and called for the same status for additional countries that are experiencing armed conflict, environmental disasters and other dangerous conditions. Catholic Charities USA…

News - February 6, 2020 - Alexandria, Va. – The winter issue of Charities USA magazine highlights the varied ways that the Catholic Charities ministry implements the vision of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the care for our common home, Laudato Sí, which was released five years ago on May 24, 2015. In addition to featuring environmentally-friendly initiatives, such as solar panel…

News - June 1, 2021 - Alexandria, Va. — Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of CCUSA, in collaboration with Sister Carol Zinn SSJ, executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), invited LCWR members to join Catholic Charities agencies in welcoming asylum seekers entering the country at the southern border. The sisters responded immediately and generously…

Publication - July 25, 2023 - The efforts of Catholic Charities staff and the 215,000 volunteers who gave of their time this past year are breaking cycles of poverty, lifting communities and putting the teachings and compassion of Jesus Christ into action in the modern world. Summary In 2022, the Catholic Charities network, covering the United States and five territories, served…

News - May 29, 2021 - (Alexandria, Va.) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s FY22 budget proposal: “While the President’s FY22 budget proposal includes many positive provisions to fund important programs aimed at addressing homelessness, affordable housing, mental and behavioral health issues, food and nutrition, racial discrimination, and other issues, it falls short…

News - June 24, 2022 - Alexandria, Va — In response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, CCUSA issued the following: As we have since our founding more than 100 years ago, CCUSA remains committed to walking in solidarity with all those who come to our doors, whether they are girls or women in crisis pregnancies or…

News - October 29, 2018 - Alexandria, Va. (Oct. 29, 2018) — Sister Donna Markham OP PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration, and Sean Callahan, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, issued the following statement urging all people of goodwill to speak…

News - January 31, 2020 - Alexandria, Va. (January 31, 2020) –The Catholic Health Association of the United States, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Domestic Justice and Human Development Committee and Catholic Charities USA express our deep opposition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal to cap or block grant funding for the Medicaid expansion population. It is unacceptable…

News - April 24, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. – Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), announced today that Mrs. Estelle Anderson of Buffalo, N.Y. has been named the CCUSA Volunteer of the Year for 2017 (Click here for a brief video featuring Mrs. Anderson). “Estelle truly embodies the generous charity Jesus describes in the…