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Homeless Veterans Integration Program makes all the difference
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Story - January 8, 2018 - Military service led to a downward spiral for Bill. Born and raised in St. Louis, he served in the Air Force and lived in Oklahoma City for two decades. Upon his return to his hometown, Bill fell onto some hard times, suffering from alcoholism and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and bouncing from place to place. “I…
Daily Reflection: Saturday of the First Week of Advent, 2017
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Story - December 9, 2017 - Saturday of the First Week of Advent Readings of the Day For me, the Season of Advent is about expectation and preparation for the arrival of Christ. We often think it is His arrival as a baby born on Christmas day, but in my heart I know I am working on myself so I am…
CCUSA shares story of refugee newcomer to the U.S.
Story - September 28, 2017 - Pope Francis launched the Share the Journey campaign from St. Peter’s Square on September 27, 2017. The campaign, which encourages everyone to welcome with open arms those people who have been displaced from their homelands and to listen to their stories, will run through September 2019. Catholic Charities USA, along with the United States Conference…
A journal of recovery efforts in U.S. Virgin Islands: September 25, 2017
Story - September 26, 2017 - The most immediate challenge facing Catholic Charities of the Virgin Islands in the wake of back-to-back monster storms is finding a home for the people who were living at Bethlehem House in Kingshill, St. Croix, when it was badly damaged last week by Hurricane Maria. The residents had been evacuated to public disaster shelters before…
A journal of recovery efforts in U.S. Virgin Islands: September 21, 2017
Story - September 26, 2017 - Among the countless structures on St. Croix that sustained major damage from Hurricane Maria this week was the Bethlehem House homeless shelter, operated by Catholic Charities of the Virgin Islands. Andrea Shillingford, executive director of CCVI, reported Thursday that both buildings at the shelter are uninhabitable. A tree fell on one, damaging the roof. The…
A journal of recovery efforts in U.S. Virgin Islands: September 18, 2017
Story - September 19, 2017 - The first word about Hurricane Irma reached our cozy retirement home in southern Indiana on Labor Day, bringing with it stark memories of the terrors and hardship inflicted by previous storms on our long-time home in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as fears for good friends there now and for the island community that…
Hope for the future
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Story - August 2, 2017 - Fina* was thirty-eight when she immigrated to the United States from Italy with her husband and two children. In Milan, she had been a stay-at-home mom, but with her youngest daughter getting ready to start first grade, she was excited to rejoin the workforce and start a new life in the United States. But shortly…
From homeless to home
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Story - June 16, 2016 - When Mamie Sanders received the letter from her landlord stating her rent would be considerably raised, she had no choice but to move out in 30 days. With affordable housing a rare find, she and her three children (ages 12, 17 and 18) were without anywhere to live. So they split up and stayed with…
Community Eligibility Provision helps feed kids
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Story - June 14, 2016 - Asked about a positive change in federal programs for child nutrition, Lorraine Knight, Executive Director of Nutritional Development Services (NDS) in Philadelphia, and Anne Ayella, Director of Community Relations for NDS, were quick to answer: the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) in the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010. CEP allows a school that already…
Community gardening nourishing more than bodies
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Story - May 20, 2016 - As I reflect on the last few days of work on the farm, our Farm for ME project of Catholic Charities Food Bank program, I am pondering some of the events that occurred. We have been working for weeks with sparse help and mother nature biting our heals with high humidity, hot temperatures and a…
Building resilient people and communities
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Story - May 16, 2016 - Ernest and Hattie Laday, husband and wife of 43 years, were living on a fixed income when Hurricane Isaac swept through their town of Lutcher, LA. They had no insurance or money to repair their home. Disaster recovery provided by Catholic Charities played a key role in getting them back to a place of self-sufficiency.…
Seniors helping seniors while aging together
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Story - May 3, 2016 - Walking through the doors of Norris Square Senior Community Center, members are welcomed with a flurry of activity, a collection of friendly faces, and a buzz of conversation. Nestled in a mostly Spanish-speaking community, the center is the gathering spot for local seniors and is full of energy and vitality. Norris Square Senior Community Center…