To serve an increasing number of people needing assistance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those without access to online applications, Catholic Charities of Baltimore has launched a telephone hotline for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP).
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RADIO INTERVIEW: Increased demand at Our Daily Bread/How to make an act of spiritual communion
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
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
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
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
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
St. Edward’s Workforce Development Center partners with Vehicles for Change on Baltimore’s west side.
Baltimore Archdiocese, Catholic Charities offer reassurance to immigrants
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
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
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
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
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.