Story - March 31, 2020 - Catholic Charities New Hampshire announced the creation of the Catholic Charities NH Crisis Fund, which will provide direct assistance to help individuals and families most impacted by times of crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. The Catholic Charities NH Crisis Fund will support immediate needs, including: Emergency financial relief assistance for individuals and families…

Story - December 1, 2021 - By Patricia Cole, Vice President of External Relations, Catholic Charities USA Announced in 2019, Catholic Charities USA’s Innovation Challenge sought to inspire member agencies within the Catholic Charities network to propose a fresh solution toward alleviating, reducing or eliminating poverty. It provided our ministry a platform to think creatively and innovatively about how they address the needs they…

Prayer & Reflection - December 25, 2021 - CCUSA’s Daily Advent Reflections: Christmas Day For many of us, the cards have been sent and received, the gifts wrapped and now opened, the meal around the table perhaps still anticipated. We have sung the carols of rejoicing in our parishes. But what does this confounding mystery of incarnational love mean for us, going forward…

Story - December 20, 2017 - Christmas is not always egg nog and fruit cake. For example, Mary may have been tempted to discouragement when, following God’s command and consenting to give birth to Jesus, she met with rejection: Joseph, her espoused, decided to divorce her (although, as we know, he later responded with faith). And who knows what else Mary…

Story - September 8, 2020 - A week ago, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. received a request from Bishop David L. Toups of the Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, asking for our help in providing bottled water and shelf-stable food to the people affected by Hurricane Laura. We immediately sent a request by newsletter and social media to our community…

Story - April 17, 2019 - Imagine being in a packed baseball stadium with fans cheering. It’s the bottom of the ninth. Two outs. The bases are loaded. Zach Drexler steps up to home plate, bat in hand, ready to deliver the game-winning hit. The 30-year-old Drexler said that’s how he looks at his life, like a baseball game. “My life…

Story - July 16, 2021 - After much anticipation, President Biden’s Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions raised the admissions ceiling from 15,000 to 62,500 on May 3, 2021, for the fiscal year 2021. Although the numbers have not been released for fiscal year 2022, President Biden has committed his support to welcome families who have been forced to leave their…

Story - April 24, 2020 - From one end of the country to the other, dioceses and Catholic charitable agencies are coming up with ingenious solutions to meet growing hunger in their communities. The Archdiocese of San Francisco started a grocery delivery service and hotline in early April. Within two weeks, 14 parishes had signed on with parishioners committed to help…

Prayer & Reflection - December 9, 2023 - If there’s anything I’ve learned at Catholic Charities, it’s that everything is possible. In the Gospel today, Jesus surveys the needs of his people — they are sick, troubled and abandoned, and he tells his friends to go and serve. Jesus sends his disciples — he sends us — into the darkest of places. Into…

Story - June 24, 2020 - Catholic Social Services (CSS) serves two populations of people: the working-poor and vulnerable seniors. We help working-poor families stabilize and become self-sufficient through case management, mental healthcare, and emergency assistance. We help low-income seniors age with grace and independence through supportive services and community-impact opportunities. Through the Supportive Services program, CSS removes barriers for low-income…

Story - April 7, 2021 - For more than 100 years, the Catholic Charities ministry in the United States has provided essential services to immigrants and newcomers. The reason transcends particular time periods, exigencies or politics.  Catholic Charities affirms the inherent, God-given dignity of immigrants and refugees, as well as every human person, and works to honor that dignity by helping…

Story - March 30, 2020 - With stay-at-home orders limiting church gatherings, Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana is in dire need of donated canned goods for its food pantry. Traditionally, church parishes host food drives for the charity during Lent, but without public Masses the pantry is running low. “We are currently very short on our donated items and the demand…