Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy will retire in 2025 May 23, 2024By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Catholic Charities of Maryland Executive Director, William J. “Bill” McCarthy Jr. announced May 23 he will retire in July 2025. By that time, he will have led the State of Maryland’s largest private provider of human services for 16 years.
Foreign agent law could jeopardize services to those ‘who need them most,’ says Caritas official May 17, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Giving, News, World News The leader of a Catholic nonprofit in the nation of Georgia is speaking out after that country’s parliament passed controversial legislation on foreign agents — a measure she said “risks jeopardizing the provision of services to the beneficiaries who need them the most.”
U.S.-based relief organization supports pope’s efforts in Gaza, Ukraine May 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Giving, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News True change comes to people’s lives and communities when both spiritual and material needs receive care, said the president of a Catholic relief and development organization based in Boca Raton, Fla.
As women, children starve, Sudan in desperate need of help, say Catholic aid workers April 30, 2024By Tonny Onyuolo OSV News Filed Under: Giving, News, World News Catholic agencies, along with other Christian charities in Sudan, have intensified their food distribution campaign across the country to save hundreds of thousands of suffering Sudanese people from extreme hunger as the civil war entered its second year.
Kenyan archbishop appeals for humanitarian aid as floods devastate the country April 29, 2024By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, Giving, News, World News Amid severe floods, a leading Catholic archbishop in Kenya appealed for humanitarian support to aid thousands of displaced people, as he expressed the church’s closeness to the affected populations.
Catholic Home Missions Appeal April 27-28 supports U.S. mission diocese, parishes April 26, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, Social Justice, World News Donations to the annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal “make a real impact on real people” by supporting pastoral ministry in U.S. mission territory and strengthening the church overall, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions.
Cultivate solidarity through prayer, adoration, pope tells donors April 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Giving, News, Vatican, World News Today’s “growing culture of indifference and individualism” must be countered with prayer and adoration, which inspires solidarity with those in need, Pope Francis said.
Catholics donate nearly $50,000 in emergency bridge relief appeal March 30, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Within 24 hours after Archbishop William E. Lori asked Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore to support twin emergency relief funds for those affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, nearly $50,000 has been raised in online donations.
By giving to CRS collection, Catholics ‘walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy,’ bishop says March 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Giving, News, World News By donating to the annual Catholic Relief Services collection of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholics “have the opportunity to walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy,” said the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on National Collections.
Annual collection to help elderly men, women religious to be held Dec. 9-10 December 4, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, World News Most U.S. dioceses will take up an annual collection Dec. 9-10 to help approximately 24,000 elderly religious sisters, brothers and religious order priests pay for retirement necessities, including health care.
New chief advancement officer for Archdiocese of Baltimore sees role as support for ministry September 28, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News Kim Montgomery feels a strong sense of responsibility in her new role as chief advancement officer for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and executive director of the Catholic Community Foundation.
PIE Back to School Breakfast aims for $200,000 for scholarships September 27, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Baltimore touted the success of the Partners in Excellence (PIE) Scholarship Program, which in 28 years has funded more than 30,000 scholarships to the tune of $39 million in Baltimore City Catholic schools.
