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Martin Luther King Jr. Asked “What Are You Doing For Others?”
Posted on 01/19/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘what are you doing for others?’”
It's Freezing Out and Children Are Hungry
Posted on 01/16/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Help us feed them and our fellow New Yorkers.
Hunger is up and our food pantries and soup kitchens are hard-pressed to meet the growing need.
Disabled Son and Abused Mom on Path to Self Sufficiency
Posted on 01/15/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Wheelchair bound from the severe brittle bone disease he was born with, Edwin Zabala, 10, shares a single room with his mother and younger brother in a shelter for domestic violence survivors.
Questions About President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration?
Posted on 01/14/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
There are so many questions about President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration.
Who does it cover? When does it start? Where can you get advice?
How do you avoid hucksters defrauding those seeking help?
Check out our answers here in:
• English and Spanish
• Chinese
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Rebuilding Lives After Husband and Provider’s Death
Posted on 01/13/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Leukemia took Jean Carlos Ocasio in November, but the apartment he shared with his wife, Yaresly Cosme-Alicea, and their daughters, ages 4 and 7, still vibrates with his presence.
Food Banks Receive Huge Boost
Posted on 01/12/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Food banks in New York City received a huge boost in donations Sunday, January 11, 2014 to help hungry families across the five boroughs, reports CBS News.
As TV 10/55’s Ilana Gold reported in this news summary, more than 5,000 pounds of donated food sitting in boxes and bags outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral will go to three major interfaith organizations in the city.
The organizations will then deliver the donations to dozens of food pantries, soup kitchens and meal programs...
Impoverished Children Act Out Cinderella Tale
Posted on 01/9/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Impoverished children, many with a good idea of what Cinderella’s life was like, recently acted out a version of this well-known tale in “A Native American Cinderella.”
The actors, ages 5-12, participate in Catholic Charities Highbridge Gardens Cornerstone Alianza Division after-school...
Alien or Human? You Decide
Posted on 01/8/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
As we honor of National Migration Week, January 4 – 10, with this year’s theme, “We Are One Family Under God,” the weekly digest CMS Migration Update honored us by publishing as its lead story a public statement by C. Mario Russell, Esq., director of Catholic Charities Immigrant and Refugee Services.
Polar Vortex Strikes; Cold Children Get Coats
Posted on 01/7/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Catholic Charities coat distribution
Brrr -- It's cold out! Fortunately, just as the Polar Vortex slams through New York, Catholic Charities is distributing 3,000 coats to children and families in need who would otherwise be shivering without them. We’re able to keep them warm thanks to our corporate, media and agency...
Pope Francis’ Christmas Message Focuses on Children in Peril
Posted on 01/6/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Pope Francis used a traditional Christmas address to emphasize the plight of children in areas of conflict, pointing out their “impotent silence” that “cries out under the spade of many Herods,”
Mother Gives Autistic Son Special Party
Posted on 01/5/2015 by Alice Kenny | Share
Every available surface of what, an hour earlier, had been an empty housing project community room had been decorated in the colors and likeness of Jamel Hunter’s favorite superhero, Spider-Man.
