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Signs of the times, signs of hope
Prayer & Reflection - March 27, 2025 - As we approach the midpoint of Lent, it would be wise to take a self-assessment. How are we doing with the commitments we made this season? Regardless of our Lenten goals, they all have one thing in common: to draw us closer to God. We are preparing to celebrate the Easter miracle of our faith,…
The failure of indifference
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Prayer & Reflection - March 20, 2025 - In today’s readings we hear Jesus’ classic parable of an unnamed Rich Man and a poor man named Lazarus. In their lives on Earth, the Rich Man flaunted his wealth with magnificent clothing and daily feasts, while the poor man Lazarus spent his days laying at the gate of the Rich Man’s house, covered in…
Providing a roadmap to citizenship
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Story - January 10, 2019 - The Esperanza Center of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, located in the historic Fells Point neighborhood, welcomes newcomers to the United States and helps them to become citizens. At the Esperanza Center, the immigrant community has access to comprehensive services that are provided via six major programs: 1. Educational Services, including classes in English as a…
Restoring human dignity after family separation
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Story - January 10, 2019 - In the summer of 2014, Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV), under the leadership of Sister Norma Pimentel, established a Humanitarian Respite Center as a response to the substantial increase in families seeking asylum at the U.S./Mexico border. Since then, more than 150,000 individuals, including separated and reunified families, have been welcomed at…
Waiting in hope
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Prayer & Reflection - March 16, 2025 - Me: How are you? Coworker: I’m good. Me: It’s ok to say if you aren’t good. Coworker: Yeah, I’m empty…. Emptiness has been the theme lately. I used to walk in the break room in the morning and hear at least four different languages being spoken. Now, there is never a wait for coffee. While…
On the road to salvation
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Prayer & Reflection - March 15, 2025 - Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. As I read today’s readings all I kept thinking was, “It is so hard to follow the rules sometimes!” I pictured myself as a young girl trying my best to do what was right. But there was that one occasion when…
Addiction a disease, not a disgrace
Story - January 8, 2019 - “The opium that you sent is pure and of good quality. I hope you will take care of the seed,” wrote Dr. Thomas Bond of Philadelphia to a Pennsylvania farmer on August 24, 1781 (Proceedings, American Pharmaceutical Association, 13 (1865) 5:1). Opiates were legally and freely accessible in the United States from physicians, drug and…
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
Prayer & Reflection - March 11, 2025 - A few weeks before Ash Wednesday, I reflected on what I should choose as my Lenten sacrifice, challenging myself to pick something with a lasting impact over giving up food or candy that I know I will immediately start eating again come Easter Sunday (hello, jellybeans). My husband and I were also excitedly expecting our…
Good nutrition is as easy as SNAP
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Story - January 3, 2019 - When Gloria walked into Catholic Charities of Rochester, N.Y., workers saw first-hand the life-changing difference even a few dollars can make in a person’s life. Gloria is 86 and lives alone near the small village of Nichols, N.Y., in Tioga County, which is as rural as Appalachia. There are no nearby cities, hospitals, colleges or…
CCUSA, network agencies take part in the big cheese giveaway
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Story - January 3, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) and nine agencies in the CCUSA network have facilitated a partnership with the Dairy Pricing Association (DPA), a grassroots dairy farmer organization that donates excess dairy products to humanitarian causes, to provide 40,000 pounds (retail value over $150,000) of Wisconsin Cheddar cheese to regional food banks and food pantries. The cheese…
Mother works to bring daughters to U.S.
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Story - December 11, 2018 - Fatuma* is a lawful permanent U.S. resident from Somalia. Days before she gave birth to her second daughter in Somalia, Fatuma’s husband and father were murdered by a group of armed men. Eventually, the same men began threatening Fatuma. In 2010, they forced Fatuma to flee for her life. She went to a refugee camp…
Public charge assessment separates family
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Story - December 11, 2018 - Prior to coming to the United States, Dr. Ali* was a renowned cardiac surgeon in Syria, father of three young children, and the husband of a talented anesthesiologist. As the violence escalated in Syria, Dr. Ali’s brother was tortured to death by Syrian intelligence officers, his father-in-law was killed by a barrel bomb, and his…