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What is summer hunger? Nationally, almost 30 million students in the U.S. receive free or reduced-price meals during the school year. But when class is out for summer, millions of children go hungry. For many children in New York City during the summer, access to free meals becomes more difficult. Parents...

On Holy Thursday, March 28th, His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan joined Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of New York, to distribute food at the Washington Heights Food Pantry. At the event, longtime donor and supporter Brian O’Dwyer, Board Chair of The Charles Lawrence...

On Holy Thursday, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York received a $1 million donation from the Charles Lawrence Keith and Clara Miller Foundation to support their Feeding Our Neighbors program. The good newsroom provides full coverage in their article,...

Saint Patrick is, of course, first and foremost a legendary figure. Much of what is recounted of his life is unverifiable. What is truly verifiable are two simple truths of Saint Patrick’s life. First, he was brutally kidnapped from his home and sold into slavery, and second, he returned to the land of his oppressors to...

At once the Spirit drove him out into the desert,and he remained in the desert for forty days,tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts,and the angels ministered to him.Mark 1:12-15 On the first Sunday of Lent, the Gospel brings us to the desert. Here, Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting. Following his...

On Ash Wednesday, a day of reflection and the commencement of the Lenten season, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York hosted a special food pantry distribution at St. Cecilia’s Church in East Harlem, extending a helping hand to our neighbors in need, and embodying...

On Monday, January 15th, Catholic Charities New York joined forces with the UJA Federation of New York to commemorate the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. together. The day was characterized by collaborative volunteer initiatives spanning the Archdiocese,...

A Thanksgiving Message from Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director of Catholic Charities New York. Almost three millennia ago, while Israel was in exile, the Psalmist lamented “How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?” This Thanksgiving, allow me to adapt: “How can we give...

Since joining Catholic Charities’ annual Feeding Our Neighbors campaign in 2014, ShopRite Supermarkets and its guests have donated nearly $700,000 and more than 100,000 pounds of food to the fund and food drive in its Hudson Valley market area over the past eight years. The donations are distributed to food pantries, soup kitchens,...

The line snaked around St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church on 125th Street and Morningside Drive in Harlem the morning of April 6. One man, looking up to the heavens, waved his hands in the air in a prayer gesture of thanksgiving. Others staked out their places, making their...