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Catholic Charities employee joins clients in ‘sharing the journey’
Story - September 17, 2018 - Since 2017, Gilda Rada-Garcia has worked as an immigration advocate with Catholic Charities of North Louisiana’s Immigration Integration Services program. She provides assistance and guidance to clients seeking to become legal residents or naturalized citizens of the United States. On September 12, 2018, surrounded by friends and CCNLA staff members, Rada-Garcia joined two of her…
Catholic Charities of TN helps refugee students navigate online learning
Story - September 17, 2020 - Although navigating technology and staying organized and motivated has been a challenge for students across the country with online learning this semester, it is even more difficult for refugee students. In the Diocese of Nashville, Catholic Charities of Tennessee has stepped in to give these students a helping hand. To support refugee children attending Nashville…
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DRC refugee uses experiences to help others
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Story - December 9, 2020 - Charles Mugabe is the COVID-19 Project Coordinator for Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services in Maine. As the liaison between Ethnic Community-Based Organizations statewide, Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mugabe works with a coalition of organizations to help provide COVID-19 social service support for…
Oregon Catholics reflect on pregnancy, childbirth during the pandemic
Story - May 1, 2020 - At 8 a.m. on Easter, two days before giving birth, Jennifer Ratigan pulled into a hospital parking lot and waited for a physician’s assistant — donning full protective garb, including a face mask and shield — to reach through a rolled-down window to swab her nose for a COVID-19 test. The hospital was preparing for…
CCUSA receives Walmart grant to enhance disaster response training
News - September 26, 2018 - Alexandria, Va. (September 26, 2018) — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has received a $500,000 grant from Walmart to enhance programs for the annual disaster response training institute. The Applied Institute for Disaster Excellence (AIDE) is CCUSA’s week-long disaster operations program. AIDE provides cutting edge training in preparedness planning to strengthen the effectiveness of the Catholic…
Catholic Disaster Preparedness Program (CDPP) Video Series
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/catholic-disaster-preparedness-program-cdpp-video-series/
Catholic Disaster Preparedness Program (CDPP) is a three-part video training series that explores the natural intersection of our Gospel Call, the needs of those suffering and the gifts we have to share before, during and after a disaster event. CDPP Part 1 of the video training: Preparing Individuals and Families CDPP Part 2 of the video training: Parish…
Americans’ mental health needs grow dramatically amid pandemic
Story - March 9, 2021 - The coronavirus pandemic has taken an emotional toll on Americans, with mental health professionals reporting they are getting more requests for assistance from people feeling helpless and experiencing anxiety and depression. Inquiries are coming from people of all ages — young children, teenagers, the middle-aged and the elderly — as they struggle to cope with…
CCUSA urges Congress to provide relief funds in next COVID-19 package
Story - March 3, 2021 - Democratic members of the U.S. Senate were hopeful their version of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package would be passed the second week of March, so they could send it to President Joe Biden for his signature before unemployment assistance expires March 14. The measure includes $246 billion for extending unemployment benefits through August and…
At migration summit, bishops work toward ‘church without borders’
Story - June 3, 2021 - After hearing the story of a Salvadoran immigrant and her plight to leave her home country, bishops from the U.S., Central America and Mexico meeting in Mundelein June 2 turned to a camera facing a woman identified as Maria Antonia. Even though she was who thousands of miles away, in Irving, Texas, they gave her…
Catholic leaders urge Congress to address shortcomings in CARES Act
Story - April 8, 2020 - Testing and treatment for the novel coronavirus for all people regardless of their immigration status and assistance to church organizations with more than 500 workers are among crucial concerns Catholic leaders are urging Congress to address in a new federal emergency aid package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing internet access to low-income families…
CCUSA pledges to seek passage of new pandemic relief bill
Story - October 7, 2020 - The president of Catholic Charities USA said the agency would turn to Capitol Hill to get a pandemic relief bill passed after it called President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend talks on the legislation “heartless.” Dominican Sister Donna Markham told Catholic News Service early Oct. 7 that the president’s decision the day before to pull…