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CCUSA opposes proposed rule restricting asylum
News - March 27, 2023 - On Monday, March 27, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) submitted comments in response to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways.” CCUSA opposes the proposed rule because it creates additional barriers for people fleeing harm to exercise their legal right to request life-saving protections…
More than just a roof
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Story - May 5, 2016 - When considering people who have experienced homelessness, we think immediately of our friend Angela and her two sons. Angela is a hard-worker, with an impressive skillset that landed her a steady job at an assisted living facility in Nashville. Spend only five minutes with Angela, and you will sense a complex warmth about her. She…
Safe housing is more than a ‘drop in the bucket’
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/safe-housing-is-more-than-a-drop-in-the-bucket/
Story - September 21, 2022 - Catholic Charities of Oregon made great progress in the first half of 2022 to meet its goals for the Healthy Housing Initiative. At the beginning of the year, 137 units of affordable housing were under construction, inclusive of 35 permanent supportive housing units (PSH). On July 19, the organization celebrated the completion of Chiles House,…
The heart of God in our relationships
Prayer & Reflection - February 26, 2024 - Today’s readings invite contemplation on three relationships: our relationship with God, with others and with self. As Christians, we believe that we are created for relationship — connections with depth, value and the propensity for growth in who we are as children of the Divine. Relationships begin the day we are born and permeate our…
Suicide survivor aims to change the conversation about a taboo topic
Story - July 2, 2019 - Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, with 129 people on average taking their lives every day, according to the National Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In the conversation about this public health crisis, you often hear from the experts and grieving loved ones left behind. Yet because of a…
CCUSA applauds decision overturning suspension of refugee resettlement program
News - February 10, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) applauds the decision by the 9th Circuit Court that lets stand the temporary block on the Administration’s travel ban directed at citizens from predominantly Muslim countries. An appeal by the Trump Administration to the Supreme Court is likely. Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, president and CEO of CCUSA said,…
Advocacy
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Guided by Catholic social teaching and informed by the experiences of local Catholic Charities agencies, CCUSA advocacy urges policymakers to recognize the needs of the most vulnerable and to adopt measures that support them. Â
Wednesday of the second week of Advent, 2022
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Prayer & Reflection - December 7, 2022 - “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” The end of a long shift, a long day, a long trip, a long week…how many times do we feel burdened, seeking nothing more than to set down our load, breathe slowly, and close our eyes? The sweet rest…
CCUSA reacts to election of Speaker Ryan
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2015/10/29/ccusa-reacts-to-election-of-speaker-ryan/
News - October 29, 2015 - Today, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected as Speaker of the House. Catholic Charities USA and its members have been actively engaged with Congressman Ryan in the past few years as he has examined poverty in depth, including opportunities for our agencies and for our clients to share their experiences on Capitol Hill. CCUSA appreciates…
A force of nature, she’s doing God’s work on pandemic’s front lines
Story - January 28, 2021 - She’s a diminutive woman whose work is not the stuff of headlines. You probably don’t know her name. You probably won’t recognize her face. But ask the people who are lining up for groceries at an outdoor food pantry in a windblown parking lot on Columbia Road in Dorchester as a life-altering pandemic rages on,…
Mobile food pantry brings groceries to neighborhoods
Story - January 3, 2019 - Families in Waterbury, Connecticut, who struggle putting food on the table may have a solution right outside their front door. Meet the GROW truck – Groceries on Wheels – a mobile food pantry program that goes where the need is greatest. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Hartford partners with the Connecticut Food Bank, operator…
Wednesday of Holy Week, 2023
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Prayer & Reflection - April 5, 2023 - I am confident that none of us would ever want to be considered a traitor. And certainly, not betray the Lord Jesus! Who among us would want responsibility for turning Jesus over to the authorities, knowing what fate would await Him if we did so? I think Judas gets a kind of bad rap in…