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Moving from Trauma to Firm Ground
Posted on 05/22/2019 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Catholic Charities NY Celebrates Terra Firma & Its Support for Immigrant Youth
Reflections from the Border Part 2: Catholic Charities NY in Arizona
Posted on 05/20/2019 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Children Become Hope
The Department of Homeland Security is releasing thousands of detainees at the southern border to relieve overcrowding, overwhelming Catholic Charities agencies that serve these immigrants. The increasing stream of asylum seekers...
What’s New in the 2020 Census
Posted on 05/17/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
And How What’s New Affects You
By Alice Kenny
The U.S. Census count, a once-in-a decade nationwide event – along with changes planned for it - can have a huge impact on you.
How so?
On the Frontlines and in the Field
Posted on 05/16/2019 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Kelly Agnew Barajas Shares Her Firsthand Witness to the Growing Refugee Crisis
Kelly Agnew Barajas, our director of refugee resettlement at Catholic Charities NY, recently spoke about her witness to the current refugee crisis. Please check out her...
Reflections from the Border: Catholic Charities New York in Arizona
Posted on 05/13/2019 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Photo: Catholic Charities of New York, Tuscon, AZ
The Department of Homeland Security is releasing thousands of detainees at the southern border to relieve overcrowding, overwhelming Catholic Charities agencies...
Best Way to Help Immigrants in New York
Posted on 05/9/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Volunteer at Catholic Charities Free Legal Clinics
By Alice Kenny
As more and more moms, dads and children from the gang-filled nations of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, flee for safety to the U.S., many of us wonder how we can make a...
Meet Janet Hernandez
Posted on 05/3/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Census Taker, Immigrant & Catholic Charities Employee Extraordinaire
By Alice Kenny
Happy May & Labor Day
Posted on 05/1/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Best Wishes – Plus Free Employment Training – from Catholic Charities NY
By Alice Kenny
Not just a day of daffodils and dances around maypoles – although we’re certainly grateful for that! – but May Day here at Catholic Charities NY and in much...
Meet Katie, Makayla and the Fernandez Families
Posted on 04/30/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
See This Snapshot of Those Helped by Catholic Charities
Mere stairs, as forbidding as a concrete wall, blocked Katie from ever visiting her daughter, Makayla at school. Trapped in a wheelchair ever since a car sideswiped hers on the New Jersey...
How You Can Make a Difference in a Refugee’s Life
Posted on 04/26/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
One Person, One Family at a Time
Overwhelmed by news of suffering refugees fleeing to the safety of U.S. shores and wish you could help? Thanks to Catholic Charities NY’s partnership with Family-to-Family, you can join us in making a difference one...
Immigrants, Frightened and Sick, Line Up for Free Health Fair
Posted on 04/24/2019 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Catholic Charities NY Teams Up to Save Lives
By Teresa A. Santiago, Catholic Charities NY Hispanic Community Consultant
Catholic Charities Fact-Finding Mission Touches Down in Northern Triangle
Posted on 04/23/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Meets Migrants & Officials in Front Lines of Refugee Crisis
Grand Finale: Served by Catholic Charities & Profiled by The New York Times
Posted on 04/16/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Read Them Now
Jordon with his case manager, Stephanie Ali
“It’s amazing what can happen in a year,” write lead New York Times Neediest Cases reporters John Otis and Remy Tumin in their final Sunday, 4/14/19 wrap-up of the recent Neediest...
Catholic Charities Leads Fact-Finding Trip to Northern Triangle
Posted on 04/15/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Explores Ways to Help Growing Numbers of Fleeing Children
Yonkers P.D. Arrests Scam Artist Who Targeted Immigrants
Posted on 04/1/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Immigrants Turned First to Catholic Charities for Help
Accused of scamming more than 40 immigrant families with promises of citizenship, Juan Cedillo, 63, was arrested by Yonkers police thanks, in part, to intervention by Catholic Charities Community...
