Weinberg Housing and Resource residents to move to hotel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christine Collins, Director of Communications ccollins@cc-md.org 667-600-2008 PLEASE NOTE: Out of respect for the dignity of our residents, you are not invited to take photos or video. Thank you for understanding. [...]
Guest post: WBAL-TV’s Megan Pringle
We are grateful to WBAL-TV reporter Megan Pringle for her touching reflection and for her commitment to concern for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, poverty and food insecurity. Megan Pringle I have been working [...]
The inspiration of “Uncle Bernie” Our Daily Bread’s 97-year-old volunteer
“Uncle Bernie” Farace with his niece Marion Romans Originally published April 2019 Bernie Farace has been volunteering at Our Daily Bread Employment Center for over 20 years. While that’s impressive for anyone, it’s [...]
Calling for care: mental and behavioral health during the COVID crisis
Mental health and substance use issues don’t take a break in a pandemic – so neither do the therapists at Catholic Charities’ clinics. Through an agile, largely online response, staff at the 10 Villa Maria [...]
The art of stress relief in the age of pandemic
At any age, there is just something reassuring about a new box of crayons, a quiet moment, and an open invitation to color. That’s the idea behind the studio that art therapist Sheba Sheikhai is [...]
Trained to heel… and to heal
It's hard to be a kid. Even harder to be a kid in crisis - a behavioral or emotional challenge so significant that you need extra-special care in a residential setting to get well and [...]