Catholic teens serve Portland’s most vulnerable
For the second year, teenagers from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tenafly traveled to Portland, Maine, to serve hundreds of the city’s most vulnerable.
Tag: Catholic Charities
Anonymous donor will match contributions to St. Lucy’s Emergency Center fundraiser
Seeks to raise $100K this summer
Priest, sister, parishioner discover God’s love in action at Texas-Mexico border
‘My heart ached for our sisters and brothers at the border and the poverty in the Diocese of Brownsville.’
Personnel, programs at diocesan Catholic Charities agencies help feed a hungry nation
“It is a scandal,” Pope Francis said in his 2013 message for World Food Day, “that there is still hunger and malnutrition in the world!” How to help January is … Learn More
Catholic Charities answers growing need for immigrant, refugee services (Migration Week)
Division helps thousands a year.
Arquidiócesis de Newark ofrece diversos servicios para ayudar a migrantes y refugiados en medio de la crisis (Semana de la Migración)
La Arquidiócesis de Newark, con la Iglesia Católica conmemorando su Día Mundial del Migrante y el Refugiado el domingo 24 de septiembre y la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados … Learn More
‘There is no one-size-fits-all solution to homelessness’ — St. Lucy’s expansion to serve even more
Five-story campus complex will provide housing and supportive services.
Church of Jesus Christ delivers 40,000 pounds of food to Catholic Charities to feed our neighbors in poverty
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined forces with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark to help feed struggling families. The Church of Jesus Christ delivered 40,000 … Learn More
Pope saddened by ‘huge loss of life’ after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed his “spiritual closeness” and “solidarity” with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6. A 7.8 magnitude … Learn More
It’ll take more than housing to eradicate homelessness, say advocates
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Homelessness has been a persistent problem in the United States since the late 1970s. Then, people who had been in mental hospitals, asylums and the like were … Learn More