News - May 22, 2019 - Alexandria, Va. (May 22, 2019) –Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is pleased to announce that it has received over $1.2 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency responsible for AmeriCorps and other national service programs. The funding will be used to support four national AmeriCorps projects including…

Story - September 15, 2015 - Trafficking victims — exploited men, women and children — are all around us, but we usually don’t see them. We may not be aware of trafficking or we don’t know what to look for. It’s a blind spot that the state of Kentucky and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Louisville are shining a light…

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 - March 20, 2020 - In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington has made some changes to its upcoming schedule, keeping in place its commitment to helping the local community in need. “With the current public health crisis, the needs of the poor and vulnerable in our community are only increasing,” wrote Kate…

Prayer & Reflection - December 26, 2023 - When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him… They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. [Acts 7:54, 58] Yesterday, our great season of giving came to an end. Since early November, as we prepared for Thanksgiving, until yesterday, when we celebrated the birth of…

Story - July 6, 2020 - Tharmini Umakaran came to the United States in 2018. She left her homeland of Sri Lanka at the age of five, fleeing civil war. Thirteen years later, as the nation celebrates World Refugee Day, June 20, Umakaran is thankful to those who helped her and her parents along the way. This year’s theme, “Every Action…

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…

Prayer & Reflection - December 7, 2023 - In our first reading from Isaiah, I can’t ignore the stark reality of the ongoing violence in the Holy Land, the very place referred to as the Land of Judah — encompassing both Israel and Palestine. The prophetic song portrays a protected city held in peace, emphasizing the Lord’s power in humbling the lofty, causing…