Member - August 13, 2015 - Founded in 1935 to serve people living in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, Catholic Charities East Bay provides hope and healing to families, children, youth and seniors in crisis, through rent relief, disaster response and reputable immigration legal services. We help families and young people in underserved communities with complex needs.

Member - August 12, 2015 - At Catholic Charities Diocese of Fresno, we offer a bridge over troubled waters for those facing hardship. Our presence spans eight counties and extends beyond our site locations in Fresno, Merced and Bakersfield into rural, underserved communities across the San Joaquin Valley. Through our mission to serve, advocate for and empower those in need, we…

Member - August 12, 2015 - Catholic Charities of Santa Clara (CCSCC) works to strengthen individuals and families to build economic self-reliance in the county. Our programs serve all ethnicities and religions and include behavioral health, youth and family services, economic development, employment, financial education, supportive housing, immigration legal services, in-home and long-term care, older adult services, refugee foster care, and…

Member - August 12, 2015 - Since 1933, Catholic Charities Community Services has been serving the most vulnerable in central and northern Arizona. From the beginning, we have helped build loving families through foster care and adoption. Over the years, our services have expanded to serve and shelter our neighbors, strengthen children and families, welcome refugees and immigrants and collaborate with…

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Prayer & Reflection - December 24, 2022 - Today’s gospel from Luke 1:67-79, known as “The Canticle of Zechariah,” is a hymn of praise to God. Zechariah was jubilant that he and his wife, Elizabeth, would finally have a child. The couple had all but given up on being parents, but God had other plans. Not only would they have a child, but…

Prayer & Reflection - December 17, 2022 - As a child, I remember how long Advent felt as I anticipated presents on Christmas morning and a week off school. As an adult, I have the opposite feeling, marveling at how quickly Advent flies by. Instead of something to anticipate, Christmas feels like a deadline with so much to do and not enough time…

Prayer & Reflection - November 28, 2022 - The centurion said in reply,“Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;only say the word and my servant will be healed.For I too am a man subject to authority,with soldiers subject to me.And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes;and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes;and to my slave,…

Prayer & Reflection - December 7, 2016 - Opening Prayer Merciful God, we pray for families and individuals who have left or fled their homes, seeker safer and better lives. We lift up to you their hopes, fears, and needs, that they may be protected on their journeys, their dignity and rights may be honored and upheld, and they may be welcomed with…

News - May 27, 2016 - The steering committee of the Circle of Protection, a coalition of 60 leaders who head Christian denominations and organizations, has sent a letter to the House Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility asking for a meeting to discuss ways in which to end poverty and hunger in the United States. The Circle of…

News - July 28, 2015 - Today, CCUSA’s President, Sister Donna Markham, and Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Chair of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, wrote jointly to Congress to lift up the struggles of low-wage workers and their families. They stressed in their letter that “Protecting low-wage workers and promoting their ability to form and nurture families are…