Reflections on Mission Awareness Month
by Bill McCarthy Good morning! Today is the last day of our first Mission Awareness month, and what an incredible month it has been. In the first daily reflection on January 2, I recounted the life of 99-year old volunteer George Thompson, who had passed away 11 days before Christmas. I marveled how George had [...]
Esperanza Center’s Ouranitsa Abbas recognized by CLINIC for her outstanding work
February 4, 2014 https://cliniclegal.org/news/affiliate-profile-highlight-catholic-charities-baltimore-esperanza-center/affiliate-highlight
Employee Spotlight: Donor Services
We are pleased to highlight a team for the Employee Spotlight! Donor Services in the Development Department is made up of a team of two – Nina Fox and Trey Fisher. Nina is the Manager of Donor Services and has been with the Agency for over six years. She is the report specialist and is responsible for ensuring [...]
Kevin O’Keefe
Volunteer and Donor Spotlight Kevin O’Keefe, President, Weber Shandwick Baltimore, is a long-time volunteer and donor to Catholic Charities. For well over a decade, his full-service communications firm has also provided pro bono expertise, including the design of Catholic Charities’ new logo. Kevin shares the reason for his commitment in the following conversation: What prompted [...]
A Legacy Worth Celebrating
by Bill McCarthy Mission Awareness Month – January 2014 I am pleased to announce that, in January 2014, we will celebrate our first annual Catholic Charities’ Mission Awareness Month. As you are aware, we have been working over the last couple of years to make our mission, vision, values and philosophy of service more visible [...]
Jenkins Senior Living Campus Highlights
The Neighborhoods at St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing Center provides a comprehensive array of individualized rehabilitation and nursing services, including short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing care, memory care, and in-patient hospice care. Caritas House Assisted Living provides care and assistance to seniors 62 and older who require help in performing daily activities and can no longer [...]
Catholic Charities receives Baltimore Sun 2013 Top Workplace honor
At the Baltimore Sun 2013 Top Workplace Awards, Catholic Charities was ranked 7th out of the top 15 large employers! Equally as exciting is that we were ranked the Top Non-profit in the large employer category! Here is the ranking of the top 15 in the large employer category. KEYW Corp; FutureCare, Agora, Inc.; Connections Education; [...]
A family gets back on its feet with help from Catholic Charities
Sarah's House September 25, 2013 Mark Pattison from the Catholic New Service spent a lot of time getting to know people at Sarah's House and prepared this story (link below) about one family that is getting back on its feet with help from Sarah's House. https://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1304049.htm
John Bell, Our Daily Bread
John Bell It’s been almost three years since John Bell began working as a program assistant at Our Daily Bread and what keeps him there is the belief that he’s answering a divine calling.“I believe God wants me here,” is how he phrases it. John’s affiliation with the comprehensive resource center began when he was [...]
Jermin Laviera, the Esperanza Center
Jermin Laviera Jermin Laviera’s 23-year odyssey with the Esperanza Center began on her wedding day. “A few hours after getting married, my husband took me to the Esperanza Center to enroll in English as a second language class,” she says. “I had just arrived from Venezuela a week ago and spoke no English, but I [...]