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MAX: A unique intervention program from Catholic Charities Cleveland
Story - December 1, 2021 - By Tara McMullen A patient awakens in a hospital room. Bright lights. Beeping monitors. A nurse enters and informs them they’ve been revived from an opiate overdose. They were lucky this time. Would they like to speak with someone about recovery? Here in this hospital room is where the Max Kolbe Program (MAX), a unique intervention program launched by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland (CC…
Friday of the fourth week of Advent, 2022
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Prayer & Reflection - December 23, 2022 - The celebration of Christmas is almost upon us, and in today’s scriptures we’re given lots of hints about what we might expect. From my reading, seems we’re being told to expect the unexpected. First, there’s the covenant messenger whose appearance might be hard to take. While this close to the holiday we might be hoping…
Fostering a faith-based support network
Story - February 16, 2022 - Deadly pandemics are nothing new to the 104-year-old organization known as Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Founded in 1917 as the Spanish Influenza Epidemic was sweeping the globe, Catholic Charities originated as a central charity intended to relieve the burden on Catholic parishes as they struggled to meet the needs of the poor…
Thursday of the third week of Advent, 2022
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Prayer & Reflection - December 15, 2022 - Today’s first reading ends with a promise from God: “Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, my love shall never leave you.” (Isaiah 54:10) Who among us has not felt abandoned in times of distress? We all carry wounds from what we have done and what others have done to us. …
Feeding our bodies and souls
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Story - November 10, 2021 - Coming from a big family, I always enjoyed dinners with my siblings and parents. At times, all 15 of us would be seated around the table, and it wasn’t just the food we enjoyed. It was also being together, enjoying each other’s company, and sometimes even discussing difficult issues. I believe that a good bit…
Looking with eyes of faith
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Prayer & Reflection - December 3, 2023 - Happy New Year and welcome to Advent! This is my favorite liturgical season — filled with amazing, courageous people, wonderful stories of discovery and dedication, and beloved musical themes. Speaking of music, today’s first reading, while calling us to repentance, contains concepts and images that have proven to be hymn writers’ inspiration: “No ear has…
A pause … and you move forward: Living with mental illness
Story - June 24, 2021 - With pandemic restrictions easing as summer approaches, people from Princeton to Palmyra are planning road trips, parties, and more. Tricia Risley is brushing up on motherhood. Tricia lost custody of her daughter eight years ago because of her mental illness. But now 15-years-old, her daughter is coming to live with Tricia for the summer –…
CCUSA responds to administration’s decision to end DACA
News - September 5, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “Catholic Charities USA is devastated by the administration’s shameful and cruel decision to end the DACA program. The DACA program has offered protection and opportunity to nearly 800,000…
University of Notre Dame anti-poverty researchers to address CCUSA Annual Gathering
News - August 1, 2014 - Alexandria, Virginia (August 1, 2014) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has announced it will welcome two nationally-recognized professors of economics who helped create a domestic anti-poverty research initiative to address its annual gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, this October. Professors William Evans, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics, and James Sullivan, Rev. Thomas J. McDonagh, C.S.C. Associate…
Catholic Charities of Buffalo provides workforce training
Story - November 13, 2020 - Catholic Charities of Buffalo, in conjunction with the Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board and C-Tech Associates, hosted the first graduation ceremony in Western New York for the C-Tech training program. Students received industry-recognized certificates in network cabling, copper and fiber optics, 5G systems, and grounding and bonding through the intensive 4-week training. Eight…
Three Catholic Charities agencies win 2023 Innovation Challenge
News - November 27, 2023 - On October 5, during the 2023 Annual Gathering in Cleveland, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) named three Catholic Charities agencies as the winners of the 2023 Innovation Challenge: Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville; Catholic Charities Eastern Washington; and Catholic Social Services of Rapid City. In recognition and support of their award-winning program proposals, the three agencies…
Finding a job brings joy after unemployment
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Story - November 10, 2020 - For years, Wayne Eldridge couldn’t get a job. Shop Rite, Sam’s Club, Dollar General, Goodwill … the list of places where he applied – and got rejected – goes on and on. “Most wouldn’t tell me why. Sometimes they would be honest — they’d say it was because of my background check,” Wayne said, referring…