Springtime giveaway draws lines, shows love
The basketball court at the Brooklyn Homes community was nearly unrecognizable on Good Friday. Tables covered with essential items lined the perimeter of the outdoor court. Groceries, toiletries, cleaning supplies, clothes, jackets, shoes and toys—every [...]
More than a year after a pandemic shut down, St. Ann plans to reopen
Among the things Gloria Allen misses about St. Ann Adult Day Services are chair exercises to good music and creative arts-and-crafts projects, like a pretty bag she once decorated to use when shopping. The 76-year-old [...]
One pandemic, four generations and the power of visits
Bertha Paul is feeling pretty good these days. She has her own beautiful bedspread, and her wedding picture is hanging on the wall. Little touches of home mean a lot, though she's not quite sure [...]
After Atlanta
William J. McCarthy Jr. Executive Director We are so tired, aren’t we? With every new horror, threat, or failure to love that we endure as a community, a country, or a society, we have worn [...]
It’s time for Maryland to pass the Trust Act in support of immigrants
By William J. McCarthy Jr. Executive Director This piece originally ran in the Catholic Review. Last week, during a return flight from Baghdad, Pope Francis hosted an in-flight press conference where he charged us all [...]
Five years into Catholic Charities Safe Streets programs, an unwavering commitment
On a recent Friday morning, Corey Winfield was on his way to pick up donated diapers. It's just another way the director of Catholic Charities' Safe Streets program in Brooklyn-Curtis Bay is trying to disrupt [...]