Story - April 10, 2017 - Christopher was a good student who grew up in a single parent household. Despite his mom’s best efforts to raise him right, Christopher had a brief but fateful run in with the law at age 16. His mother, Christine, remembers the phone call – Christopher had been arrested right before Mother’s Day and right after…

Story - October 19, 2016 - Bettie has been a widow for 22 years and has struggled with profound loneliness. “It’s just my home and my dog,” she explained. However, as a participant in Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet Senior Companion Program, Bettie’s situation has improved dramatically. The Senior Companion Program offers adults ages 55 and older the opportunity to support…

Story - July 22, 2016 - “We see a lot of benefits, psychologically as well as physically, for people that are getting here. Just the benefit of – after coming from a refugee camp and being resettled – again being able to go outside and work in the garden, get your hands dirty and reconnect with this pastime of growing food…

Story - June 16, 2016 - Hector Salgado bought his very first home with confidence. He knew it was a residence he could manage. He crunched the numbers. Salgado was tired of renting and spent several months searching for a home to purchase. He had a good credit score and planned to apply for a loan but was uncertain about what…

Story - June 14, 2016 - Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (CCSN) provides help, hope, and a sense of family for homebound, at-risk seniors with a robust selection of programs. The best known is Meals on Wheels (MOW). MOW provides meals for 2000 seniors every week. Praise from grateful clients and referrals from social workers have made the program very successful…

Story - June 14, 2016 - Asked about a positive change in federal programs for child nutrition, Lorraine Knight, Executive Director of Nutritional Development Services (NDS) in Philadelphia, and Anne Ayella, Director of Community Relations for NDS, were quick to answer: the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) in the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010. CEP allows a school that already…

Story - May 5, 2016 - When considering people who have experienced homelessness, we think immediately of our friend Angela and her two sons. Angela is a hard-worker, with an impressive skillset that landed her a steady job at an assisted living facility in Nashville. Spend only five minutes with Angela, and you will sense a complex warmth about her. She…

Story - May 17, 2016 - In December 2015, Jefferson County, Missouri, faced a severe flooding crisis. Mild temperatures and excessive rain caused the Mississippi and Meramec Rivers to overflow, spilling into small creeks throughout the area. In just a few days, residents in that region lost their homes, possessions and sense of community. To compound matters, a number of the…

Story - May 13, 2016 - At the beginning of spring 2015, Catholic Charities of Wichita, Kan. (CCW), responded to a devastating tornado that ripped through the city’s neighborhoods. CCW’s disaster response/case management staff supported a family composed only of grandparents and grandchildren, the former being the legal guardians of the latter. The grandmother was confined to a wheelchair and had…

Story - May 9, 2016 - Across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Sunday mornings, the faithful of the Church gather. Many are long-standing parishioners who have supported the Church for decades, raised their families in the Church and are now aging in the Church. Catholic Health Care Services is attuned to the needs of our aging parishioners and has launched eldercare…

Story - April 27, 2016 - At Catholic Charities of Tennessee (Nashville), we offer wraparound services because we have experienced that when a client arrives seeking to satisfy one need, another need – or two – often come to light as we sit and talk with the person. For instance, a young lady with limited English was receiving prenatal services at…

Story - November 2, 2024 - The financial assistance Alissa* received from Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago to cover the cost of burying her brother was “a godsend,” she says. It not only allowed the single mother to focus on her grieving, but also helped keep her and her 4-year-old son out of debt and in their home. “I’m…