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Prayer for victims of human trafficking
Prayer & Reflection - February 7, 2017 - Opening Prayer Living God, you freed the people of Israel from cruel slavery in Egypt and led them to a promised land “flowing with milk and honey.” We ask you to liberate today all the children, women, and men who are enslaved by the cruel yoke of human trafficking in our nation, and around the…
CCUSA, other Catholic groups support the First Step Act
News - November 26, 2018 - Alexandria, Va. (Nov. 26, 2018) — Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), joined the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in sending a joint letter to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary encouraging the passage of the First Step…
Paying it forward: Local uses stimulus check to donate food
Story - May 27, 2020 - Lancaster resident Channon Piwowarczyk used her stimulus check to shop for $200 worth of carefully planned meal items for pantry recipients, as well as food items that work well for those who are homeless, and brought them to the Catholic Charities Russell J. Salvatore Food Pantry and Outreach in Lackawanna. She said she wanted to…
CCUSA commends immigration reform efforts; urges compromise
News - February 7, 2024 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) commends Sens. James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) for their efforts to put forth broad, bipartisan reforms of our country’s immigration system — something we have called on Congress and presidential administrations of both parties to undertake for decades. While the proposed legislation contains both provisions we…
CCUSA to provide Hurricane Idalia disaster relief
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2023/08/30/ccusa-to-provide-hurricane-idalia-disaster-relief/
News - August 30, 2023 - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As Hurricane Idalia brings catastrophic, life-threatening conditions to communities in Florida and Georgia, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), the official domestic relief agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., has launched a dedicated disaster donation page. All funds raised will assist those displaced or suffering because of the storm. To make a gift…
Catholic Charities provides food for TSA employees
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/catholic-charities-provides-food-for-tsa-employees/
Story - March 11, 2019 - Three weeks after the government shutdown began on Dec. 22, 2018, Transport Security Administration (TSA) employees felt the absence of a regular paycheck. Strangers and corporations stepped up to help nationwide. On Jan. 14, 2019, TSA set up an official food drive to help employees and manage donations at Orlando International Airport. It was then…
SunTrust Foundation supports CCUSA’s work to strengthen communities
News - July 13, 2015 - Alexandria, Va. (July 13, 2015) – Low-income adults looking for better jobs, families looking to build brighter futures, and individuals working toward financial goals will all be supported on their journey out of poverty thanks to a new grant from the SunTrust Foundation to Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA). CCUSA, whose national network helped more than…
Catholic Charities of Acadiana
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Member - August 14, 2015 - Catholic Charities of Acadiana cares for the sacred gift of all human life, especially the most vulnerable. Since 1973, Catholic Charities of Acadiana has served our neighbors experiencing hunger, homelessness, poverty and situational crises through our 12 core programs.
CCUSA, Topashaw Farm, USDA get food to families during pandemic
Story - October 13, 2020 - Pope Francis commented in his encyclical, Fratelli tutti, that the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded the world’s inhabitants “that we are a global community, …that we are brothers and sisters of one another” (No. 32). The pope’s words may have no better illustration than the wonderful events that have occurred in a corner of Mississippi. The…
CCUSA leader urges bipartisan compromise on immigration
News - February 7, 2024 - Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, urges Congressional leaders to compromise on the pressing issue of immigration and to address specific provisions that will have an immediate impact on border communities, interior communities and vulnerable immigrants who seek refuge and a better life in this country. Read the full letter.
Third Sunday of Lent, 2023
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/about-us/prayers-reflections/lent-reflection-2023-19/
Prayer & Reflection - March 12, 2023 - “Is God in our midst or not?” What a provocative question in today’s first reading! Especially when confronted by the pain we see in our world today. To understand today’s gospel story, we must appreciate the history of Samaria and Israel. After being conquered by Assyria, Samaritans worshiped Assyrian gods while continuing to worship the…
Bringing families together
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Story - January 6, 2016 - I came to Catholic Charities of Stockton in 2012 for help with my citizenship case. I needed to petition for my husband, Frandy Ramirez. We have been married since 2008. My husband has not seen his family in Guatemala for the past 10 years. We have been waiting for a solution since then. He was…