Story - July 22, 2016 - “I would love to be a successful businessman AND help out my community here. Why not?” Mohammad always wanted to become a businessman. When he was living in Malaysia after leaving his troubled home nation of Burma, he helped run a business with a family who took him in as their own. However, he could…

Story - March 6, 2020 - On the last day of March in 1980, as the sun disappeared slowly over San Salvador and the curfew that had been established by the junta a year earlier took effect once again, residents in the city prepared for another long night without electricity or running water. Some families listened to battery-powered radios that offered…

Story - August 6, 2020 - Catholic churches, schools and other properties were spared serious damage by a mid-season tropical storm that raced up the East Coast, killing at least six people and leaving more than 3.7 million customers without power. The storm, named Isaias, came ashore late Aug. 3 as a hurricane near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, in the…

Story - August 12, 2016 - “Never give up anything. Just hope for better. Things get better, be hopeful, be positive.” When Sudarwas growing up in the southern part of Bhutan, he moved north to join his brother who was working there. Books were burned, demonstrations occurred, and schools were closed in theSouth. In the North, everyone spoke the national language…

Story - February 24, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), at the request of Cynthia Colbert, president and CEO of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (CCAGH), convened a meeting between CCAGH and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives and Federal Emergency Management Agency Partners (FEMA) in order to discuss how faith-based organizations and the federal…

Story - November 13, 2020 - Catholic Charities of Buffalo, in conjunction with the Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board and C-Tech Associates, hosted the first graduation ceremony in Western New York for the C-Tech training program. Students received industry-recognized certificates in network cabling, copper and fiber optics, 5G systems, and grounding and bonding through the intensive 4-week training. Eight…

Story - June 29, 2021 - By Sister Evelyn Lobo, SSpS “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 Catholic Charities USA requested of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) for sisters to volunteer at Catholic Charities border sites in California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. They were…

Story - January 7, 2019 - Staff at the Family Reunification Program (FRP) at Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s Esperanza Center use the trauma-informed care approach every day to care for recently arrived migrant children travelling without a parent or legal guardian and their families with whom they have been reunited. “Most of the children are coming from the northern triangle: Honduras,…

Story - April 2, 2020 - During his livestreamed daily morning Mass, Pope Francis prayed that the coronavirus pandemic may awaken people’s consciences to the plight of homeless men and women suffering in the world. At the start of the April 2 Mass in the chapel at his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the pope said he was struck by a…

Story - November 10, 2020 - Kelly Miller works with people coming out of prison, helping them find housing, jobs and whatever else they need to be successful as they reintegrate back into society. She knows how hard it can be to find affordable housing. And because she works for a social services nonprofit in New Jersey, she can fully empathize…

Story - February 28, 2018 - Linh Pham was rescued by the Catholic Church three times in his life. Now an elder in the Vietnamese American community in San Jose, Calif., Linh is a survivor of the Coyote Creek flood. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County came into his life after Linh and his family left his home in despair due…

Story - June 28, 2021 - Plenty of people respect their mothers. Karen’s kids so revere her that they call her Wonder Woman. “They buy me t-shirts, mugs — I’ve got every trinket that’s Wonder Woman-themed,” she laughed. “It’s the most endearing term they could ever use for me. I guess they see me as their hero because I battled the…