Catholic Charities Statement on the Decision to Rescind DACA
Yesterday, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program would be rescinded. Since its inception in 2012, the DACA program has provided undocumented individuals who were brought [...]
Bill’s Blog: A Reflection for World Humanitarian Day
On August 16th, I opened the Washington Post and was confronted with a jarring headline in the global opinions section: “What if Western media covered Charlottesville the same way it covers other nations?”[1] The author [...]
More Blessed To Give Than Receive
Monte is just one of a handful of volunteers who regularly volunteer to serve meals that they themselves rely on as their main source of food each day. Monte is blessed to be living today [...]
Meredith Maroney: My Buddy And Me
Loyola University rising junior, Meredith Maroney, will tell you that some valuable lessons can be learned outside of the classroom. Two to three times a month, she keeps a social appointment with her friend, Julie, [...]
From designing rooms to planting gardens, volunteers lend help at St. Vincent’s Villa
November 22, 2016 A great Thanksgiving article on the wonderful work done at St. Vincent's Villa to help children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges. The piece also highlights the amazing contributions of the 400 volunteers who [...]
‘Gentle Ben’ a vital member of Catholic Charities’ therapy team in Dundalk
September 30, 2016 From The Catholic Review, a great piece on Ben, a chocolate Labrador retriever and therapy dog (and the pet of our Villa Maria Community Resources colleague Suzie Templeton). “We have some children,” Templeton said, [...]