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News - January 24, 2019 - Today, CCUSA joined leading national organizations from the housing, education, health, civil rights, anti-hunger, anti-poverty and faith-based sectors in releasing a new report calling for an ambitious federal response to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. Over the past year, these organizations have joined together through Opportunity Starts at Home, an unprecedented multi-sector campaign to advocate for…

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…

Story - September 10, 2020 - When Sister Norma Pimentel used to query the needs of asylum-seekers in a tent camp along the Rio Grande in this Mexican border city, they asked for supplies such as utensils and blankets. Now when she speaks with them, they voice fears for their safety and ask about an exit. “We’re moving to a more…

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…

Story - July 21, 2021 - The bishops who head the El Paso and Dallas dioceses in Texas have asked Gov. Greg Abbott to halt an order that could result in shutting down, by the end of August, Catholic Charities facilities in Texas that care for foster and migrant children, saying that doing so violates state laws protecting religious freedom. “Motivated…

Story - July 30, 2020 - The Democratic-led House approved the HEROES Act in May. The Republican-led Senate introduced the HEALS Act July 27. Besides the competing acronyms, the two bills offer competing visions of what it will take to keep the staggering American economy from landing on the canvas during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. HEROES stands for Health and Economic…

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…

News - July 30, 2015 - Recently, hundreds of you have joined us in calling on Congress to act on the Second Chance Act and these efforts are showing returns! Last week, the Second Chance Act was introduced in the House with broad bi-partisan support (15 Democrat and 13 Republican co-sponsors). If you have not already taken action, please keep the…

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…

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…