Story - December 9, 2020 - Charles Mugabe is the COVID-19 Project Coordinator for Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services in Maine. As the liaison between Ethnic Community-Based Organizations statewide, Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mugabe works with a coalition of organizations to help provide COVID-19 social service support for…

News - November 5, 2021 - November 2, 2021 United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20015 Dear Senator, On behalf of Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities USA, we write to urge you to provide robust funding in the annual Labor Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Bill to support families and communities during this time of recovery…

News - October 28, 2020 - Alexandria, Va.  – The well-being of the U.S. would improve if the country’s more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations received immediate legislative relief from Congress to support charity and community-building efforts during COVID-19 and the recession, a new poll finds. Less than a week before Election Day 2020, polling reveals the public believes charities, other…

Prayer & Reflection - December 8, 2022 - As a young girl growing up, I struggled with Mary’s example of perfection. As a child who was continually navigating right from wrong, understanding “free will” and what it meant for Mary to be born without sin was difficult to comprehend. While there were/are aspects of that gift that I find encouraging, more than anything,…

Story - January 9, 2019 - Sunset Point Camp, a program of Catholic Charities Greater Boston, has been providing a summer camp experience to children from low-income families for 99 years. Campers range in age from six to 14 years old. They spend a week at the overnight camp in Hull, Massachusetts, participating in activities that otherwise they would have no…

Story - November 16, 2020 - Adoption is always a family affair, but for Matt and Carrie Bunkowske, it has become a family tradition, too. Matt was adopted in 1979 as an infant through Catholic Social Services. His sister, Melanie, arrived four years later when Jill and Duane Bunkowske adopted their second child from CSS. Adoptions run in Carrie’s family, too.…

Story - January 3, 2019 - When Gloria walked into Catholic Charities of Rochester, N.Y., workers saw first-hand the life-changing difference even a few dollars can make in a person’s life. Gloria is 86 and lives alone near the small village of Nichols, N.Y., in Tioga County, which is as rural as Appalachia. There are no nearby cities, hospitals, colleges or…

Story - June 1, 2021 - By Tara Ford, Director of Marketing Communications, Catholic Charities of San Antonio No one really knows the trauma, sadness, and grief of a teenage boy traveling alone through another country in search of a hopeful future in the United States. To overcome trauma, one needs positive relationships, a healthy lifestyle, and strong community support. One needs…

Story - June 25, 2021 - Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response strategy June 24 near the stunning wreckage of a partially collapsed beachfront high-rise apartment building. As of early June 25, some 159 people who lived in the 12-story building remained unaccounted for, according to local law enforcement officials.…

News - July 15, 2021 - The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chair U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kay Granger Ranking Member U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Washington DC 20515 July 14, 2021 Dear Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Member Granger, The Catholic Health Association of the United States is the leadership organization of more…

Prayer & Reflection - October 20, 2016 - Opening Prayer Merciful God, to whom the secrets of the heart lie open, who recognize the just and make righteous the guilty, hear our prayers for our brothers and sisters held in prison; grant that through patience and hope they may find relief in their affliction and soon return unhindered to their families. Through our…

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…