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Catholic Charities Diocese of Pueblo marks 75 years of caring
Story - April 9, 2019 - It was 1944, and with the world ravaged by war, the Diocese of Pueblo formally began its commitment to strengthen and empower families and individuals throughout Southern Colorado. Seventy five years ago, what was launched as Catholic Social Service Inc. with a single social worker will today celebrate 75 years of bettering the lives of…
Integrated health and the development of ‘Therapeutic Patient Navigation’
Story - December 12, 2017 - Kimberly T. Washington, program clinical manager for St. Jude’s Project at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, wrote an article for the journal of the National Association of Social Workers. The article introduces the reader to a model of care called Therapeutic Patient Navigation, which was created to meet the needs of patients with…
CCUSA president and CEO presents $1 million for Florida disaster relief efforts
Story - October 18, 2018 - Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) traveled to Northwest Florida this week to present $1 million to Catholic Charities in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael. CCUSA has already provided more than $1.5 million to other Catholic Charities agencies, including those in South Georgia, recovering from…
Rebuilding homes, repairing lives
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Story - January 25, 2021 - Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri, Inc. seeks to rebuild homes and repair lives through its Purpose Home Repair and Plumbing social enterprise program. The primary initiatives of the program are to a) develop a home repair and construction social enterprise to help low-income, unemployed and underemployed people, with significant barriers to employment, gain marketable job…
Sisters fund eviction prevention as millions owe back rent
Story - April 13, 2021 - As the pandemic provoked shutdowns across the United States in March 2020, Jason’s stress level began to climb. He had to handle cash as an essential employee selling car parts at an AutoZone in McKinney, Texas, a state with no mask mandate. His precarious health — asthma, sarcoidosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergies — put…
Handy Helpers combines job training, social enterprise
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Story - January 15, 2021 - Handy Helpers Home Repair is a job training social enterprise program operated by Catholic Charities Diocese of Evansville. Through 832 hours of supervised, paid, revenue-generating work and a 208-hour paid, customized case management plan, individuals with disjointed work histories gain work and life skills enabling them to acquire and maintain stable and self-sustaining employment. Working…
Thousands of homeless men in PA find respite at St. John’s Hospice
Story - March 25, 2019 - Every morning at 5:30 a.m., Michael D’Ambrosio arrives for work at Saint John’s Hospice. It’s his job to drive the large, refrigerated truck that picks up over 1,000 donated casseroles received by the hospice every month from over 47 parishes in Philadelphia and its four suburban counties. The large dish casseroles, prepared dutifully by parishioners,…
Catholic Charities Oregon, partners launch alternative to payday loans
Story - December 6, 2017 - National leaders in financial wellness gathered at Catholic Charities in Portland, Ore. on Dec. 4 and 5 to advance alternative strategies to predatory payday loans. Catholic Charities Oregon and its partners are committed to improving financial wellness in the workplace and providing resources to support financially fragile Oregonians. Today, among U.S. states, Oregon ranks 27th…
CCBQ continues serving the most vulnerable during pandemic
Story - March 24, 2020 - During the evolving COVID-19 crisis, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens is delivering meals to the home-bound elderly and members of its senior centers to keep the most vulnerable safe as demands grow amid these difficult times.
Prayer for the care of the poor
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Prayer & Reflection - November 8, 2017 - Opening Prayer Generous God, we lift up to your mercy that poverty which is a moral and social wound upon our country’s soul. In your goodness, help us to heal this wound by working to alleviate the suffering and pain of the poor. Amen. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 10: 12-14, 16-18 R. Rise up, LORD! Do…
Building families, building communities
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Story - March 21, 2019 - Proper nutrition is key for children in their earliest, most critical stages of growth and development. Often, low-income women with infants and young children can’t afford, or don’t have access to, the food needed to maintain a healthy diet. WIC, which stands for Women, Infants, and Children, is a USDA supplemental nutrition program designed to…
Local students make hurricane relief donation to CCUSA
Story - November 20, 2017 - On Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, received a check for $1,500 from students of the Blessed Sacrament School in Alexandria, Va. The students met Sister Donna at CCUSA’s office, also in Alexandria. The donation was the fruit of a student-run initiative called “Hope after…