Catholic Charities observed the 48th anniversary of Earth Day by teaching children how to reduce, reuse and recycle at the Ocean Bay Community Center, in the Arverne section of Rockaway.
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House Speaker Says Catholic Charities Should Lead Anti-Poverty Fight
Catholic Charities, a network of Catholic charitable groups across the country – not the government – should be on the front lines of fighting poverty, according to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
Nun Thanked by Pope to Receive Laetare Medal
Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, and a longtime advocate for immigrants and refugees, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2018 Laetare Medal at the school’s graduation ceremony May 20.
Catholic Charities’ St. John XXIII Services Offers Comprehensive Programs to Seniors
Catholic Charities recently hosted an information session for over 300 seniors at the SS Simon and Jude parish, Gravesend, to introduce the newly formed St. John XXIII Senior Services.
Thanks for Including Us
Thank you for your excellent coverage of the Mass of Inclusion for People with Disabilities and the Deaf that was celebrated at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica on Sunday, June 4.
New Hospital in Haiti Is Tribute to Bishop Sullivan
A new hospital was inaugurated in a small sea shore village in Haiti on March 20. It is called Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Center for Health.
Former Nursing Sisters Head Was a Pioneer in Ministry
Sister Bernadette S. Downes, C.I.J., former president of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, also known as the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, and former director of Disabled Persons for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn, died peacefully Jan. 8, following a long illness.
Thanks, Catholic Charities
Dear Editor: I am writing on behalf of the seniors from Narrows Senior Center. We seniors are transported by vans each day by Maddy and Samuel, the drivers. We are treated with very much respect and tender care. Many thanks! We are taken to our doctors’ appointments, trips, and in some cases, shopping.
Obituary: Sister Margaret Williams, C.I.J.
Sister Margaret Williams, C.I.J., a member of the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor for 73 years, died on May 11 at Villa St. Joseph, Rockville Centre. She was 92.
Father Keating Named Deputy CEO of Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has announced that Very Reverend Patrick J. Keating, associate vicar for Human Services of the Diocese of Brooklyn, and chief executive officer of Catholic Migration Services, will also serve as deputy chief executive officer of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens.