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Catholic Charities New Orleans gives food to urban, rural communities
Story - July 2, 2020 - As a Gold Level Community Partner for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans is able to provide more effective and efficient services to low-income households. They have integrated the SNAP Outreach and Enrollment Program, with assistance from the Walmart Foundation, with food distribution programs in urban…
How the pandemic affects our senior population
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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…
CCUSA and partner organizations mark fifth anniversary of Laudato Sí
Story - June 22, 2020 - On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Laudato Si’, Catholic Charities USA joins the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and several partner organizations in offering a summary and record of their many activities undertaken in response to the encyclical. Read the full document here. For CCUSA’s summary, go…
New York tenants at risk of eviction as moratorium comes to end
Story - June 22, 2020 - As New York’s court system prepares to hear cases again and the June 20 expiration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s moratorium on evictions approaches, Antonio Garcia, an official of Catholic Charities of New York, said the agency is prepared to help at-risk tenants. On March 20, Cuomo announced the 90-day moratorium to protect residential and commercial…
CCUSA provides over 400,000 meals per week during COVID-19 crisis
Story - June 12, 2020 - Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County (CCSCC) has provided the equivalent of over 400,000 meals per week during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis (See graphic above). Gregory R. Kepferle, CEO of CCSCC, thanked all the partners and funders that enabled the generous food distributions. [tweet_box design=”box_01″ float=”none”]”We definitely can’t do this alone and appreciate…
U.S. bishops release children’s book on the reality of racism
Story - June 11, 2020 - The USCCB ad hoc Committee Against Racism teamed with the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development and Loyola Press, to produce a children’s book perfect for the domestic church. Complete with free downloadable activities geared toward teaching reconciliation and the purpose of confession, the book was first released in December 2019. Everyone Belongs tells…
Chicago Catholics tend parish gardens, supply pantries during pandemic
Story - June 10, 2020 - For years, some parishes in the Chicago Archdiocese have maintained gardens whose produce was donated to local food pantries. With the rise in food insecurity during COVID-19 sending more people to food pantries than before, those ministries have taken on a new importance. Volunteers at the Jubilee Garden of St. Francis de Sales Parish in…
Protect faith-based foster care, USCCB, Catholic groups urge
Story - June 9, 2020 - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and a few Catholic Charities agencies have joined more than 30 other religious groups, states and a group of Congress members urging the Supreme Court to protect Philadelphia’s faith-based foster care. The groups filed friend-of-the court briefs in early June in Fulton v. Philadelphia, which…
Pope prays for U.S., calls racism a pro-life issue
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Story - June 3, 2020 - Observing with great concern the social unrest unfolding in the United States, Pope Francis said no one can claim to defend the sanctity of every human life while turning a blind eye to racism and exclusion. Addressing all “dear brothers and sisters in the United States” during his livestreamed general audience June 3, the pope…
Racism ‘at heart’ of man’s death at hands of police
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Story - May 29, 2020 - The racism “at the heart” of the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis “penetrates every aspect of life in the United States” and seeds “the terror that threatens communities of color and disfigures all our humanity,” Pax Christi USA said May 28. The Catholic peace organization, based in Washington, said it…
Philly food distribution effort eases burden of hunger
Story - May 25, 2020 - For Philadelphia resident Tracey Trapp, the coronavirus pandemic has been a time of “waiting for the other shoe to drop.” An industrial dry cleaner from the city’s Harrowgate section, Trapp and his wife, a caretaker, have both just lost their jobs. A loved one recently died of COVID-19; Trapp prays his adult son, who survived…
Lower Bucks Co. families rally to restock food pantry
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Story - May 24, 2020 - Families in Lower Bucks County recently popped their trunks and tailgates for a two-day curbside food collection organized by a Penndel parishioner. Debra Gall Metz, a member of Our Lady of Grace in Penndel, spearheaded the May 2 – 3 event, which netted some 8,000 pounds of food for Mary’s Cupboard in Levittown. Located at…