St. Vincent’s Villa to host “Karaoke for the Kids” fundraiser!
Catholic Charities’ program serves children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges Media Contact: Rena Daly rdaly@cc-md.org 16 Jun 16 12:00 AM CDT Baltimore – St Vincent’s Villa is sponsoring its first-ever “Karaoke for the Kids” fundraiser on June 27. A good singing voice isn’t required to participate – just a desire to help children who receive important care and services at the [...]
Catholic Charities leader reflects on years of change
June 16, 2016 Reporter Melody Simmons of the Baltimore Business Journal sat down with Catholic Charities executive director Bill McCarthy on the occasion of Our Daily Bread's 35th anniversary. Read the full article here
Homeless shelters struggle with loss of federal funding
June 8, 2016 Reporter Cathy Bussewitz with the Associated Press interviewed Catholic Charities executive Director Bill McCarthy for an article about the impact of the loss of federal funds for shelter programs. Read the full article here
Our Daily Bread celebrates 35 years with interfaith service
June 2, 2016 Great piece by Erik Zygmont in the Catholic Review on the June 1, 2016 Interfaith Prayer Service at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to commemorate Our Daily Bread's 35 years of service to our brothers and sisters in need. Read the full article from the Catholic [...]
Our Daily Bread celebrates 35 years of feeding needy
Organization has served 7.4 million meals since 1981 June 1, 2016 A wonderful piece by WBAL-TV's Megan Pringle on Our Daily Bread's 35 year history of serving Baltimoreans in need. Watch the video
Our Back Pages: Our Daily Bread opened its doors 35 years ago
May 27, 2016 Article from The Catholic Review commemorating the 35th anniversary of Our Daily Bread: “The June 5, 1981, edition of the Catholic Review revealed that the opening of what is now Catholic Charities’ Our Daily Bread Employment Center came after ‘eight months of planning renovations, court battles and a series of ups and downs…’” Read [...]
Our Daily Bread celebrates 35th anniversary
May 26, 2016 An on-air editorial by WBAL-TV general manager Dan Joerres, recognizing Our Daily Bread for 35 years of service to Baltimoreans in need. Watch the editorial
A young immigrant is swept up in a raid—and tries to navigate the U.S. courts
May 25, 2016 Writing in Baltimore City Paper, Elizabeth Doerr profiles the experiences of two young immigrants to the Baltimore area. Esperanza Center's director Val Twanmoh, managing attorney for Immigration Legal Services Adonia Simpson and assistant managing attorney Alejandra Morisi were interviewed for this piece. Read the full article from City Paper here
Young people traveling across the border alone are making it to Maryland—and fighting to stay
May 25, 2016 Writing in Baltimore City Paper, Elizabeth Doerr profiles the experiences of two young immigrants to the Baltimore area. Esperanza Center's managing attorney for Immigration Legal Services Adonia Simpson and Esperanza client Ana Herrera were interviewed for this piece. Read the full article from City Paper here
Undocumented immigrants negotiating broken system
May 20, 2016 Esperanza Center's managing attorney for Immigration Legal Services, Adonia Simpson, spoke on a panel at the National Press Club in Washington on issues related to youth and teen immigration "Fellow immigration lawyers and advocates Peter Asaad of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and Adonia Simpson of the Esperanza Center of Catholic Charities of Baltimore [...]