Our Values: To Teach
by Bill McCarthy Our core values help us understand why we do what we do as an organization. In this article, I focus on the third of our values – to teach. When I [...]
Senior Housing Employees Lend a Hand at Our Daily Bread
Aaron Kennedy, volunteer coordinator at Our Daily Bread Employment Center, reviews volunteer assignments with Senior Housing employees Michael Jolley, Barbara Nehms and Alison Chapman. What began as a one-time volunteer experience has turned into a [...]
Reflections on Our Mission: Unconditional Love
by Mary Anne O’Donnell For the 18 years, I have worked at Catholic Charities I have experienced unconditional love every day by witnessing the work of our staff. I have also received unconditional love [...]
Reflections on Our Mission: When You Give of Yourself
by Andrea Commarata "Then said a rich man, 'Speak to us of Giving.' And he answered: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you [...]
Reflections on Our Mission: What Are Blessings?
by Liz Turnbaugh Thirty years ago someone came to my home parish, St. Charles Borromeo, to speak about Our Daily Bread (“ODB”) and the ministry of making casseroles to feed the hungry. What I was [...]
Reflections on Our Mission: The Value of Love
by Vickie Hammond Love: A virtue representing human kindness, compassion and affection. This definition of that very powerful word is part of the legacy we are celebrating during Catholic Charities’ very first Mission Awareness Month. [...]