The Catholic Charities Department of Social Concerns will host its annual parish social ministry gathering with this year’s theme, “Empathy and Social Discourse: What our Faith says about Speaking and Listening in a Divided Time,” on Oct. 3.
Laura Kelly Fanucci to speak at parish social ministry gathering
Deacon Steve Pareja: Together we can make a different tomorrow
Catholic Charities serves those in need in new ways due to the coronavirus.
Mason Dixon Line to perform online concert benefiting Catholic Charities
St. Cloud area-based country cover band Mason Dixon Line will perform a live virtual concert from Pioneer Place on Fifth at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 5. The concert is a fundraiser for the Catholic Charities Emergency Services Food Shelf.
Catholic Charities ‘on front lines’ as hunger needs in community increase
With the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting financial crisis impacting many individuals and families, the Catholic Charities has seen a dramatic growth in the need for providing food to those in need.
Charities staff see pandemic posing stark threat to homeless population
Catholic Charities staff are warning that the coronavirus pandemic presents a stark threat to the U.S. homeless population.
Catholic Charities program strives to ease chronic homelessness
An experimental program to address chronic homelessness is guiding people into permanent housing while saving millions of dollars in health care costs, the president of Catholic Charities USA told the U.S. bishops.
Catholic Charities, Pathways 4 Youth meet needs during extreme cold
Minnesotans are accustomed to cold winter weather, but record-low temperatures and life-threatening wind chills throughout the state have made it even harder for people already struggling.
Shutdown finds Catholic Charities agencies working to meet growing needs
“We’re giving them a reminder that this isn’t a Washington problem. We’re reminding people it’s also your local communities that are being affected,” Lucas Swanepoel, vice president for social policy at Catholic Charities USA, told CNS.