Story - July 16, 2021 - Two children, six suitcases and $300. This is all Marisol had when she arrived in Columbus five years ago to start her new life. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, she’d lost both her home and her job in Puerto Rico. She arrived in Ohio with her savings depleted, but faced an even greater challenge…

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Story - March 3, 2021 - When Antoinette Fallon accepted a part-time, temporary job at Catholic Charities’ Rachel’s Women’s Center in downtown San Diego, she was new to the organization but she was not new to the work. Relocated from New York with decades of experience in social services, she figured 30-days at Rachel’s would put her experience to good use…

Story - September 17, 2018 - Since 2017, Gilda Rada-Garcia has worked as an immigration advocate with Catholic Charities of North Louisiana’s Immigration Integration Services program. She provides assistance and guidance to clients seeking to become legal residents or naturalized citizens of the United States. On September 12, 2018, surrounded by friends and CCNLA staff members, Rada-Garcia joined two of her…

News - September 10, 2024 - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) will award the 2024 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award to Kimberly Osborn, the program director of the Northside Child Development Center (Northside) at Catholic Charities Twin Cities. This honor is presented annually to a Catholic Charities staff member who distinguishes himself or herself through a commitment to serve youth…

Story - July 6, 2022 - The spring sun glares into the room on a recent Tuesday afternoon. Doug Grant sits down at the table, pulls out his reading glasses and digs into his latest historical fiction book. It was his moment of peace after a long, hard day at work. Doug is wise in years, as evidenced by his white…

Story - March 31, 2022 - Marianite Sister Marjorie Hebert, the president and CEO of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, grew up in an Algiers family of seven children, whose Catholic numbers and modest income – her mom was a cashier at K&B Drug Store on Canal Street – dictated a budgeted routine of serving simple family meals. “I started…

Story - June 23, 2021 - On June 20, communities from around the globe celebrated World Refugee Day, established by the United Nations as an international day to acknowledge the strength and courage of people forced to flee their home countries due to conflict or persecution. Yet, the commemoration of World Refugee Day comes at a record low for refugee resettlement.…

Story - August 13, 2020 - The coronavirus relief measures put in place by President Donald Trump Aug. 8 are not expected to provide significant relief to people most in need of assistance because of the pandemic-induced recession, political observers said. While rooted in law, they explained, the steps undertaken by the president are limited in scope and some may face…

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 - April 21, 2020 - Dioceses and their supporters have established special funds to allow donors to help parishes and Catholic ministries get through the economic crisis caused by rapid spread of the new coronavirus. While the efforts cannot make up fully for the loss of weekend Mass collections, the donations are helping some entities with much-needed funds so they…

Story - September 3, 2015 - Ten years ago, hundreds of thousands of people fled New Orleans to escape Hurricane Katrina. Among them were an adoption specialist for Catholic Charities in New Orleans, one of the birthmothers she was working with, and the adoptive family the birthmother had just chosen for her baby. With phone lines down and no communication between…