Job - June 23, 2025 - Position Summary The Temporary Advancement Coordinator will implement and oversee fundraising programs to include an integrated donor stewardship program, the Sponsor a Day program, and administration of fundraising database, Raiser’s Edge. This position provides support to the Advancement (fundraising) team and is critical in the support of all Catholic Charities of Central Colorado frontline programs.…

Story - May 6, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), with five Catholic Charities member agencies, has launched a Healthy Housing Initiative that combines health and housing services to help homeless people remain off the streets. The five agencies are Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan (Detroit); Catholic Charities of St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.); Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas);…

Story - May 6, 2019 - Kids who fidget in class often get written off as behavior problems, or diagnosed with a learning disorder like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. But Aurora Blackwell is an experienced educator, and she knew something deeper lay behind her 7-year-old son Bronx’s school troubles. “He’s the youngest in the class, since his birthday falls so late in the…

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…

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,…

News - April 25, 2025 - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Two new members — Mark Ouweleen and Gloria Purvis — have joined the Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) Board of Directors. Purvis and Ouweleen began their service in January. Ouweleen, a partner at Bartlit Beck LLP, is a trial lawyer who has litigated and tried high stakes civil cases across the country for over…

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…

Story - March 14, 2019 - Did you ever stop to realize how many times in a day or even in your life that things happen at just the right time? That the stars all seem to be aligned, and that everything you need happens not always in your time, or in your way, but in God’s way. I believe that…

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…

Story - January 10, 2019 - “I.T. is here. I.T. is here to fix your problem.” That’s the greeting staff members receive at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington (CCADW) when Joseph Jackson arrives at their work stations. Jackson, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at age 3 (he’s 28 now), is one of CCADW’s I.T. technicians, and his typical…

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 - January 7, 2019 - AmeriCorps members working with Catholic Charities help refugees resettle in a number of ways, including language, case management and legal aid. But one essential part of their service is providing financial literacy to refugees, helping them toward self-sufficiency. CCUSA incorporated financial literacy into the application for the Refugee Resettlement AmeriCorps Program. The Corporation for National…