News - October 5, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) announced that Lisa Namikas, a Catholic Charities of Baton Rouge volunteer, has been named the CCUSA Volunteer of the Year for 2022. “It is the committed, compassionate service of volunteers like Lisa that allows  Catholic Charities agencies to provide such an exceptional level of care and to uphold…

Member - August 13, 2015 - For more than 100 years, Catholic Charities in central and southern Indiana has provided help and created hope for those in need. With locations in Indianapolis (www.helpcreatehope.org), Bloomington (www.ccbin.org), Bedford (www.beckysplacebedford.org), New Albany (St. Elizabeth) (www.stecharities.org), Tell City (www.archindy.org/cc/tellcity), and Terre Haute (www.ccthin.org), our agencies offer a variety of programs, including pregnancy and adoption services,…

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…

Story - September 13, 2019 - Robert Wade is a resident at Monsignor Bishop Manor. He first called on Catholic Charities of Central Florida (CCCF) eight years ago when he needed a house he and his wife could afford. She died this past Spring, making the rent out of his reach. Once again, Catholic Charities stepped in. “When my wife died,…

News - June 26, 2019 - Alexandria, Va. (June 26, 2019)–The images and stories coming from the border are heart wrenching. Today I beg all persons of good will to reach out and respond generously to the arrival of newcomers. I also beg Congress and the Administration to provide the necessary aid to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico…

Story - August 25, 2015 - Eighth-grader Jayla is looking forward to striving for the honor roll in high school next year. That wouldn’t have been the case two years ago. She had spent the whole academic year acting out in the classroom and leaving assignments unfinished. A school therapist referred her to a Catholic Charities-run mentoring program, and Jayla met…

Member - August 17, 2015 - Guided by Catholic teaching, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City serves those in need, regardless of their faith, through transformative, empowering and dignity-affirming social service programs that seek to eliminate material, emotional and spiritual poverty across Central and Western Oklahoma. Services include, but are not limited to, women’s & children’s day sanctuary, counseling,…

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…

Story - December 4, 2020 - The path to adoption for Mandy and Keegan Wilson looked nothing like they envisioned. “Adoption is something I wanted to do since I was in high school,” Mandy Wilson said. “I have friends who have placed babies for adoption. I’ve had family members and friends adopt babies. I knew it was in my heart to…

Story - December 28, 2021 - Right up through December, extreme weather events and natural disasters of 2021 continued to upend local communities and set agendas for domestic and overseas emergency response efforts at major Catholic aid organizations. “We had about 85 disasters,” in the United States this past year, said Kim Burgo, vice president for disaster operations for Catholic Charities…

Story - September 13, 2019 - You might think that working more than three decades in the Catholic school system should be followed by a calm and relaxing retirement. And it is one way to cap such a generous career. But there’s another way, less traveled perhaps, demonstrated by Jana Hukriede, Catholic Charities USA’s (CCUSA) 2019 Volunteer of the Year. After…

Story - December 14, 2021 - Deadly tornadoes left a more-than 200-mile path of destruction overnight on December 10, 2021, in the Midwest.   In the past month, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Owensboro staff have been busy resettling 300 Afghan refugees in our community. We still have more than 150 refugees in an Owensboro hotel because of our housing shortage. Also, some landlords would not rent to the newcomers making…