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Catholic Charities of Boston helps family ‘in extreme hardship’
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Story - September 17, 2018 - For 19 years, I worked for U.S. Government agencies and private businesses in Sao Tome and Cape Verde. In 2013, my family and I (six people) moved to Boston and were able to successfully adjust to life in the U.S. I had always worked in office settings, but in the U.S., due to sudden hardship…
Solemnity of Saint Joseph
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/about-us/prayers-reflections/lent-reflection-2023-27/
Prayer & Reflection - March 20, 2023 - Over the centuries, Saint Joseph has been known by many names and titles: Patron Saint of the Universal Church, of Workers, of Fathers, of the Unborn, and of a Happy Death, among others. Yet on this Saint Joseph’s Day 2023, his role as Patron of Migrants takes on particular significance. We know little from the…
A clarity of vision
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Prayer & Reflection - December 13, 2023 - Today we commemorate Saint Lucy, a martyr of the early Church who was born of a noble family in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Diocletian persecution. As a child, I was fascinated by Saint Lucy because of her depiction in church statues holding out a plate with her two eyes. This reflected a torture she suffered…
Guidance Clinic helps man seize a second chance, change his destiny
Story - September 13, 2019 - Abussamaa Ramziddin was just 8 years old when he went into New Jersey’s foster care system. “We had some troubles in my home, so I was removed from the home,” Abussamaa said. “Once a child, especially a black male, enters a state system, your life is never the same.” As a teenager, Abussamaa fell into…
CCUSA collaborates with HGTV stars on affordable housing project
News - August 1, 2018 - St. Jude Center in Dallas to provide permanent supportive housing to homeless veterans and seniors Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is partnering with Ashley and Andy Williams, stars of HGTV’s Flip or Flop Fort Worth, to redesign an affordable housing project for Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) and the Catholic Housing Initiative (CHI). CCD…
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Santa Fe
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Member - August 14, 2015 - At Catholic Charities, we embody faith through action, serving people of all beliefs and backgrounds. Our mission is to ignite hope and provide help. From rehousing the homeless to building affordable housing, we’re part of the solution. By aiding vulnerable seniors, feeding the hungry, embracing displaced refugees and offering low-cost immigration legal aid, we’re dedicated…
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
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Member - August 17, 2015 - Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston brings hope, comfort and relief to thousands of people in need, regardless of their faith. Families struggling to afford groceries and a decent place to live. New mothers who can’t buy diapers for their babies. Seniors who seek comfort and a nutritious hot meal. We are there for…
The unexpected, the Divine
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Prayer & Reflection - December 12, 2023 - Nuestra Senora de Gaudalupe today celebrates this most blessed Patroness of the Americas and of Americans (South, Central and North). To consider this for a moment, what an unusual Patroness we have: a mestiza woman expecting a child. In the cosmology of our Church, and across global faith traditions, this is not a common sign…
Cooking is therapeutic for Sister Marjorie Hebert
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/sister-marjorie-hebert-cooking-is-therapeutic/
Story - March 31, 2022 - Marianite Sister Marjorie Hebert, the president and CEO of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, grew up in an Algiers family of seven children, whose Catholic numbers and modest income – her mom was a cashier at K&B Drug Store on Canal Street – dictated a budgeted routine of serving simple family meals. “I started…
CCUSA welcomes passage of Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act
News - March 22, 2016 - Alexandria, Va. (March 22, 2016) — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) welcomes the passage by Congress and the signing into law by President Obama of the Evidence-based Policymaking Commission Act, which will create a 15-person commission to discern the best way for the federal government to organize, protect, and analyze data to improve public policy. “The…
Catholic Charities responds to pandemic
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Story - August 11, 2020 - By David Werning, Managing Editor On the first day of January 2020, coronavirus for many people in the United States was a mysterious disease happening somewhere else. Just three months later, most people not only recognized the term and its specific designation, COVID-19, but also acted to slow its spread. By March 2020, COVID-19 had swept…
DACA helped me reach my goals
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/daca-helped-me-reach-my-goals/
Story - September 5, 2017 - My name is Ruth.* I arrived to the United States at age nine. Since I arrived, even though I did not fully understand the legalities of my situation, I always lived in fear of being separated from my family due to my legal status in this country. I was always forced to live in the…