By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer
In the late 1960s, a handful of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth teaching in West Louisville noticed their students were coming to school hungry and wearing dirty clothing.

Upon visiting the students’ homes, the sisters found homes that lacked food and running water. They decided something needed to be done to help the families.

In 1969, Sister Visitor Center was born. The center, now part of Catholic Charities of Louisville, has been serving the area’s neediest families […]

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – More than 100 people crowded around the steps of the Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville on Friday night to stand up for those in detention centers along the southern U.S. border. Read more.

Once resettled in the United States refugee youth are free to pursue happiness, and sometimes it’s the simplest kind that can make a difference.

Through a new partnership between Catholic Charities and the Louisville City Football Club — a professional soccer club — refugee youth are finding joy in a familiar past time. Read more.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s become a monthly tradition for the Catholic Charities Common Table organization, and it’s a service that helps hundreds of people every time. The program is called Table of Plenty, and it offers a free lunch to anyone who wants or needs it on the last Wednesday of every month. Read more.

Louisville’s Catholic Charities phased out its adoption program last year, but everyday the non-profit receives requests from people looking for information about their birth parents.

The agency’s longest running volunteers, Kay Hackett and JoAnne Sherman, help fulfill the requests. And it takes a unique skill set. Read more…

On Monday, April 22, Sara Wagner from WHAS 11 showcased Common Table’s Culinary Arts Program.  Director Laura Stevens and Chef Jamie Huddleston were interviewed.

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Classes take place in our certified kitchen at the Catholic Charities’ St. Anthony Campus, located at 2234 W. Market St, Louisville, KY 40212. Participants receive a total of 200 food training hours over 8 weeks. During the course, participants take the ServSafe Food Handler’s exam in order to receive their […]

by Laura Stevens

Imagine you’re a farmer: Every morning, you survey your crops, grasp the soil in your hands, feel the warm sun or cool rain on your face. This is how you support your family, and it’s the only life you’ve ever known. Then one day, something so terrible happens in your country — war, persecution, famine — that you’re forced to leave it all behind.

That’s exactly what happened to Buddha, a Bhutanese refugee who now lives in Louisville. […]