RADIO INTERVIEW: Increased demand at Our Daily Bread/How to make an act of spiritual communion April 27, 2020By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, Radio Interview This week’s guests are Lee Martin of Our Daily Bread Employment Center and Father Collin Poston of St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Thurmont.
Our Daily Bread keeps up with surge in demand April 17, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News Even though Our Daily Bread Employment Center’s flow of donated casseroles has dwindled over the last few months and it had to suspend the use of volunteers, the Catholic Charities-run outreach has kept up with a substantial increase in demand for meals during the coronavirus pandemic.
Catholic senior living centers learn to adapt amid unprecedented precautions March 30, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Baltimore Catholic organizations who run senior housing such as Catholic Charities and Mercy Health Services have taken aggressive steps to keep their residents safe.
Amid coronavirus, ‘grab and go’ becomes the norm for Baltimore’s Catholic soup kitchens March 18, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Across the Archdiocese of Baltimore and throughout the United States, families and individuals rush to grocery stores to stock their pantries and refrigerators in response to the possibility that the coronavirus could have people stuck in their homes for the coming weeks, if not months. Food uncertainty, meanwhile, was already a constant consideration for those […]
Appeal for Catholic Ministries in gear February 19, 2020By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Appeal, Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News The homeless and the hungry, children and the aged, seminarians, and chaplains at hospitals and prisons all benefit from the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s annual fundraising campaign, the Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries.
Catholic Charities program hones ability to secure substantive employment July 8, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Positively Catholic St. Edward’s Workforce Development Center partners with Vehicles for Change on Baltimore’s west side.
Baltimore Archdiocese, Catholic Charities offer reassurance to immigrants June 24, 2019By Rus VanWestervelt Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Catholic Charities, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Archbishop Lori and Catholic Charities showed their support for the immigrant community at a Highlandtown parish June 23.
Esperanza Center opens in temporary location after fire October 15, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News A month after a neighboring fire displaced Esperanza Center, a program of Catholic Charities, its outreaches continue to operate just around the corner out of Assisi House at St. Patrick in Fells Point.
Esperanza Center temporarily closed due to neighboring fire September 14, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Local News, News Esperanza Center, a Catholic Charities outreach located on South Broadway in Fells Point, is temporarily closed due to a four-alarm fire Sept. 7 in the neighboring Budeke’s Paints building. It will remain closed until repairs are made and the building is safe.
Dragon Boat races ‘brings out the best’ for Catholic Charities of Baltimore September 10, 2018By Lisa Harlow Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News A little rain – at some moments, actually, a lot of rain – didn’t keep paddlers or spectators away from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Sept. 8, for Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s’ 11th Biennial Dragon Boat Races.
‘Esperanza’ – hope – amid immigration crisis July 3, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate When employees of Esperanza Center visit with children who have been reunited with family members, they ask the children their goals. Overwhelmingly, the answer is to feel safe.
HUD secretary Ben Carson tours Sarah’s House, a Catholic Charities shelter March 26, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News Ben Carson, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on March 23 visited Sarah’s House, a Catholic Charities of Baltimore shelter for families dealing with homelessness.
