News - August 19, 2015 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), one of the nation’s largest networks of social service providers and disaster operations networks, announced today it has awarded $8.4 million in grants to 24 Catholic Charities member agencies across the country to assist vulnerable populations affected by a disaster. The grants will go directly towards helping meet…

Member - August 14, 2015 - Services

Prayer & Reflection - April 13, 2022 - Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Readings of the Day“All is gift.” St. Ignatius of Loyola is known for saying this, and Ignatian spirituality carries this message forward, inviting us to find God in all things. Everything around us, both beauty and suffering, can speak of God. At first this seems untrue. How can suffering…

Member - August 17, 2015 - The mission of Catholic Charities–Diocese of Lubbock is to provide our neighbors on the South Plains a path to well-being through support and empowerment. Our services focus on the most vulnerable populations in our community, including the elderly, immigrants, children and families in crisis, and those who are experiencing poverty, homelessness, hunger, crisis and trauma.…

News - December 13, 2016 - As the Senate debates year-end government appropriations, CCUSA joined USCCB in urging members to pass meaningful mental health reform legislation, continue support for people in Flint, Mich., and improve the criminal justice system. Read the joint letter. 

Story - December 11, 2018 - Ten years ago, Catholic Charities represented Than*, a U.S. citizen, who was working to bring her four siblings to the United States from Vietnam. Her petitions were filed and sent to await visa availability. As siblings of a U.S. citizen, Than’s siblings had to wait over 10 years for visas to become available to them.…

Prayer & Reflection - March 24, 2023 - “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted” (Psalm 34) Those of us who have the privilege of serving in the field of immigration legal services know all too well what it means to be “close to the brokenhearted.” Families needlessly separated for decades by outdated immigration laws. Mothers deported away from their children. Asylum seekers…

News - August 28, 2023 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has named Sarah Clement, chief administrative officer at Catholic Charities of Acadiana, the recipient of the 2023 Management Excellence Award. Each year, the CCUSA Management and Administration Community of Practice confers this honor on an exceptional manager or supervisor in the Catholic Charities network who leads his or her…

News - June 7, 2021 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) applauds USDA’s $1 billion investment to purchase healthy food for food-insecure Americans and build food bank capacity. This funding will be made available to help support the expansion of food distribution programs across every state and territory and potentially increase local agency storage and refrigeration capacity and address the growing need…

Member - August 14, 2015 - Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge serves those most in need with an array of comprehensive supportive services for pregnant women, refugees, families in poverty, those suffering from food insecurity and formerly incarcerated individuals. We are the area’s leading disaster recovery agency.

News - March 17, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA and its 166 member agencies serving in all 50 States and the U.S. territories, are requesting, in light of the coronavirus crisis, a substantial funding increase for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) from the existing FY 2020 $125 million to $250 million. This request is based on the proven history…

Member - August 14, 2015 - Services