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Taking care of Mom
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Story - May 6, 2016 - Carol started caring for her mother-in-law, Marie, who was nearly 90 years old and showing signs of dementia. Still, despite her short-term memory loss, Marie remained intelligent and eager for social engagement. “It was hard for me to keep her busy every day,” says Carol. Seeing a flyer for Day Break Cares adult day center,…
Milwaukee family finds options in adoption
Story - November 1, 2024 - African American couples in the United States are often underrepresented in adoption programs, leaving African American birth parents who wish to make an adoption plan with limited options for selecting adoptive families from their own race and culture. Catholic Charities in Milwaukee is working to address this gap by providing African American birth mothers with…
Sheltering the homeless a corporal work of mercy
Story - January 21, 2016 - To shelter the homeless is one of the Corporal Works of Mercy. In a social context when we provide housing that is affordable, we are sheltering. In the 1950s, the church in Louisville grew by leaps and bounds. New parishes were springing up, and with them schools. Those returning from WWII fueled this growth. I…
Claiming the ‘unclaimed’ in Southern Louisiana
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Story - November 12, 2024 - Kim Boudreaux, CEO of the Catholic Charities of Acadiana in Louisiana and a member of Legatus’ Lafayette-Acadiana Chapter, has enjoyed the privilege of serving God’s poor since taking on the role in 2005, a week after Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. One of Boudreaux’s many undertakings is organizing burials for deceased individuals who have gone “unclaimed.” …
Charlotte burial assistance program offers mercy, love to those in need
Story - November 8, 2024 - The Catholic faith teaches that it is an important corporal work of mercy to bury the dead, and many local members of the faithful are heeding this moral imperative by giving to Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte to help those in need with the final expenses of their loved ones. “Our burial assistance program has…
CCUSA, Catholic Charities Denver mount flooding disaster response
Story - August 26, 2015 - Following the devastating floods in Colorado in September 2013, Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver entered into a powerful collaboration to meet the immediate needs of disaster survivors and chart a course of recovery for the long term. At the September 2013 Catholic Charities USA Annual Gathering in San Francisco,…
Building disaster preparedness into disaster response on Long Island
Story - August 26, 2015 - In the midst of responding to Superstorm Sandy, Catholic Charities of Long Island, New York, found that three groups of people were the most vulnerable to disasters: seniors, immigrants and people with disabilities. They needed more help recovering and they needed to be better prepared. So even as the agency responded to help folks recover…
Once Lost, Now Found – Overcoming Mental Illness Through Wrap-Around Services
Story - August 25, 2015 - “Life is worth living.” Alan can say that with a smile on his face now, a year after conquering schizophrenia and homelessness thanks to St. Joseph House of Hospitality. In February 2011, Alan, a Navy veteran, was looking for a place to start his new life after being discharged from a VA mental health institution.…
‘I want better for my children’
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Story - August 6, 2024 - Young parents graduate Catholic Charities Boston HiSET Program together. For Gislani, a young mother of two boys both under the age of two, the past few years have been anything but predictable. A few weeks after first becoming a mother at the age of 19, Gislani learned that the home where she had been living…
Helping seniors move past depression and isolation with community
Story - August 21, 2015 - After a healthy and vibrant life, things had changed. Looking back at that dark period, Jim now says, he had lost his will to live. Jim owned his own company for 40 years, holds a Ph.D, and volunteered as a social worker for a time. But when he retired, his family moved into another state,…
‘To show care’
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Story - April 9, 2024 - Outreach to homeless campers saves lives, builds relationships, offers a path to housing Splayed on cold damp cement, the man’s face was quickly turning grey. A woman’s screams for help echoed off the brick buildings of Portland’s Old Town. Honor Hehn and Kathryn Swanson, Catholic Charities of Oregon outreach workers, were picking up supplies for…
The mandate to loving service
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Prayer & Reflection - March 28, 2024 - I don’t know about you, but as I move on in years, things seem to move on faster! I won’t give my age… Yet here we are again in Holy Week and the start of our sacred Triduum with Holy Thursday. Over the years, I have written a number of reflections on this day of…