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Attacked by Zealots in India, Catholic Family Finds Safety in NYC
Posted on 01/2/2019 by Alice Kenny | Share
Learn More about Them Here and in The New York Times
A fractured collarbone. Spinal fractures. Head wounds.
Antony Fernandez, his wife and daughter suffered devastating injuries six years ago after an attack in their home in India, reports John...
Check Out This New Link to Services New Yorkers Need
Posted on 12/27/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
Thanks to New Catholic Charities Community Services Website
As 2018 races to a close, it’s time to look back at all we accomplished together and forward at all we plan to do.
Our new website for Catholic Charities Community...
Best Way to Help Immigrants in Rockland County
Posted on 12/3/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
Volunteer at Our Community Legal Clinic
Feeling helpless hearing about traumatized immigrants struggling to navigate our U.S. legal system?
Here is how you can make a difference!
Come join us on December 14th,...
All Inclusive Immigration & Refugee Services!
Posted on 08/31/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
At Catholic Charities, You Name It; We’ve Got It
When it comes to free and low-cost services for immigrants and refugees, you name it; we’ve got it here at Catholic Charities NY. Our comprehensive immigration services span from New York City to the...
Eyewitness to Injustice at the Texas Border
Posted on 06/25/2018 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
These Families Are Our Families
Fr. Eric Cruz joined a small contingent of priests and Catholic Charities representatives on a pilgrimage this past weekend to the Texas border to visit a fellow Catholic Charities agency serving immigrant children...
Statement by Msgr. Kevin Sullivan before His Humanitarian Trip to Texas Border
Posted on 06/20/2018 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
By Msgr. Kevin Sullivan
Executive Director, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York
How Catholic Charities Helps Immigrant Children in This Time of Crisis
Posted on 06/18/2018 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Pilot Program Taps into Play
New Yorkers, Don’t Shut the Door on Refugees
Posted on 06/14/2018 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Diversity Is What Makes Our City Special
By Kelly Agnew-Barajas
Director of Refugee Resettlement, Catholic Charities NY
What Makes New York Unique?
New Half-Price MetroCards Offer Roadmap to Equality
Posted on 06/13/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
Mobility Equals Opportunity
Considered the great equalizer connecting New Yorkers to jobs, education and upward mobility, our roaring subway system turned a historic corner this week by agreeing to offer half-priced MetroCards to low-income New...
Puerto Rican Day Parade 2018 Honors Catholic Charities
Posted on 06/12/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
Celebrates “the Best of Who We Are as a Community”
Draped in red, white and blue single-starred Puerto Rican flags, thousands lined New York City’s Fifth Avenue, dancing to salsa music and cheering as Catholic Charities NY and fellow honorees led the...
Speaking English: Doesn’t Get More Basic Than That
Posted on 05/3/2018 by Catholic Charities Admin | Share
Find Free & Low-Cost English Classes in New York
To become citizens, to fit into our nation, residents must speak English. It doesn’t get more basic than that.
Flexible, Local English Classes Empower Immigrants with Independence
Posted on 03/13/2018 by Alice Kenny | Share
First Crucial Step
By Elaine Roberts
Director of the International Center at Immigrant and Refugee Services, Catholic Charities NY
Life on the Frontlines of Immigration Reform
Posted on 10/19/2017 by Alice Kenny | Share
Jumping the High Dive to Rescue Lives
By C. Mario Russell, Esq.
Director of Immigration & Refugee Services
Catholic Charities NY
Just over a month has passed since our last update and, as you will see below,...
Day Laborers Mobilize to Direct Donations Straight to Mexico & Puerto Rico
Posted on 10/4/2017 by Alice Kenny | Share
“We Need to Share the Little We Have”
Day laborers dressed in yellow traffic vests to protect them as they work along busy roadways formed a human chain this past weekend, tossing crates of water, food, flashlights and...
After Fleeing Death, Young Mother Prepares to Meet Pope Francis
Posted on 09/11/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Legs from a friend’s dead body hung from a garbage can wedged along the road near Keidy Marin’s childhood home in San Juan en Tela, Honduras. A few days later she spotted the head, Ms. Marin recalled, then the torso, of another friend...
