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Providing relief after Hurricane Laura
Story - September 8, 2020 - A week ago, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. received a request from Bishop David L. Toups of the Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, asking for our help in providing bottled water and shelf-stable food to the people affected by Hurricane Laura. We immediately sent a request by newsletter and social media to our community…
Affordable housing for grandparents caring for grandchildren
Story - July 24, 2020 - Catholic Charities (Santa Fe) had a grand opening ceremony on Feb. 27, 2020, for Generations @ West Mesa, an affordable living community in Albuquerque serving grandparents caring for grandchildren. Catholic Charities worked with the real estate developer Gorman & Co. to develop and build Generations @ West Mesa. “This was a population that really needed…
An adoptee’s long search brings the joy of new family
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Story - July 22, 2020 - A few weeks before Christmas, Shari Pasanowic got a holiday surprise: She learned she had an older sister who had been given up for adoption as a baby. Shari was curious but hesitant to hunt for her newfound sibling. “I got nervous, like what if she doesn’t know she’s adopted, or she didn’t know we…
Helping low-income students during COVID-19
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Story - July 16, 2020 - Brittany is a single mom who grew up in poverty and always wanted more for her family. She worked two part time jobs, and she remembers the feeling of standing in the homeless shelter line with her own mom. Brittany decided she wanted a better life for her and her child – so she was…
Every action counts
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Story - July 6, 2020 - Tharmini Umakaran came to the United States in 2018. She left her homeland of Sri Lanka at the age of five, fleeing civil war. Thirteen years later, as the nation celebrates World Refugee Day, June 20, Umakaran is thankful to those who helped her and her parents along the way. This year’s theme, “Every Action…
CCUSA and partner organizations mark fifth anniversary of Laudato SÃ
Story - June 22, 2020 - On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Laudato Si’, Catholic Charities USA joins the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and several partner organizations in offering a summary and record of their many activities undertaken in response to the encyclical. Read the full document here. For CCUSA’s summary, go…
U.S. bishops release children’s book on the reality of racism
Story - June 11, 2020 - The USCCB ad hoc Committee Against Racism teamed with the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development and Loyola Press, to produce a children’s book perfect for the domestic church. Complete with free downloadable activities geared toward teaching reconciliation and the purpose of confession, the book was first released in December 2019. Everyone Belongs tells…
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…
A Couple Catches a “Lucky Break”
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News - March 9, 2023 - Peter & Rachel Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico Peter, a veteran, was disabled in a 2012 workplace accident. No longer employed, he moved to Tucson with a friend. Every place, including the VA, had limited housing resources. Then he met his love, Rachel. But rent was always just out of reach, even…
Everyday heroes: On the front lines in Catholic Charities group homes
Story - April 28, 2020 - Netta Mack has been a licensed practical nurse for 10 years, most recently in the eight group homes that Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton runs on the grounds of Ancora Psychiatric Hospital and in Salem County. The daily routine after a decade on the job takes on a certain rhythm and a soothing predictability: You…
Local businesses and FeedMore of Western New York share their excess
Story - April 14, 2020 - Yesterday, Catholic Charities food pantry staff, as well as employees from its Workforce and Education and Immigration and Refugee Assistance Program, pitched in to pick up and sort eggs, pastries, vegetables, fruit and more for distribution to the agency’s nine food pantries in three counties (Erie, Cattaraugus and Allegany). More than 500 dozen eggs and…
CCUSA works with dairy cooperative to provide milk to food pantries
Story - April 13, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has been working with the Dairy Pricing Cooperative in Wisconsin for several years accepting cheese donations when available. In late March CCUSA learned that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers were dumping milk due to disruptions in the supply chain and the inability to get milk processed. CCUSA shared with the…