Story - January 21, 2016 - To shelter the homeless is one of the Corporal Works of Mercy. In a social context when we provide housing that is affordable, we are sheltering. In the 1950s, the church in Louisville grew by leaps and bounds. New parishes were springing up, and with them schools. Those returning from WWII fueled this growth. I…

Story - August 12, 2015 - When thousands of weary migrants, mostly unaccompanied minors, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in the summer of 2014, the Catholic Charities network responded, providing these weary and desperate travelers with a place to rest, food, medical care, clothes, supplies, and, above all, compassion. After being apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and then released…

News - April 15, 2016 - Alexandria, Va. (April 15, 2016) — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), which represents one of the largest faith-based social service networks in the country, is pleased to announce that Bishop Emeritus William S. Skylstad and Colin Arnold, volunteers at Catholic Charities of Spokane and Catholic Community Service of Juneau, Alaska respectively, are winners of CCUSA’s 2016…

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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…

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 - 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 - February 22, 2021 - Despite the grip the historic winter storm had on north Texas, faith fueled outreach to Catholics and other community members in the Diocese of Dallas. “It’s an opportunity for us to provide to our parishioners in any way we can,” Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns said. “We recognize that we have to do church differently…