Baltimore Catholic organizations who run senior housing such as Catholic Charities and Mercy Health Services have taken aggressive steps to keep their residents safe.
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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.
HUD secretary Ben Carson tours Sarah’s House, a Catholic Charities shelter
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.
Catholic Charities warm hundreds in Baltimore with meals, shelter
As 2018 began with temperatures in the single digits, hundreds are finding food and shelter through Catholic Charities of Baltimore.
Mobile Response Center vehicle will make reaching the needy easier for local Catholic Charities
Thanks to a partnership with Catholic Charities USA and Ford Motor Company, Catholic Charities in Baltimore, Arlington and Washington and will be able to provide curbside assistance to area homeless and poverty-stricken communities for one week each month.