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 - February 23, 2021 - The Burton family from Lake Charles, Louisiana, were on the way home from a New Mexico skiing vacation when the worst winter storm in recent Texas history brought the state to a perpetual halt. They kept track of the worst-hit regions and avoided Amarillo and Austin. Then Feb. 17, as many Texans huddled in their…

Story - January 21, 2016 - To shelter the homeless is one of the Corporal Works of Mercy. In a social context when we provide housing that is affordable, we are sheltering. In the 1950s, the church in Louisville grew by leaps and bounds. New parishes were springing up, and with them schools. Those returning from WWII fueled this growth. I…

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Publication - August 4, 2022 - Whole Hearted provides basic and helpful trauma awareness. It is not clinical or professional therapy. It informs participants of trauma’s impact and how one might begin to move forward mentally and spiritually.

Story - January 10, 2019 - In the summer of 2014, Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV), under the leadership of Sister Norma Pimentel, established a Humanitarian Respite Center as a response to the substantial increase in families seeking asylum at the U.S./Mexico border. Since then, more than 150,000 individuals, including separated and reunified families, have been welcomed at…

Story - May 21, 2021 - In early May, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious asked members for urgent help in ministering to migrants when families, minors and others were increasingly coming across cities and towns close to the U.S.-Mexico border. Mercy Sister Patricia Mulderick, who’d had previous experience in advocacy work on behalf of migrants and experience in Latin America,…

News - June 18, 2019 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), traveled to Laredo, Texas, to share a message of compassion and hope with migrants and thank staff and volunteers who are serving at La Frontera shelter. She also presented a check for $200,000 to assist with increasing needs. Over 200 individuals are…

News - August 12, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is deeply concerned with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) final rule on public charge, scheduled for formal publication in the Federal Register on August 14, 2019.[1]  The rule will harm vulnerable immigrant communities and families by limiting access to social safety net programs and further impact them by removing access…

Story - February 22, 2021 - Despite the grip the historic winter storm had on north Texas, faith fueled outreach to Catholics and other community members in the Diocese of Dallas. “It’s an opportunity for us to provide to our parishioners in any way we can,” Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns said. “We recognize that we have to do church differently…

Story - January 21, 2016 - Kim came to our Homeless Services Center “a broken woman,” as she called herself. Born in Ukiah, California, Kim was a bright young woman who graduated college with a business degree. She worked for a Fortune 500 company in San Francisco, then moved back to Ukiah for her “dream job” as the sports editor for…

Story - February 6, 2020 - After reading Laudato Sí, Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for the earth, Elizabeth Acevedo asked herself, “Where do I fit in?” It’s precisely the question Pope Francis wants the reader to ask: “All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience,…