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Hope and Promise: Catholic Charities marks centennial, honors long-time director
As Catholic Charities of Maryland marked its 100th anniversary with a gala dinner Nov. 9, it was fitting that a major award was given to Harold A. “Hal” Smith, who led the agency for a third of its...
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Personnel, programs at diocesan Catholic Charities agencies help feed a...
“It is a scandal,” Pope Francis said in his 2013 message for World Food Day, “that there is still hunger and malnutrition in the world!” The pontiff further warned against acceptance of that lethal...
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Catholic Charities adds new board members
Catholic Charities of Baltimore, which has more than 80 programs providing services at 200 sites throughout Maryland, named five new members to its board of trustees Feb. 5. The new board members bring...
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Radio Interview: Catholic Charities USA
Catholic Charities USA supports a network of more than 160 agencies across the country that provide food, job training, housing and other assistance to those in need. Catholic Review Editor Christopher...
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Catholic Charities, three other major nonprofits ‘team up’ to counter...
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Four major nonprofits have launched a joint effort to counteract rising polarization and isolation in the U.S., including Catholic Charities USA, the organization dedicated to...
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Catholic Charities breaks ground on Intergenerational Center
The West Baltimore community celebrated a historic milestone April 25 as Archbishop William E Lori led a groundbreaking ceremony for Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s new Intergenerational Center. Held...
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Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy will retire in 2025
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...
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Safe Streets opens new Cherry Hill office as leaders tout success against...
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott smiles before addressing a crowd at the May 31, 2024, dedication of a new Safe Streets’ Cherry Hill office. (George P. Matysek Jr./CR Staff) William McCarthy Jr. insists...
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Radio Interview: Safe Streets program counters violence in Baltimore City
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott addresses a crowd at the May 31, 2024, dedication of a new Safe Streets Cherry Hill office. (George P. Matysek Jr./CR Staff) For nearly 20 years, a public health program...
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La. governor cuts $1 million to Catholic Charities homeless shelter over...
Drastic cuts in state funding for a Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter operations in Louisiana over the wider Catholic Church’s ministry to migrants have dealt a significant blow to the church’s...
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High school students give a week to giving back
Serve Baltimore volunteers make sandwiches at My Sister’s Place Women’s Center in Baltimore. (Courtesy Catholic Charities) A group of 20 local high school students donated a week of their summer...
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A year after historic Maui wildfires, community is resilient, optimistic even...
HONOLULU (OSV News) — The devastation wrought by the wildfires in West Maui last year is unmatched in recent history. The death toll from the blaze that tore through Lahaina on Aug. 8, 2023, stands at...
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Catholic Charities will open bilingual center in Dundalk to support those...
Catholic Charities of Baltimore announced plans Sept. 5 to open and operate a new bilingual support center to provide a range of services to communities affected by the Key Bridge collapse and its...
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Relief efforts underway in western North Carolina; flooding caused by Helene...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (OSV News) — Relief efforts are under way to help communities across western North Carolina reeling from the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene. Unprecedented flooding from the storm...
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Huge swath of Florida confronts Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (OSV News) — Four Florida dioceses with substantial coastal exposure along the Gulf of Mexico have been assessing significant flood damage while activating regional distribution...
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Archdiocese of Baltimore sets up relief fund for victims of Hurricane Helene
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has set up a fund to accept donations to benefit those in need in the wake of devastation caused Sept. 26-30 by Hurricane Helene. Floodwaters surround buildings in Newport,...
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Helene’s impact across broad swath of US South leaves resources stretched thin
MIAMI (OSV News) — Hurricane Helene’s broad impact across an entire swath of the U.S. South means resources will be stretched thin following the massive storm, according to Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the...
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Bishop Martin surveys Helene relief efforts in North Carolina
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (OSV News) — As soon as Bishop Michael T. Martin of Charlotte arrived, he hugged Margaret Beale, the principal of Immaculata Catholic School, and Melissa Stuart, the new principal...
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Catholic Charities USA launches Hurricane Milton relief fund
As Hurricane Milton took aim at Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign. CCUSA — the official domestic relief agency of...
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Prize-winning author at Catholic Charities event says poverty can be eliminated
TIMONIUM – It was an evening that left many in the crowd of approximately 350 people at Church of the Nativity feeling uncomfortable and a little hopeful, too. Dr. Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer...
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