Story - June 12, 2019 - Hurricane season 2019 has arrived, but did you know Catholic Charities of Central Florida (CCCF) is still working to assist local families who haven’t recovered from storms two years ago? The 2017 hurricane season was one of the most active on record. Hurricane Irma hit Florida’s southern coast on September 10 as a category 3…

Story - March 11, 2019 - The Behavioral Health Services program of Catholic Charities of Central Florida is expanding Mental Health First Aid training throughout the Diocese of Orlando. Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based course that teaches participants how to identify and respond to signs of mental illness comparable to CPR for someone experiencing a medical crisis. The course…

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…

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…

Story - August 2, 2017 - Fina* was thirty-eight when she immigrated to the United States from Italy with her husband and two children. In Milan, she had been a stay-at-home mom, but with her youngest daughter getting ready to start first grade, she was excited to rejoin the workforce and start a new life in the United States. But shortly…

Story - January 5, 2024 - Thanks to $18.3 million in Metro Affordable Housing Bond funds and other public and private grants and investment, Catholic Charities of Oregon has completed 143 new affordable homes in the Portland suburb of Happy Valley. Good Shepherd Village is the first regulated affordable housing development within the city limits of Happy Valley and Catholic Charities…

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…

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…

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…

Story - November 28, 2021 - By David Werning, Managing Editor Imagine this scenario: you don’t know English, you lost your job, and you’re worrying about how – or if – you will recover. This situation did not have to be imagined by 225 refugees in the Cincinnati area during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 31 of whom were…

Story - April 22, 2021 - By David Werning, Managing Editor When a group of people are looking for the light at the end of the tunnel and you know it’s still a long way off, what do you do? Theresa Chamblee, director of social concerns for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, has the answer: You engage them. Chamblee interacts…

Story - December 1, 2021 - By Bill Gangluff, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, Catholic Charities USA Members of the Catholic Charities agency network came together in San Diego Sept. 21-23 for the 2021 Annual Gathering. The group last met in fall 2019 so being able to assemble carried extra meaning as friends, new and old, were able to meet in-person once again. The event was cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Part networking and part…