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CCUSA letter on FY2024 Labor, HHS, Education appropriations
News - May 2, 2023 - Catholic Charities USA urges Senate leadership, as it considers the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill for fiscal year 2024, to invest in programs that protect and support poor and vulnerable children, families, persons facing behavioral and mental health crises and elderly persons. Read the full letter.
Circle of Protection urges disaster assistance package for Puerto Rico
News - March 28, 2019 - The Circle of Protection, a coalition of 60 leaders who head Christian denominations and organization, urges Congress to immediately pass a disaster assistance package with $600 million for Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP). Absent action, 1.35 million people in Puerto Rico, a third of its population, will see deep cuts to their current nutrition…
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River
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Member - August 14, 2015 - Services
CCUSA, other Catholic groups express deep concern about restricting access to asylum
News - November 14, 2018 - Bishop Joe S. Vásquez, of Austin, Texas, Chairman of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration, Sister Donna Markham, OP, Phd, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Jeanne Atkinson, Executive Director of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and Sean Callahan, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services issued an statement reiterating that it…
Bishop David Zubik honored for six years as Episcopal Liaison to CCUSA
Story - January 28, 2020 - Bishop David Zubik was honored at a luncheon during the CCUSA Board of Directors meeting, January 24, 2020. Bishop Zubik completed his six-year term as the USCCB Episcopal Liaison to Catholic Charities USA. He was both a great supporter of the ministry of Catholic Charities and a great friend to the staff and Board. Whether…
CCUSA, other Catholic groups address moral dimensions of FY2019 Agriculture appropriations
News - July 23, 2018 - Catholic Charities USA, along with USCCB’s Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic Relief Services, and Catholic Rural Life, wrote to congressional leadership addressing the moral and human dimensions of FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations. The letter stated that the nation’s priorities must include robust funding for both domestic and…
CCUSA, others send letter on moral, human dimensions of FY21 agriculture appropriations
News - June 16, 2020 - On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Rural Life, we wish to address the moral and human dimensions of the FY 2021 Agriculture Appropriations legislation. As our nation faces an unprecedented health…
CCUSA, others write on moral, human dimensions of FY21 agricultural appropriations
News - June 16, 2020 - On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Rural Life, we wish to address the moral and human dimensions of the FY 2021 Agriculture Appropriations legislation. As our nation faces an unprecedented health…
CCUSA and other Catholic groups condemn restricted access to asylum
News - November 14, 2018 - Bishop Joe S. Vásquez, of Austin, Texas, Chairman of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration, Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Jeanne Atkinson, Executive Director of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and Sean Callahan, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services issued an statement reiterating that it…
Mission of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley is service
Story - April 9, 2021 - Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) helps people, with special concern for those who are poor and vulnerable, like the many people currently crossing the Mexican border and seeking asylum in the Untied States. Helping, caring, loving: This is the mission. The staff and volunteers of CCRGV make every effort to live by…
Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana in need of pantry donations
Story - March 30, 2020 - With stay-at-home orders limiting church gatherings, Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana is in dire need of donated canned goods for its food pantry. Traditionally, church parishes host food drives for the charity during Lent, but without public Masses the pantry is running low. “We are currently very short on our donated items and the demand…
Once lost, now found: Overcoming mental illness with help, community
Story - August 15, 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.…