Story - January 19, 2021 - By Luz E Acosta, Supervisor at the Center for Working Families, Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan When Elvia Lopez arrived in Michigan she had two kids, she was feeling very alone. Even though she had some acquaintances in town, Elvia felt lost. She didn’t speak English and didn’t know anything about this new country. It was…

Story - September 21, 2022 - A former Catholic school on the city’s east side that has been vacant for more than a decade will get new life as an affordable housing complex, thanks to a unique collaboration between church, state and a host of allies.  The Residences at St. Matthews is a $17-million, two-year project to repurpose the former St.…

Story - June 15, 2022 - Note: DACA recipients’ names have been changed to protect their identities.  The thrill of being granted DACA protection — the freedom to get a driver’s license, to be eligible for authorized employment, to pay in-state college tuition — might only be overshadowed by the ever-present fear of losing it. On this tenth anniversary of Deferred…

Story - May 2, 2022 - Last year, the Catholic Charities (CC) network of agencies provided more than 44 million meals to 12 million people across the country, adding 450 new food distribution sites to meet the problem of food insecurity, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic and, more recently, inflation. With grocery prices in early 2022 up 6.3% over…

Story - February 11, 2022 - Catholic Charities of Oregon continues to advance new developments and initiatives to meet the goals of the Healthy Housing Initiative. Among these developments are 130 affordable housing units under construction – including 35 Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) units – in Portland at Cathedral Village Apartments and at The Annex, an innovative, privately funded property adjacent…

Story - September 2, 2021 - A scattering of Hurricane Ida evacuees from storm-battered Louisiana to neighboring states across the south is presenting a familiar crisis for regional Catholic Charities agencies following Hurricane Ida’s Aug. 29 landfall. “Our experience here is similar to that of Hurricane Katrina in that the real need is coming from the damaged infrastructure and failed power…

Story - July 14, 2021 - On a clear spring afternoon, Lexington’s Cardinal Valley neighborhood is buzzing with activity. Birdsong mingles with the bass beat of a passing car stereo, while people move between homes, hair salons, taquerias and panaderías. In the midst of all this life, the bright stucco facade of Centro de San Juan Diego rises up. It is…

Story - April 8, 2021 - On World Health Day, April 7, a new group of 31 U.S. Catholic organizations encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an act of charity and solidarity with others. The group also emphasized the need for vaccine equity in the United States and around the world. “This is a clarion call for us to…

Story - February 10, 2021 - Sister Sharlet Ann Wagner has heard people say about people crossing the border: They should get in line. “My response to that,” Wagner says, “is always, they would love to get in line. Give them a line to get in; they’ll be happy to get in that line.” Wagner speaks from experience. In the late…

Story - December 7, 2020 - A federal judge Dec. 4 said the Trump administration must fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, after the program that protects qualifying young adult immigrants from deportation was suspended this summer by Chad Wolf, acting Homeland Security secretary. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York,…

Story - December 3, 2020 - Laid off from her information technology job last Thanksgiving, then evicted for falling behind on the rent two months later and having to keep six children fed, Bianca Simone needed options. Even though her boyfriend, Drew Tunnell, still had his job in plumbing sales, the couple faced years-long waiting lists for an apartment. Then the…

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