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Expressing Their Faith by Giving to Catholic Charities
By Catherine Lee While serving food at a Catholic Charities breakfast for the homeless, Marcia Shooshan met a man named Jeffrey. He appeared to have vitiligo, a condition that leads...
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January 21, 2022
Community Distributions Bring Fresh, Nutritious Food Where It Is Needed Most
Article and Photos by Thomas Canary On a recent summer afternoon, a dozen volunteers braved 100-degree heat to distribute 250 boxes of food, each representing a week’s worth of meals,...
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July 8, 2021
Virtual ESOL Classes Expand Job Prospects for Immigrants
From hosting large-scale food distributions to providing rental assistance, Catholic Charities has quickly mobilized to meet the basic needs of the growing number of families who have been impacted by...
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August 19, 2020
‘Celebrating the sun that shines on us and the Son that saves us’
We are thrilled to announce that the solar array on our Gift of Peace property in Northeast Washington is complete and is generating energy! Heeding the Holy Father’s call to...
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February 27, 2020
Working with Meaning and Purpose, Catholic Charities DC served 143,000 People Last Year
As we approach the dawn of a new decade, we at Catholic Charities DC want to take a moment to recognize and celebrate some of our accomplishments from 2019. Of course,...
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December 31, 2019
Searching for an Opportunity and Discovering the Spanish Catholic Center
Many who immigrate to the United States embark on the journey to search for better job opportunities, a better life. This was the case for Melida Chacon. Originally from El...
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October 9, 2019
Success in a New Country
When his mother left her six children in Cameroon to come to the United States, she envisioned creating a better life for them all. She had hoped all her children...
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February 7, 2019
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