Story - May 13, 2016 - At the beginning of spring 2015, Catholic Charities of Wichita, Kan. (CCW), responded to a devastating tornado that ripped through the city’s neighborhoods. CCW’s disaster response/case management staff supported a family composed only of grandparents and grandchildren, the former being the legal guardians of the latter. The grandmother was confined to a wheelchair and had…

Story - July 17, 2020 - The director of food pantries for Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Paterson said the number of people coming for food “is just staggering.” “Throughout the last three months, we have helped more people than any time before in our 80-year history,” Carlos Roldan said in a statement July 13. Catholic Charities, based in Clifton,…

Member - August 17, 2015 - The mission of Catholic Charities–Diocese of Lubbock is to provide our neighbors on the South Plains a path to well-being through support and empowerment. Our services focus on the most vulnerable populations in our community, including the elderly, immigrants, children and families in crisis, and those who are experiencing poverty, homelessness, hunger, crisis and trauma.…

Story - July 28, 2021 - By Julianna Cervi, Communications Specialist, Catholic Charities Diocese of Pueblo, Inc. ReHire Colorado is a transitional jobs program through Catholic Charities of Pueblo that stabilizes individuals and families with earned income, stimulates local economies through paid wages and contributes to the economic health of employers.  Nowhere was the program’s success more measurable than at the Museum…

Story - May 19, 2021 - It is a time of hope. And few people need hope more than the poverty-stricken residents of Portsmouth, Ohio, located in Scioto County— the second poorest county in the state. With a median household income of $28,840, Portsmouth bears the burden of a 37% poverty rate. Nestled in green hills, this rural town across the…

Story - April 6, 2020 - Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge on Saturday launched its “Catholic Charities Care Cards” initiative, releasing $10,000 of gasoline cards to health care workers who are selflessly serving on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. “These workers are putting themselves at risk to protect the rest of us. We hope this action…

Story - December 20, 2017 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, travelled to the U.S. Virgin Islands on Dec. 14 to present a check to Catholic Charities of the U.S. Virgin Islands (CCUSVI), headquartered on St. Thomas. The money was donated by thousands of people in response to CCUSA’s fundraising campaign in support of…

News - July 7, 2015 - Alexandria, Virginia (July 7, 2015) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), one of the nation’s largest networks of faith-based social service providers, is pleased to welcome Robert J. McCann, PhD, Executive Director, Catholic Charities Spokane, and Michael Connelly, MA, JD, FACHE, President and CEO of Mercy Health to CCUSA’s Board of Trustees. “I am proud to…

Story - July 26, 2019 - After almost two decades of abuse, two kidnappings, escapes and almost getting killed, human trafficking survivor, Flor Turcio, shared her story of terror and how Catholic Charities of Central Florida helped her through it. When Catholic Charities caseworker, Rosa Alamo, first spoke to Turcio in 2013, she was shocked. “It was something like a movie…

Story - August 17, 2021 - The “human dignity” of Afghanistan’s people “must be respected” amid the chaos in the country, the head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said Aug. 17. “The fall of Afghanistan and the departure of its elected leaders are a cause for concern, because of the possible denial of human rights, particularly for women…

Story - February 5, 2020 - In the Archdiocese of Washington, we were blessed to dedicate a new solar array on Oct. 17, 2019. Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, joined us, as well as Archbishop Wilton Gregory, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, and Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. All spoke glowingly of this effort…

Story - May 9, 2016 - Across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Sunday mornings, the faithful of the Church gather. Many are long-standing parishioners who have supported the Church for decades, raised their families in the Church and are now aging in the Church. Catholic Health Care Services is attuned to the needs of our aging parishioners and has launched eldercare…