Noble work: Sarah’s House celebrates three decades of service
September 13, 2017 Our colleagues at Sarah's House marked 30 years of service to families in Anne Arundel County on September 7, 2017. Read the full article in Soundoff!
A Language Haven in Baltimore
September 12, 2017 From Foreign Policy Magazine, an article on the Youth ESOL program at the Esperanza Center, and the challenges facing immigrant children as they learn a new language. Read the full Foreign Policy article.
Gallagher Services Event Celebrates 40 Years of Service To Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Media Contact: Rena Daly rdaly@cc-md.org 11 Sep 17 12:00 AM CDT WHAT: Gallagher Services marks 40 years of compassionate care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on Sept. 15, 2017 with a picnic lunch, a performance by the Gallagher Choir, and a ceremonial blessing by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori. Archival photos will be displayed, along with artwork created by [...]
Gallagher Services Event Celebrates 40 Years of Service To Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Media Contact: Rena Daly rdaly@cc-md.org 11 Sep 17 12:00 AM CDT WHAT: Gallagher Services marks 40 years of compassionate care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on Sept. 15, 2017 with a picnic lunch, a performance by the Gallagher Choir, and a ceremonial blessing by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori. Archival photos will be displayed, along with artwork created by [...]
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States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program would be rescinded.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 to the United States as children with legal protection and the opportunity to secure a future in the United States [...]
Sister Mary Neil Corcoran, ‘heart, soul and spirit’ of Esperanza Center, dies at 91
August 24, 2017 Sister Mary Neil Corcoran, R.S.M., longtime director of Catholic Charities' Esperanza Center and a dear member of the Catholic Charities family, returned to the Lord on Sunday, August 20. Read the full Catholic Review reflection on the life of this remarkable woman.
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 went on to write about the recent tragedy using the same kind of emotionless, distanced language that I have become [...]
Catholic Charities Revs up Careers of West Baltimore with Automotive Training
Graduation for 7 Program Participants – Celebrates Training and Job Placement Media Contact: Rena Daly rdaly@cc-md.org 17 Aug 17 12:00 AM CDT WHAT: Catholic Charities of Baltimore and its St. Edward’s Workforce Development Center (SEWDC) automotive training program will graduate 7 participants from its 12 week program. All participants faced many barriers to employment, including homelessness, incarceration, lack education and work [...]
Food Is Love
When was the last time you, your families, friends, or colleagues attended some form of celebration without marking the event with some kind of food? Imagine any of the major holidays on our country’s calendar being celebrated this year, without food. I will bet the thought of this may sound pretty absurd to you. Has [...]
Enforcing Compliance vs. Eliciting Cooperation
Have you ever heard the expression: “There’s more than one way to skin a cat?” I had no idea where it came from and could not for the life of me figure out why anyone would even put the word skin as a verb and the word cat in the same sentence. I decided to [...]