News - October 5, 2014 - Alexandria, Virginia (October 5, 2014) – In thanksgiving for over two decades of helping shape and train the next generation of Catholic Charities leaders, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), one of the nation’s largest networks of faith-based social service providers, will honor Dr. John Yankey and Dr. Zoe Breen Wood with a Centennial Medal. Drs. Yankey…

Story - June 1, 2021 - By Tara Ford, Director of Marketing Communications, Catholic Charities of San Antonio No one really knows the trauma, sadness, and grief of a teenage boy traveling alone through another country in search of a hopeful future in the United States. To overcome trauma, one needs positive relationships, a healthy lifestyle, and strong community support. One needs…

Story - November 28, 2021 - By David Werning, Managing Editor Imagine this scenario: you don’t know English, you lost your job, and you’re worrying about how – or if – you will recover. This situation did not have to be imagined by 225 refugees in the Cincinnati area during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 31 of whom were…

Story - August 11, 2020 - By Judy Orr, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Tennessee Fresh from new director training at Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) headquarters in mid-February, I was reenergized to tackle my goals of elevating the Catholic Charities of Tennessee’s profile and increasing fundraising. Three weeks in March 2020 accelerated all that. On March 3, at 12:38 a.m., a tornado…

News - March 9, 2023 - Stepping off a plane at Boston Logan Airport, moments after returning home from a trip, Orlando Fontanez’s phone began to buzz with text and voicemail notifications. One was from the mother of his then three-year-old daughter Najla. The other was from the Department of Children and Families. Both conveyed the same nerve-racking news — Najla…

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Publication - August 1, 2020 - Poverty and racism continue to undermine our nation’s most basic promise of liberty and justice for all. Catholic Charities maintains the conviction that both are scandalous affronts to the Christian conscience and endanger the social peace and future prosperity of this nation. Summary This paper is an invitation to others, both in the Catholic Charities…

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Prayer & Reflection - March 21, 2023 - And it will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live…and will grow all kinds of trees for food… whose fruit will be for food and whose leaves for healing.Ez 47: 9 In today’s Gospel Jesus is persecuted for healing on the Sabbath. He encounters a…

Prayer & Reflection - March 6, 2023 - Today’s Gospel reading is a hard one to swallow and digest. Jesus challenges his disciples to be merciful, to stop judging, to stop condemning, to forgive, and to be generous. Jesus challenges us to do the same. But how can we be merciful to the person who just cussed us out? How do we stop…