Lisa Perkins, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh, and Kathy Johnson, Executive Director of Oak City Cares, recently shared the update below regarding the operations of Oak City Cares and the relationship between Catholic Charities and Oak City Cares. The letter has been posted to the Catholic Charities website for all […]
CONTINUE READING →A grand opening, developing a new nutrition program, and adapting all of this to COVID-19. These are all things the Durham Community Food Pantry (DCFP) has accomplished over the past 18 months. The DCFP opened its doors to the community in May 2019, after moving from a small office on University Drive, to a 7,400 […]
CONTINUE READING →Recently, StarNews Media and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce released their annual 40 under 40 list. This year, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh is excited that our Regional Director for the Cape Fear Office, Ms. Emilie Hart, was included on this list. Following this recognition, we sat down with a few of Hart’s […]
CONTINUE READING →The shelves of the Catholic Charities Greenville Food Pantry are a little bare after a record-breaking day. “Each day we strive for greatness and to serve individuals and families to the best of our abilities and make a difference. We are nothing as individuals, but amazing as a team,” shared Ms. Liz McDowell, Tar River […]
CONTINUE READING →Rafael Lopez who is originally from San Salvador in Salvador, immigrated to the United States when he was only 19 years old. Like many Salvadorians in the United States, he immigrated to escape the repression and violence associated with the onset of civil war. When Lopez arrived in the United States in 1990, he didn’t […]
CONTINUE READING →Catholic Charities offices have had to face many challenges in 2020 due to COVID-19. One important aspect keeping services running during this time has been volunteer support, but that has not been without it’s own hurdles. Together, staff and volunteers have found a variety of ways to continue providing vital resources to the community in […]
CONTINUE READING →Catholic Charities Cape Fear Regional staff typically distribute food from the food pantry located in their downtown Wilmington office. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, as with many things, the food pantry was forced to adapt. In order to better serve the community, food distribution has gone mobile, reaching remote communities facing major shortages […]
CONTINUE READING →Feeding the hungry, one of the Works of Mercy, unfolds every day at Catholic Charities offices through the efforts of dedicated staff and volunteers. With the coronavirus outbreak and resulting financial crisis impacting many individuals and families, the agency has seen a growth in demand for providing food to those in need. “We knew that […]
CONTINUE READING →Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, While I am so grateful for the charity I have seen in these past weeks, like many of you I am pained by what I have witnessed in recent days. How unfortunate that while so many of us have recently come together to protect one another, we have more recently […]
CONTINUE READING →Link to original press release. May 30, 2020 CCUSA is profoundly Disturbed by Such Continual Repetition of Acts of Indifference to Human Life Alexandria, Va. (May 30, 2020) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO, Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, issued the following statement condemning the killing of George Floyd and the continuous acts […]
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