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As parishes reopen, mental and spiritual health care need attention
Story - May 13, 2020 - When parishioners begin returning to their churches as pandemic restrictions are gradually lifted, the buildings will look the same, but the environment might feel different because of new social-distancing measures. For example, in Houston, a young adult woman who went to Sunday Mass the first weekend in May when her parish reopened for public Mass,…
Bishop urges parishes to network to serve the most vulnerable
Story - March 17, 2021 - For a society, a world, struggling through “a time of pervasive darkness,” Youngstown Bishop David J. Bonnar asked: “What are we to do in the midst of this long night?” In his pastoral letter to diocesan Catholics, titled “Testify to the Light,” he also asks: “How do we help one another to come out of…
Catholic Charities provides food for TSA employees
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Story - March 11, 2019 - Three weeks after the government shutdown began on Dec. 22, 2018, Transport Security Administration (TSA) employees felt the absence of a regular paycheck. Strangers and corporations stepped up to help nationwide. On Jan. 14, 2019, TSA set up an official food drive to help employees and manage donations at Orlando International Airport. It was then…
St. Matthew Project in Detroit reflects parish partnership
Story - February 11, 2022 - For the second time in as many years, Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan (CCSEM) CEO Paul Propson addressed the MorningSide, East English Village, & Cornerstone Village Community Advocates (MECCA) Development Corporation about the development of affordable housing at the nearby St. Matthew School. While last year’s address focused on CCSEM’s plans, Paul was eager to…
What connects the tragic killings of George Floyd and Freddie Gray
Story - October 12, 2020 - By William J. McCarthy, Jr., Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Baltimore On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer who knelt on his neck for a continuous eight minutes and forty-six seconds while arresting him for the alleged use of a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. There are no words to express…
Gonzaga Family Haven welcomes first residents
Story - February 11, 2022 - A new chapter began last fall for the 73 families that will join the Gonzaga Family Haven (GFH) community in coming months, the result of hard work and collaboration between Catholic Charities Eastern Washington (CCEW) and community partners at Gonzaga University and Gonzaga Preparatory School. GFH offers a full range of supportive services on-site to…
CCUSA receives donation of chorizo valued at over $1.5 million
Story - February 8, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA received a generous donation of over 200,000 pounds of a chicken and pork chorizo blend that was distributed over December and January to over 11 member agencies from San Diego to Nashville with multiple stops in the Midwest. The donation of the product and transportation to local agencies, was made possible by…
Pandemic adds increasing burdens on immigrants without legal status
Story - April 2, 2020 - From a darkened room, the immigrant spoke in mid-March via Skype to a reporter from the TV station Guatevision, which focuses on issues pertaining to Guatemalans in and outside of the country. He told her that in Ohio, where he lives, though the community has been generally kind without regard to a person’s immigration status,…
The Border is Everywhere initiative
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Story - June 1, 2021 - By Kat Kelley, MSW, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Catholic Charities of Oregon The humanitarian crisis on the southern U.S. border has garnered national and international attention over the last few years. Images of unaccompanied minors in massive congregate shelters and young families traumatized and weary after crossing multiple international borders – often on foot – have…
Despite reducing poverty, expanded child tax credit’s future at risk
Story - January 18, 2022 - A few weeks before Christmas, Jessica Moreno and her three kids were able to move from her parents’ home in Wood Dale, Illinois, outside of Chicago, to their own apartment a few blocks away. “The apartment was heaven sent,” she said. “I was looking at homelessness. I can’t imaging being in that situation with three…
Parishes and the pandemic
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Story - August 11, 2020 - By Scott Hurd, Vice President, Leadership Formation, CCUSA Following a disaster, impacted communities typically gather together to pray: for help and hope, survivors and victims, resiliency and recovery. But that wasn’t possible after the coronavirus hit, as church doors were shuttered to help prevent spread of the disease. At the same time, parish programs were cancelled…
Trump administration drops refugee cap to historic low
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Story - October 5, 2020 - The steep slope, appearing almost as a vertical line, is a stunning mark by the Trump administration on what was once a refugee program recognized around the world as a model to welcome the tyrannized and persecuted masses. Late Sept. 30, the administration announced it would bring the refugee cap — the maximum number of…