Our Daily Bread Marks 35 Years of Service to Baltimoreans on June 1
Catholic Charities Program has served more than 7.4 million meals since 1981 Media Contact: Rena Daly rdaly@cc-md.org 18 May 16 12:00 AM CDT Our Daily Bread, a program of Catholic Charities of Baltimore that provides meals and other crucial services, will commemorate 35 years – 12,785 consecutive days – of service to Baltimoreans in need on June 1. An interfaith prayer [...]
Anne Arundel councilman poses as homeless person for day
May 5, 2016 From WBAL-TV, a piece on Anne Arundel County Councilman Pete Smith, who spent 17 hours on the streets to gain a better understanding of homelessness. Sarah's House director Kathryn Philliben was interviewed for the story to offer a perspective on homelessness in the county. Watch the video
Dressed as a bridesmaid and playing bingo to support My Sister’s Place Women’s Center
The 14th annual Bridesmaids’ Bingo fundraising event will take place on May 11 at the Boumi Temple in White Marsh. Bridesmaids’ Bingo raises money to support My Sister’s Place Women’s Center, a program of Catholic Charities of Baltimore that provides meals and other crucial services to women and their children in Baltimore City. Bridesmaids’ Bingo features [...]
Rehabilitated men hit the streets they once ruled to mediate conflict
May 2, 2016 ABC2 News' Brian Kuebler interviewed several members of the new Safe Streets Sandtown-Winchester team, and followed them one evening through the West Baltimore neighborhood. Watch the story here
Catholic Charities in West Baltimore
As we mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray and subsequent unrest in West Baltimore, here is an update on Catholic Charities’ work to meet community needs. Even prior to last April’s unrest, the agency provided behavioral health services in 23 schools in West Baltimore and 19 different community service programs, including [...]
Job training in West Baltimore offers a second chance
April 22, 2016 Students from Baltimore City are learning how to repair cars through a general service automotive technician program run by the nonprofit Catholic Charities. Read the full article in the Baltimore Business Journal Note: the Baltimore Business Journal is a subscription-only publication; log-in will be required to access the article
States weigh costs, benefits of undocumented immigrant parents
April 21, 2016 The January raids caused widespread concern among parents, said Adonia Simpson, managing attorney for immigration legal services at the Esperanza Center, part of Catholic Charities of Baltimore. Read the full article from Stateline here
Immigrants in limbo as U.S. top court weighs Obama action
April 15, 2016 In Baltimore's heavily Latino Fell's Point neighborhood, South Broadway is lined with storefronts advertising services in Spanish, ranging from tax preparation to cellphone providers. Catholic Charities runs an immigrant resource center offering legal advice as well as education and health services. Its managing attorney, Adonia Simpson, said about half the roughly 600 people she [...]
Share Your Memories Of Our Daily Bread
In 2016, the Our Daily Bread hot meal program commemorates 35 years of uninterrupted service. During those years, the program has touched thousands of lives. Clients, employees, donors and countless volunteers have passed through our doors. We invite you to share your memories here. Submitted by Tom Bonderenkoat: May 24, 2016 The morning breakfast program would often [...]
Our Daily Bread in 1995: Serving Pope Saint John Paul II
Sr. Gwynette Proctor SND greets Pope Saint John Paul II When Pope Saint John Paul II visited the United States in 1995, one of his stops was to say mass at Camden Yards. Afterward, he had lunch at the Our Daily Bread dining room. Per his request, the Holy Father was served a typical ODB [...]