Shine a light: Cookies and COVID
It's Volunteer Appreciation Week, and we want to use it to share a short story each day about one of our thousands of amazing volunteers. Paul Casey has been a longtime volunteer at St. [...]
Shine a light: The call to care for a traumatized child
Volunteer Therapeutic Mentor Darlene Hampton felt called to become a mentor in our Therapeutic Mentoring program. Reflecting on the powerful influence of positive adult role models in her own life, Darlene explains that she knew [...]
Shine a light: Ms. Pamela’s consistent presence
April is National Volunteer Month, and we want to acknowledge, thank and celebrate the amazing individuals who give so much of their time and talent to encountering our neighbors with us! Ms. Pamela Leonard [...]
Beauty in the shift: a recovering substance user’s unexpected gifts
Fifty-one years after his first hit of a drug, William “Al” Baker says he’s done with substance use and into creating beauty. “I believe in God and everything, but heroin always won out,” he said. [...]
A big move back – and forward – for neighbors experiencing homelessness
Neighbors experiencing homelessness – sheltered in hotels or elsewhere since the COVID-19 pandemic forced traditional shelters to transfer its full operations in order to protect health – can once again return to the Weinberg Housing [...]
Now literally anyone in the city can find help getting a job through Our Daily Bread Employment Center
Want help finding a meaningful job, but don’t think you qualify to get assistance from Catholic Charities? Think again. As of late February, any city resident looking for work—from any situation, education level, background, or [...]