If you haven’t visited the New American Farm Market on the St. Anthony campus yet, what are you waiting for? Growers with Common Earth Gardens are there every Thursday with some of your favorite veggies, and some that you can’t find anywhere else in Louisville.

The market was started to give newly arriving refugees access to the vegetables they are accustomed to. That’s why the market is set up outside of MRS. But you will love the rich assortment, too. And, […]

We will be sorting and organizing items donated for newly arriving refugees.

Saturday, July 30
9 a.m. to noon
2220 W. Market Street

Email lgoldener@archlou.org for more info.

Our Immigration Legal Services team has filed for and won more asylee victories in the last two weeks. Those who now have legal asylum–securing their right to remain in America–include

–a woman wanted by the Taliban for aiding the United States
–a Christian man
–a young woman who had graduated high school and was pursuing college
–a family who converted from Islam to Christianity
–a young man who owned a music store and whose wife was well educated and whose brothers helped U.S. forces. He […]

Catholic Charities and the Office of Family and Life Ministries are launching a new outreach aimed at supporting mothers in need and their families. Walking with Moms in Need will recruit and train teams from local parishes to walk alongside these women by providing material support, parenting skills and knowledge, and, just as importantly, friendship. This will follow a model similar to that we already have with parish teams working with families arriving as refugees. We anticipate teams and the […]

This week the Employment Team with Migration and Refugee Services attended a second ribbon cutting ceremony with ProLogistix. This is a staffing agency that has hired clients through us and also helped with a donation drive.

As part of the ribbon cutting/new office festivities, they made a donation to Catholic Charities for every applicant who applied last week. Included are a photo from the […]

Ana Samada Ramos has joined MRS as the Cuban and Haitian Caseworker. Welcome, Ana!

I am Ana. I was born and raised in Cuba and came to the United States when I was 11 years old. I hope to contribute the knowledge I have gained to helping the immigrant community and facilitate their access to opportunities.

Here are two more cases filed by our Immigration Legal Services team that have won asylee status for people who came here as parolees from Afghanistan. Asylee status secures their right to remain in America.

Butoyi Elia has joined MRS as an Refugee Employment Specialist. Welcome, Butoyi!

I was born in Rwanda, where my parents lived as refugees from Burundi. At age two in 1994, we moved to Tanzania in a refugee camp for 13 years until we came to the United States in 2007. In the U.S, I started in high school in 9th grade. Since I was unable to speak English I was required to repeat 10th grade. It took me 5 years to […]