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Help Wanted: Open Your Heart and Your Home to Fostering
02/27/2020 | News Articles | Share
By Alice Garbarini Hurley
Imagine all the people who landed in foster care -- John Lennon. Ella Fitzgerald. Eddie Murphy. Marilyn Monroe. Steve Jobs. Ice T. Cher. Nelson Mandela. Eleanor Roosevelt. J.R.R.R. Tolkien.
And about 8,...
Mario Russell –Desert Immigration: Life and Death Every Day, Part 1
02/26/2020 | News Articles | Share
By Jim Sliney Jr
The desert at night is cold. There is nothing to hold onto the heat. During the day of course it is hot, but worse still, it is dry. Winds never seem to stop in the desert. Shelter, water, rest and comfort are hard to find or in some...
Embracing Black Catholics in A Changing, Diverse Community
02/26/2020 | News Articles | Share
The Office of Black Ministry, Archdiocese of New York
By Alice Garbarini Hurley
Brother Tyrone Davis, a member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and Executive Director of the Office of Black Ministry, has seen cultural shifts...
Mass of Solidarity for Puerto Rico and the Bronx
02/20/2020 | News Articles | Share
Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan, Puerto Rico, celebrates Mass for Puerto Rico on Feb. 2 at St. Raymond Church in the Bronx. // MARY DIBIASE BLAICH
Jim Sliney Jr
The Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Roberto...
A Place to Call Home: Sisters address inadequate housing worldwide
02/20/2020 | News Articles | Share
Sr. Margaret Farrell, a member of the Religious Sisters of Charity, is spiritual ministry coordinator at Covenant House California in Los Angeles and a frequent visitor to the streets of Skid Row in the city's downtown area. (GSR photo/Chris Herlinger)...
Overcoming a Life of Drugs and Homelessness, James Addison is Making His Mark
02/13/2020 | News Articles | Share
LEFSA Discussion Group Leader & Financial Officer- James Addison (middle) at the 2019 Catholic Charities NY Agency Convening
Jim Sliney Jr
In 1992, there was a gathering. The gathering was run by two white nuns. In attendance, were the...
Encore Community Services can Help You Fall in Love
02/13/2020 | News Articles | Share
Catholic Charities NY Junior Board Giving the Lott Residence an Early Valentines Day
By Jim Sliney Jr
Encore Community Services of New York City, one of the agencies that make up Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, has...
Colombian Diocese, with Some U.S. Support, Helps Flood of Venezuelans
02/06/2020 | News Articles | Share
A child touches the crucifix of Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros of Brooklyn, N.Y.,
as he visits children at the Nina Maria day care center in Cucuta, Colombia...
Catholic Charities New York Hosts HOPE Count Panel Discussion
02/06/2020 | News Articles | Share
By Alice Garbarini Hurley
On Monday, January 27, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York hosted a panel discussion on homelessness--focusing on supportive housing options—to mark the kickoff of New York City’s annual HOPE (Homeless Outreach...
SNAP: Who Gets To Say Who Is Hungry?
02/05/2020 | News Articles | Share
By Jim Sliney Jr
SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is changing. In December, the current administration announced a new rule that would limit States’ ability to set eligibility requirements, instead applying federal work requirements...
Coming in From the Cold in the Hudson Valley
02/05/2020 | News Articles | Share
By Jim Sliney Jr
On January 23rd, in New York State’s Ulster County, people came together to count their fellow citizens living without a roof over their heads. This great public effort is called the Point-In-Time Count (or PIT...
Puerto Rico Aid: Catholic Charities of New York Provides Assistance
02/04/2020 | News Articles | Share
To Donate is to Stand in Solidarity
By John-Mark de Palma
Catholic Charities of New York stands ready to respond to the people of Puerto Rico whenever and wherever natural disaster strikes. With our partner organizations and...
