Catholics appeal for help as Biden declares Maui’s deadly fires a federal emergency August 11, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News Catholic Charities Hawai’i in the Honolulu Diocese has appealed for donations to help the agency meet the housing, food and other needs of what could be thousands of victims from wildfires raging on the island of Maui that wiped out an entire town and drove people to seek refuge in the ocean.
Catholic Charities USA names its second layperson president and CEO July 28, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News Kerry Alys Robinson has been named as the next president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the organization representing the interests of its 167 member organizations dedicated to carrying out the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in the United States.
Baltimore food support programs feel pinch after federal assistance benefits end June 5, 2023By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Over the past two months, Kenisha Jenkins-Lee, a program manager with Catholic Charities, has seen growing evidence that the number of people running low on food is on the rise.
Caritas elects new president, stressing local connections in aid May 15, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Caritas Internationalis, the global Catholic charity network, elected Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo to be its new president following a Vatican-mandated overhaul of its leadership.
Charity must be backed by faith, pope tells Caritas delegates May 12, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Meeting with delegates to the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis May 11, the pope underscored the dual nature of the church’s charitable arm as a service of charity and a Catholic institution dedicated to pastoral care.
Theologian emphasizes empathy at Catholic Charities symposium April 25, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice As Catholic Charities of Baltimore continues to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the organization sponsored its first social justice symposium April 20 in person at Church of the Nativity in Timonium and livestreamed to six additional satellite locations.
Ellicott City resident named president of Catholic Charities D.C. March 29, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News James Malloy, a parishioner of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock, was named March 28 as the new president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington.
Catholic Charities’ William J. McCarthy Jr. named Loyola’s Business Leader of the Year March 23, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management has named William J. McCarthy Jr., executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, as its 2023 Business Leader of the Year.
COVID-era SNAP payments end as inflation soars, drawing Catholic concern over US food insecurity March 3, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News A pandemic-era program that provided extra payments to Americans who qualify for food stamps ended March 1, causing concern for some Catholic advocates about how low-income individuals and families will put food on the table.
Catholic Charities win with Kansas City, Philadelphia prelates’ Super Bowl wager February 14, 2023By Megan Marley OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Sports, World News The Catholic leadership of both Philadelphia and Kansas City, Mo., went the whole nine yards with their Super Bowl wager this year — but Catholic Charities has scored the most.
Catholic Charities assists in counting Baltimore’s homeless population January 27, 2023By Gary Lambrecht Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Our Daily Bread Employment Center partnered with the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office to lead an effort to count every poverty-stricken person experiencing previously undocumented homelessness.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Catholic Charities of Baltimore January 24, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Chris Gunty talks with Bill McCarthy, executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, about the agency’s legacy of service as it marks its 100th anniversary in 2023.
