Job - May 20, 2025 - Client Advocate – Make a Difference, Help Others Find Stability and Hope Catholic Charities is hiring a part-time Client Advocate to support individuals and families facing housing or economic instability. You’ll provide strength-based case management, connect clients to critical resources, and help them build paths toward lasting stability—all in a welcoming, mission-driven environment. This is a great…

News - May 8, 2025 - On Thursday, May 8, 2025, Catholic Charities USA President and CEO Kerry Alys Robinson released the following statement congratulating Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope: Today we join with the global Catholic Church and people of good will throughout the United States and around the world in congratulating and praying for Pope Leo XIV…

Story - March 27, 2025 - Lidia Bastianich was a girl of 11 when she and her mother, father and brother arrived from Italy in 1958, and she’s never forgotten the help Catholic Charities provided after they came to New York. They were resettled in an apartment in North Bergen, New Jersey, with a rent subsidy for several months, and connected…

Story - January 10, 2019 - Since 1941, the mission of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio (CCSA) has been to selflessly serve our community under the sign of love. Every day we find ourselves helping others in crisis, and every day “crisis” looks different. One thing I know for sure is that we are called to encounter and…

Story - January 10, 2019 - The Esperanza Center of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, located in the historic Fells Point neighborhood, welcomes newcomers to the United States and helps them to become citizens. At the Esperanza Center, the immigrant community has access to comprehensive services that are provided via six major programs: 1. Educational Services, including classes in English as a…

Story - January 8, 2019 - “The opium that you sent is pure and of good quality. I hope you will take care of the seed,” wrote Dr. Thomas Bond of Philadelphia to a Pennsylvania farmer on August 24, 1781 (Proceedings, American Pharmaceutical Association, 13 (1865) 5:1). Opiates were legally and freely accessible in the United States from physicians, drug and…

Story - January 7, 2019 - AmeriCorps members working with Catholic Charities help refugees resettle in a number of ways, including language, case management and legal aid. But one essential part of their service is providing financial literacy to refugees, helping them toward self-sufficiency. CCUSA incorporated financial literacy into the application for the Refugee Resettlement AmeriCorps Program. The Corporation for National…

Story - January 7, 2019 - Arlene McGuinness was referred to Catholic Charities after a shattering chain of events, beginning with a lupus diagnosis. At the same time she was caring for family members experiencing their own crises. Then, within a year, she would lose her primary source of income and be in danger of losing everything. Suffering from severe depression,…

Story - December 11, 2018 - Gabriel*, a refugee from Sierra Leone, came to the United States by himself, leaving his 10-year-old son with his parents because he wasn’t sure how to support him here. He got a job in the United States, worked very hard and saved. He sent money back to his son, and after a year, felt that…

Story - November 1, 2018 - Catholic Charities of Baltimore is implementing a trauma-informed care approach throughout its agency to improve interactions not only with clients but also among staff. The process began within the Family Services division of the agency, according to Jon Hackbarth, who until recently had worked as a mental health care administrator at Catholic Charities. “That’s where…

Prayer & Reflection - December 16, 2024 - In today’s Gospel, Jesus is once again tested by the “chief priests and the elders.” They asked him: “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?” They were not interested in Jesus’ answer. They were trying to set a trap so they could accuse Him, only to find themselves…

Story - September 17, 2018 - Good afternoon! I am happy to be with you as you address the theme of migration in the context of the beautiful story of the the disciples on the road to Emmaus. As the Apostolic Nuncio, the representative of the Holy Father to the United States, I want to express the spiritual closeness and paternal…