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Catholic Charities Diocese of Nashville
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Member - August 17, 2015 - Catholic Charities provides a comprehensive program of services to people of any religious, ethnic, cultural and racial background. At eight Middle Tennessee locations, our multi-lingual staff serves all ages with basic needs, counseling and job training, along with wraparound services. The staff includes 160 expert professionals, along with 300 volunteers and 20 interns. Annually, we…
Ford Motor Company presents Mobile Response Center to CCUSA
News - August 22, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. – The Ford Motor Company presented Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) with a Mobile Response Center (MRC), a vehicle designed to bring relief and recovery to people affected by disasters across the country. When not deployed in response to a disaster, the MRC vehicle will be used by Catholic Charities member agencies in Washington,…
Catholic Charities counselor, DACA recipient, moves on from U.S.
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/catholic-charities-counselor-daca-recipient-departs/
Story - November 14, 2019 - As an immigration counselor for Catholic Charities of Green Bay, Ana Rodriguez said one of her greatest joys was helping immigrants on their way to permanent residency and U.S. citizenship. “Knowing that they are able to naturalize or even get their green cards — to have a voice — to me that’s everything,” said Rodriguez.…
Nancy Cook Owens to receive 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…
Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia
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Member - August 19, 2015 - Serving southeastern Virginia for more than 92 years, Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia (CCEVA) serves all people through every stage of life. Our mission focuses on educating and moving people out of poverty through pregnancy and parenting support, adoption and post-adoption services, intensive economic mobility programs, financial education, eviction prevention, mental health counseling, guardianship for…
Helping to make a refugee’s dream come true
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Story - April 29, 2016 - In 2001, when Pamela was just seven years old, violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo forced her to flee to safety in the Mayukwayukwa refugee camp in Zambia. She lived there for eight years with her sister, with almost no hope of a better future. After all, less than one percent of refugees are…
Catholic Charities, Lansing
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Member - February 24, 2016 - The mission of Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Lansing is the work of the Catholic Church: To share the love of Christ by performing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. This includes providing food pantries, low cost counseling, warming centers, senior services, adoption and foster care, among other services. We serve everyone with…
CCUSA president and CEO recognized by The NPT as a top leader
News - August 9, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. — For the seventh year in a row, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO, Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, was recognized by The NonProfit Times (NPT) in its Power & Influence Top 50 leaders for 2022. Paul Cholery, NPT vice president and editorial director, wrote, “A lot of social sector people talk…
Serving newcomers at the border: A journal of moments and reflections
Story - August 3, 2021 - Sister Joan Sullivan and Sister Mary Helen Beirne, both members of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, Philadelphia, spent a week (July 5-12, 2021) at the Catholic Charities of Laredo’s La Frontera respite care center serving immigrants who entered the United States via the border with Mexico. A journal of their reflections about their service follows.…
CCUSA, X2AI provide mental health support through “Hope” program
News - July 14, 2021 - (Alexandria, Va.) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), one of the nation’s leading social service providers, has joined forces with X2AI to provide easy and immediate access to mental health support through a chatbot named Hope. “X2AI’s unique technology will help individuals build resilience through tough times,” said Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO…
Transforming the forgiven and the forgiver
Prayer & Reflection - February 21, 2024 - Forgiveness is the key to transforming the lives of both the forgiven and the forgiver. It is a two-way street that gentles the heart and moves each closer to peace and relationship to both the other and to God. The first reading reveals the people of Nineveh recognizing their sin — even though Jonah was…
God sends the right child for the right family
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Story - November 4, 2019 - Matt Nevins received a call from an unfamiliar Pinellas County number. He usually dismisses such calls, but something in his gut made him check on this one. He searched for Catholic Charities Adoption Services numbers, but none matched. Then there was a voicemail from Melissa Anderson, one of the adoption professionals. “There was some excitement…