Prayer & Reflection - December 26, 2023 - When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him… They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. [Acts 7:54, 58] Yesterday, our great season of giving came to an end. Since early November, as we prepared for Thanksgiving, until yesterday, when we celebrated the birth of…

Story - October 12, 2020 - By Theresa Ruzicka, President, Catholic Charities of St. Louis In our daily work at Catholic Charities, we accompany people who are in need, many who are particularly vulnerable. In our diocese and many others, this includes a disproportionate number of our Black brothers and sisters, who have been individually and systemically marginalized. The killing of George…

Prayer & Reflection - November 27, 2022 - So, Advent is with us again. Not nearly enough days — even with the longest possible calendaring of the season this year — to do all that I hope and expect for Advent. What great mercy that none of this is about me (or you), in the small personal sense. Please consider this permission to…

Story - September 23, 2020 - As Tropical Storm Beta made landfall between Corpus Christi and Galveston, Texas, along the Gulf Coast the night of Sept. 21, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee prepared to dispatch its “Caring Coach” to help those still recovering there from Hurricane Sally’s wrath unleashed on the Gulf Coast a week earlier. Sally made landfall early in the…

Story - January 9, 2018 - Ky and Luis have been matched since March 2014 through T.E.A.M. (Together Engaging Adolescents through Mentoring), a program of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston. Ky is a salesman who lives in South Boston. He chose to become a mentor because he had struggled academically and dropped out of high school, so he wanted to work…

Story - August 26, 2015 - Understanding the importance of sharing meals in strengthening family bonds, Catholic Charities of North Louisiana (CCNLA) has developed a suite of services that ensures that clients not only have access to adequate food, particularly on a SNAP budget, but that they learn and enjoy the process of preparing and serving food as well. CCNLA helps…

Story - May 13, 2020 - Over a century ago, a few dozen men and women believed that the collective efforts of the Church to faithfully serve people in need could change the course of poverty in our nation. This is why Catholic Charities was founded and it’s why we exist today. There have been many defining moments over the last…

Story - January 11, 2021 - The Max Kolbe Program (MAX) of Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland addresses and alleviates poverty using an enhanced peer support program that incorporates job training, community collaboration and social enterprise. MAX offers certified peer support services to clients who are in poverty and struggling with addiction. MAX staff meet clients in crisis in emergency rooms…

Story - March 3, 2023 - A visit with lunch program organizers at Kenton Women’s Village hosted by Catholic Charities of Oregon

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Story - July 22, 2016 - “We see a lot of benefits, psychologically as well as physically, for people that are getting here. Just the benefit of – after coming from a refugee camp and being resettled – again being able to go outside and work in the garden, get your hands dirty and reconnect with this pastime of growing food…

Story - April 13, 2021 - As the pandemic provoked shutdowns across the United States in March 2020, Jason’s stress level began to climb. He had to handle cash as an essential employee selling car parts at an AutoZone in McKinney, Texas, a state with no mask mandate. His precarious health — asthma, sarcoidosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergies — put…