When Deacon Andy Heinsohn locked the doors of the Father Jack Jones Food Pantry that Thursday, he did not know what he would do when the pantry opened again the following Wednesday. Now serving as many as 100 visitors a day, the food pantry had only peanut butter and mandarin oranges in stock. He knew he would receive some food from Dare to Care on Tuesday, but it was scheduled to be a […]
Want to have some say on things in the new Catholic Charities Center at 435 E. Broadway? Here’s your chance. Simply respond to this three-question survey! Access the survey here.
You can buy fresh local vegetables at the farmers market at 23rd and Market Streets in #WestLouisville every Thursday this month. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.. Eligible shoppers can use SNAP (with twice the spending power- ask us how!), cash, or card. Please stop by to support the farmers! […]
Congratulations to these employees for their milestone anniversaries with Catholic Charities of Louisville:
Becky Burnside
15 years
Lisa DeJaco Crutcher
5 years
Nina Flores
5 years
Lisa Pifine
5 years
Pacificque Uwayezu
5 years
Eh Nay Thaw, refugee resettlement caseworker, represented Catholic Charities of Louisville on WFPL’s live show, In Conversation, last Friday. The show focused on the experiences of refugees who have resettled in Louisville. Eh Nay represented us well, the perspective of both one who has resettled here and one who serves others making the same journey. Thank you, Eh Nay! You made us proud.
Lisa announced at the all-staff meeting last Friday that Catholic Charities has scrapped plans to build at its current location at Fourth and Heywood Streets and instead purchase a commercial building at 535 E. Broadway.
The building, now serving as an operations center for a local bank, will require come modifications but already boasts ample office space, state-of-the-art security systems, reliable high-speed internet, and an outstanding kitchen area for staff.
Lisa said leadership decided to change plans after legal delays and the […]
Today, September 1 is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
The Season of Creation spans five weeks between the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (September 1) and the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi (October 4).
This “time for creation” offers, in the words of Pope Francis, “individual believers and communities a fitting opportunity to reaffirm their personal vocation to be stewards […]
