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Young people encouraged to seek community and more in time of crisis
Story - May 1, 2020 - Discussing how the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has altered the lives of young people – professionally, socially and spiritually – Catholic and Christian leaders shared the importance of seeking community and participating in acts of service at an online Salt and Light Gathering sponsored by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public…
CCUSA president and CEO offers Congressional testimony on homelessness
News - February 7, 2022 - Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness Sister Donna Markham OP, Ph.D. President and CEO, Catholic Charities USA Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony regarding, “Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness,” on behalf of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), a national organization representing more than 167 diocesan Catholic…
CCUSA releases its annual report
News - August 2, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), one of the country’s largest social service providers, has released its annual report. The report, titled “A Year of Service Through Encounter,” demonstrates the ministry’s unwavering commitment to the millions of individuals of all faiths who come to Catholic Charities for help and hope.Last year, Catholic Charities encountered…
Catholic Charities Diocese of Laredo
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Member - August 17, 2015 - Catholic Charities–Diocese of Laredo (CCDOL) is a nonprofit organization under the auspices of the Diocese of Laredo on the Mexican–American border. As a multi-program human services agency, CCDOL is a community-based organization that has been serving the people of Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata and Zavala counties since the 1970s. CCDOL was…
USCCB and CCUSA lend support to agencies reuniting families
News - July 12, 2018 - Washington – The Migration and Refugee Services of USCCB and Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) today issued the following statement on the ongoing efforts to reunite children separated from their families at the border. “As we have long done, CCUSA and Migration and Refugee Services of USCCB are lending our experience and expertise to support Catholic…
CRS CEO to keynote 2015 CCUSA Annual Gathering
News - June 24, 2015 - Alexandria, Va. (June 24, 2015) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), whose members helped more than nine million individuals in need on their journey out of poverty last year, announced today that Dr. Shane Lopez, author of “Making Hope Happen,” and Dr. Carolyn Woo, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, will serve as keynote speakers…
CCUSA urges Congress to provide further protection for DACA recipients
News - February 9, 2018 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD welcomed the two-year budget agreement passed by Congress last night and urges Congress to pass a bill to provide protections for DACA recipients. “Through this agreement, communities impacted by hurricanes and wildfires can begin to heal and rebuild. In addition, it…
CCUSA president and CEO condemns failure to protect DACA recipients
News - February 16, 2018 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD expressed her deep disappointment over today’s failure by the U.S. Senate to pass a bill to provide protections for DACA recipients: “It is deeply heartbreaking that the Senate was unable to pass a bill today to provide protections for DACA…
CCUSA urges passage of Housing Opportunities through Modernization Act
News - March 21, 2016 - CCUSA joins a broad cross-section of stakeholders in the housing affordability realm in urging the Senate to pass “The Housing Opportunities through Modernization Act” (H.R. 3700), without delay. The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3700 unanimously on February 2, 2016. This legislation represents the best of bipartisan work and compromise.Our nation faces tremendous housing…
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by mentoring youth
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Story - January 12, 2018 - Fifty years will have passed this coming April 4 since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. As it is with most martyrs, Dr. King remains an influential person in the areas he championed, including racial and social justice, and more generally in what it means to serve one’s…
Family receives wheelchair-accessible van from CSS in Columbus, Ohio
Story - September 28, 2020 - It was about a year ago that Kala Freeman decided to swallow her pride and ask for help in acquiring a wheelchair accessible van for her family. She and husband Bradley Barrick have a blended family of six kids, including 11-year-old Danielle “Dani” Hardesty. Dani was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after contracting bacterial meningitis when…
Letter in support of CRA challenge to OCC lenders rule
News - June 17, 2021 - Dear Members of Congress: We write to express our support for the Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) “National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders” rule. The OCC rule overrides state usury laws, legalizing predatory lending even in states that have outlawed it. On March…