Our Daily Bread in 1981: Feeding the Hungry
The first meal service at Our Daily Bread, June 1, 1981 “When we started ODB in a little storefront on the corner of Park Avenue and Franklin Street, we never dreamed it would become as [...]
Our Daily Bread in 1979: Making plans to help
Sister Josanna Abromaitis, SSND The origins of Our Daily Bread lie in the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where the nuns and volunteers would distribute food to those who knocked [...]
My Sister’s Place Women’s Center Job Fair
Over 55 ladies from various Catholic Charities programs came to My Sister’s Place Women’s Center for its very first Job Fair. On Wednesday, June 29th seven companies participated in the first My Sister’s Place Women’s [...]
Job Readiness program gives participants a competitive edge
“We’ve condensed three weeks of training into an intensive one-week program,” Trainer and Curriculum Coordinator Michael Jones tells Job Readiness participants on the first day of class. To receive a certificate of completion from the [...]
Building Community at Our Lady of Fatima I & II
Catholic Charities Senior Housing Services Manager, Edris Segree, is working hard to build a sense of community within the Our Lady of Fatima I and II complex in East Baltimore. The Fatima I building opened in November of 2009 and Fatima II opened [...]
Sharing Joy, and Music, at Gallagher Services
“When my wife and I first got married, we started looking for a place to serve, and that led us to Catholic Charities,” said Jeff Weber, a long-time volunteer at Gallagher Services for Individuals with [...]