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The older I get, the closer I get to God
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Story - May 2, 2016 - “The older I get, the closer I get to God,” says Emma Powell, 65. She is sitting in the Josephine P. Argento Senior Center of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago in south suburban Harvey, flanked by two women with whom she is very close: her mother, Evelena Brown, age 85, and her grandmother, Annie Davis,…
CCUSA collaborates with HGTV stars on affordable housing project
News - August 1, 2018 - St. Jude Center in Dallas to provide permanent supportive housing to homeless veterans and seniors Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is partnering with Ashley and Andy Williams, stars of HGTV’s Flip or Flop Fort Worth, to redesign an affordable housing project for Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) and the Catholic Housing Initiative (CHI). CCD…
Catholic Charities Baltimore honors justice-oriented pastor of 43 years
Story - November 2, 2021 - A local pastor whose faithful labor of love has made his parish a beacon of working for justice is one of three exemplary area servants Catholic Charities will recognize the week of November 8-12. St. Vincent De Paul pastor Rev. Ray Chase will receive the Msgr. Arthur F. Valenzano Joyful Servant Award. Commissioned to recognize…
Reflections on the Joy of the Gospel
Prayer & Reflection - December 13, 2016 - Introduction Pope Francis might have written The Joy of the Gospel specifically for the Catholic Charities network. No other papal exhortation in recent memory speaks so clearly and directly to those of us who work to reduce poverty in all its many forms. The Joy of the Gospel affirms that we see the face of…
From hospital to housing, with a little help from friends
Story - September 21, 2022 - For the past three years, St. Patrick Center, a program of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of St. Louis, and BJC HealthCare have shown positive outcomes for unhoused clients by providing wraparound services to reduce emergency department and inpatient utilization and stabilize lives. The goal is to continue to provide services and expand to 40 patients needing…
Residential services, case management have tremendous impact
Story - February 11, 2022 - As a part of CCUSA’s Healthy Housing Initiative, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (CCSN) has been providing residential services case management at our low-income St. Vincent Apartments. In December 2021, Dignity Health generously renewed its support of this program, allowing us to continue providing client-centered, trauma-informed and intensive case management to some of the most…
Social workers confront stress while striving to meet client needs
Story - February 18, 2021 - Rose Bak has seen the stress on the faces of the social workers and case managers of the staff at Catholic Charities of Oregon. Under the yearlong pandemic, they look weary. Workers have described feeling depressed, anxious and isolated after hearing hundreds of tough challenges their clients are facing. “People are tired and they’re stressed…
Foundational Services
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Rooted in the belief that every person is made in God’s image, Catholic Charities responds to clients’ economic, social, cultural, personal and spiritual needs, from conception to natural death.
Father Fred Kammer, former CCUSA president and CEO, is voice for Gospel-based justice
Story - July 23, 2021 - Although Jesuit Father Fred Kammer is stepping down as executive director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute in his native New Orleans come July 31, he’s nowhere near ready to fully retire and stop his work to end racism, ease poverty and promote immigrant justice. As the center’s director since 2009, Father Kammer has kept…
Catholic Charities Miami offers help after ‘heartbreaking’ building collapse
Story - June 25, 2021 - Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response strategy June 24 near the stunning wreckage of a partially collapsed beachfront high-rise apartment building. As of early June 25, some 159 people who lived in the 12-story building remained unaccounted for, according to local law enforcement officials.…
Thankful for transportation
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Story - November 4, 2019 - When we gather with our family or friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, we probably don’t think much about how we will get to the gathering. Transportation is something we often take for granted. It’s easy to forget that for many poor and vulnerable people in Ohio, transportation is one of the biggest barriers to success and…
Healing stories
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Story - January 29, 2018 - Jonathan opens a bright purple folder, filled with copies of his handwritten stories. Behind his brown-framed glasses, his friendly eyes dance as he reads each carefully chosen word. Jonathan has attended Catholic Charities St. Ailbe Adult Day Services Center for five years and it’s provided him with an audience to share his work. St Ailbe…