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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa

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Member - August 13, 2015 - For 70 years, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa has served with “love for all,” helping people find and keep housing, move their immigration journey forward and achieve financial stability.

Thank you for picking us

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Story - June 1, 2021 - By Tara Ford, Director of Marketing Communications, Catholic Charities of San Antonio No one really knows the trauma, sadness, and grief of a teenage boy traveling alone through another country in search of a hopeful future in the United States. To overcome trauma, one needs positive relationships, a healthy lifestyle, and strong community support. One needs…

Nancy Cook Owens to receive 2021 CCUSA Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2021/07/19/nancy-cook-owens-of-catholic-charities-of-fairfield-county-to-receive-the-2021-ccusa-bishop-joseph-m-sullivan-award/

News - July 19, 2021 - Alexandria, Va.–Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is pleased to announce that Nancy Cook Owens, program director at the Room to Grow Early Childhood Learning Center, Catholic Charities of Fairfield County, is the recipient of the 2021 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award. CCUSA’s Bishop Sullivan Award recognizes a person working at a Catholic Charities agency who has…

We travel by faith, not by sight

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Story - June 29, 2021 - By Sister Evelyn Lobo, SSpS “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 Catholic Charities USA requested of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) for sisters to volunteer at Catholic Charities border sites in California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. They were…

Catholic Charities of the East Bay

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Member - August 13, 2015 - Founded in 1935 to serve people living in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, Catholic Charities East Bay provides hope and healing to families, children, youth and seniors in crisis, through rent relief, disaster response and reputable immigration legal services. We help families and young people in underserved communities with complex needs.

Restoring human dignity after family separation

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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…

New life and fresh starts

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Story - July 28, 2021 - By Molly Cornish Cordy, Community Engagement Director, Catholic Social Services Gardening isn’t typically the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Alaska. The state is home to three mountain ranges, a cold climate, and long winters. Anchorage, the largest city in the state, is usually in negative temperatures most of the winter. The winters…

CCUSA selects ITK Solutions Group to lead national digital transformation

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2021/06/23/catholic-charities-usa-selects-itk-solutions-group-to-lead-its-national-digital-transformation/

News - June 23, 2021 - (ALEXANDRIA, Va. and BEVERLY, Mass., June 23, 2021 ) — Catholic Charities USA, the nation’s largest social service provider, has selected ITK Solutions Group to lead an extensive digital transformation that will help it provide even more assistance to those in need. The initiative, “Transforming the Delivery of Poverty Services,” will result in a new…

Interfaith services pray for refugees, herald their strength, courage

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Story - June 23, 2021 - On June 20, communities from around the globe celebrated World Refugee Day, established by the United Nations as an international day to acknowledge the strength and courage of people forced to flee their home countries due to conflict or persecution. Yet, the commemoration of World Refugee Day comes at a record low for refugee resettlement.…

Catholic Charities Diocese of Fresno

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Member - August 12, 2015 - At Catholic Charities Diocese of Fresno, we offer a bridge over troubled waters for those facing hardship. Our presence spans eight counties and extends beyond our site locations in Fresno, Merced and Bakersfield into rural, underserved communities across the San Joaquin Valley. Through our mission to serve, advocate for and empower those in need, we…

Pastor says ‘every penny’ of loan used to save jobs, cover maintenance

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Story - July 15, 2020 - Across the country, Catholic dioceses, parishes and other church-run entities say the federal emergency “bridge loans” they applied for and received have helped keep much-needed ministries functioning during this coronavirus pandemic and the economic downturn that has resulted. By some estimates, thousands of individual churches, schools, food pantries and other social service programs would have…

Bakhita program in Palm Beach works to combat human trafficking

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Story - April 22, 2021 - By David Werning, Managing Editor “You don’t have to be in chains to be a human trafficking victim.” So says Ivonne Vadi, a case manager at the Bakhita Empowerment Program of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida (CCDPB). The Bakhita program, named after Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of human trafficking survivors, has two main…