Story - March 24, 2020 - During the evolving COVID-19 crisis, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens is delivering meals to the home-bound elderly and members of its senior centers to keep the most vulnerable safe as demands grow amid these difficult times.

Catholic Charities agencies offer healthy food to those at risk of hunger via food banks/pantries, afterschool and summer programs, child and adult daycare centers, group dining settings, home delivery and more.   

Story - March 31, 2022 - Catholic Charities Board of Trustees, following an extensive search, has named Sr. Betsy Van Deusen, CSJ, as Catholic Charities’ next Chief Executive Officer. Catholic Charities is one of the region’s largest human services organizations, covering the Albany Diocese’s 14 counties and 10,000 square miles. Sr. Betsy, who for the last nine years has served as…

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Story - January 18, 2022 - A few weeks before Christmas, Jessica Moreno and her three kids were able to move from her parents’ home in Wood Dale, Illinois, outside of Chicago, to their own apartment a few blocks away. “The apartment was heaven sent,” she said. “I was looking at homelessness. I can’t imaging being in that situation with three…

Story - December 28, 2021 - Right up through December, extreme weather events and natural disasters of 2021 continued to upend local communities and set agendas for domestic and overseas emergency response efforts at major Catholic aid organizations. “We had about 85 disasters,” in the United States this past year, said Kim Burgo, vice president for disaster operations for Catholic Charities…

Story - November 1, 2019 - More than 60 congressional staff and four members of Congress participated in a poverty simulation to understand the struggles that millions of Americans face every day.* One member of Congress called the experience an “eye opener.” During the event at the Capitol Visitors Center, sponsored by Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) and Entergy Corporation, participants assumed…

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Story - August 25, 2021 - As Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis deepens, an archdiocesan counselor is teaching youth how to manage anger – while undertaking a year-long study to “find the core” of their deadly conflict. “We need to get to the bottom of this,” said Bette Kennedy of Catholic Social Services (CSS). For the past two decades, Kennedy has directed…

Story - August 27, 2018 - By: Sr. Donna J. Markham, OP, Ph.D. and Rod Hochman, MD Download PDF It is rare in our world today to see a scenario where doing what is best for the poor and vulnerable also achieves what is best for the balance sheet. The transformational work of serving those most in need commonly represents financial…

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Story - July 16, 2021 - After much anticipation, President Biden’s Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions raised the admissions ceiling from 15,000 to 62,500 on May 3, 2021, for the fiscal year 2021. Although the numbers have not been released for fiscal year 2022, President Biden has committed his support to welcome families who have been forced to leave their…