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Javier’s story
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Story - July 30, 2019 - When a medical crisis sent a recent immigrant into a downward spiral, he lacked the safety net to rebound to self-sufficiency. Catholic Social Services’ Guadalupe Center staff intervened to prevent his family from becoming homeless. When Javier relocated to Columbus from Venezuela, he found stable work doing construction and settled his wife and 5-year old…
Human trafficking survivor shares her story
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Story - July 26, 2019 - After almost two decades of abuse, two kidnappings, escapes and almost getting killed, human trafficking survivor, Flor Turcio, shared her story of terror and how Catholic Charities of Central Florida helped her through it. When Catholic Charities caseworker, Rosa Alamo, first spoke to Turcio in 2013, she was shocked. “It was something like a movie…
CCUSA joins in call for elected leaders to prioritize hunger programs in Farm Bill
News - June 25, 2025 - CCUSA, in a joint letter with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Rural Life and St. Vincent de Paul, urge Congressional leaders serving on the House and Senate agriculture committees to ensure that the upcoming Farm Bill prioritizes support for programs that feed the hungry both domestically and abroad, provide…
A house, and three lives, renewed
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Story - June 18, 2019 - Part of a long-term recovery grant from Catholic Charities USA to Catholic Charities Diocese of Saint Petersburg (CCSP) made it possible for CCSP to provide restoration services to 65 households with Hurricane Irma damage. CCSP continues to assist those that would not otherwise be able to afford repairs to their home due to low or…
Mental Health Counselors Green Bay & Marinette
Job - June 5, 2025 - Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay currently has full-time openings for Mental Health Counselors in our Green Bay and Marinette Offices. Our Mental Health Counselors provide a wide range of services including psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, counseling, and crisis intervention to specified client populations. We are seeking talented caring professionals who have a Master’s…
CCUSA applauds Supreme Court’s decision in Catholic Charities case
News - June 5, 2025 - In reaction to the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in favor of Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior in their appeal of a decision by the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Catholic Charities CEO and President Kerry Alys Robinson issued the following statement: At Catholic Charities agencies across the United States, staff and…
CCUSA urges opposition to Medicaid cuts that would impact the poor and vulnerable
News - May 13, 2025 - Catholic Charities USA, on behalf of its 168 member agencies located across the United States and its territories, urges the House Energy and Commerce Committee to oppose any changes to the current Medicaid program. Even modest cuts to Medicaid would have profound and lasting consequences for the most poor and vulnerable, and any changes to…
Homeless advocate lives up to God’s counteroffer
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Story - April 5, 2019 - As she neared her retirement, Liz Stanton offered God a deal she hoped he couldn’t resist. She just never expected that God would make her a counteroffer. “When I retired at 66, I told him I would give him my time, energy and prayer, in exchange for him guiding me into opportunities to serve others—ultimately…
Sustaining hope
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Prayer & Reflection - April 11, 2025 - Terror on every side! Sounds like our world today, does it not? We can’t look hardly anywhere in the world and not see conflicts, wars, natural disasters, destruction, displacement of millions of people and loss of lives, to name a few. On top of all that, there’s been the loss of much funding and resources…
On every human face
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Prayer & Reflection - March 29, 2025 - “Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.” (Luke 18:9) The Pharisee certainly does not come off well in this story: proud, arrogant and self-righteous. Yet, he shares one characteristic with the tax collector who merely prays, “O God, be merciful to me a sinner.” Both…
Mary’s fiat, our call to action
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Prayer & Reflection - March 25, 2025 - “Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.May it be done to me according to your word.” The word doula — defined as someone who provides non-medical support during pregnancy and childbirth — comes from the Greek for “handmaid.” A few years before I had any training, my sister asked me to be…
An invitation to ask, to seek, to knock
Prayer & Reflection - March 13, 2025 - Esther’s prayer embodies the heart of social justice — a cry for deliverance from injustice and oppression. Esther’s prayer reminds us that, even when systems seem stacked against justice, courage and trust in God’s providence can empower us to take bold steps. Her example calls us to persist in advocacy, ensuring that vulnerable communities are…