Tag: Catholic Charities USA
Bishop Dewane ‘profoundly saddened’ by deaths, damage from Midwest storms
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee May 24 called for "prayers for the victims and their grieving families...
Volunteer gardener at crisis maternity home provides balm for the wounded
WASHINGTON — Outside of a week or two in the darkest days of winter, it’s always gardening season for Jana Hukriede.
A key volunteer at...
North Carolina parishes still coping with Florence waters
RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) -- In the days and weeks since Hurricane Florence made landfall in mid-September, North Carolina residents are still coping with the...
Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14....
Catholic Charities USA chief describes suffering of immigrants at border
NOGALES, Mexico -- Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, grew emotional talking about the harrowing stories she heard from...
Catholic organizations playing role in reunification of migrant children
WASHINGTON -- Some of migrant children under age 5 separated from their families by the government were reunited with loved ones July 9 with...
Hundreds of calls come in at USCCB HQ seeking to foster...
WASHINGTON -- Maybe it was the request by the Pentagon for 20,000 mattresses as military bases become, at least partly, shelters for detained border...