Social enterprise and workforce development programs offer strategies to improve an individual’s potential in the workplace and contribute to alleviating poverty.    

Prayer & Reflection - March 3, 2024 - How are those Lenten commitments coming? It depends on the year whether I “give up” something or not. This year I was feeling a need to spend more time in prayer and use the various “paths” of prayer to go deeper. By “paths” of prayer, I mean swimming, and being one with God in that…

Story - November 27, 2023 - Catholic Charities of East Tennessee recently had the sacred honor of placing a perfect baby boy with a family who began their adoption journey more than three years ago. This particular placement was a closed adoption based on the birth mother’s wishes, so many of the details cannot be shared, but from start to finish,…

News - August 12, 2021 - “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” (Matthew 25) Alexandria, Va. (August 12, 2021) – Catholic Charities USA and its 167 member agencies have a long history of serving their communities to help the most vulnerable find affordable…

Story - January 18, 2022 - A few weeks before Christmas, Jessica Moreno and her three kids were able to move from her parents’ home in Wood Dale, Illinois, outside of Chicago, to their own apartment a few blocks away. “The apartment was heaven sent,” she said. “I was looking at homelessness. I can’t imaging being in that situation with three…

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.…

Story - November 21, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) received a $1.4 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to reduce hunger among people struggling with poverty. While most of the funds supported outreach and enrollment for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at 47 Catholic Charities agencies in the United States, some of the funds paid for Catholic Charities food pantry…

News - April 9, 2021 - April 9, 2021 The Honorable Chuck Schumer and the Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader of the Senate Minority Leader of the Senate Dear Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell, I write on behalf of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), the national office for 167 Catholic Charities agencies across the country and the U.S. territories, to express…

Prayer & Reflection - February 17, 2024 - “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” This is certainly something we hear in our work: why are you helping those people? Our responses are important not only for others to hear but for ourselves as well. What brought me to this work? Why do I stay? How do I feel…

Story - November 13, 2020 - Catholic Charities of Buffalo, in conjunction with the Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board and C-Tech Associates, hosted the first graduation ceremony in Western New York for the C-Tech training program. Students received industry-recognized certificates in network cabling, copper and fiber optics, 5G systems, and grounding and bonding through the intensive 4-week training. Eight…

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Story - April 15, 2019 - Pope Francis reminds us, “No single act of love for God will be lost, no generous effort is meaningless, no painful endurance is wasted. All of these encircle our world like a vital force” (Evangelii Gaudium, No. 279). This is just one of many reasons Catholic Charities of Central Florida (CCCF) is now working with…