Andrea Granados has joined MRS as the Cuban and Haitian Caseworker. You can welcome her with a note at agrenados@archlou.org.
My name is Andrea, and I enjoy meeting new people. I love watching sunsets and reading a good book on my porch with a good cup of coffee. I like to seek out learning opportunities and I’m not afraid to fail and struggle as a part of learning. When thinking about working with […]
I’m a lover of all things creative! I am recent graduate of Catholic Charities’ Common Table culinary arts program. I am the co-owner of Traveling Treats (pastries and designer cakes) and the current Community Engagement and Marketing Coordinator at Common Table. I attended Manual High School here in Louisville and studied Social Services at Lindsey Wilson College. My obsession with all things creative has led me into many career paths but none that […]
Tina-Marie Jackson is a new Associate Ombudsman with Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Drop Tina-Marie a note of welcome at tmjackson@archlou.org.
My name is Tina Jackson, and I am excited to join Catholic Charities as a member of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program staff. I have always had a heart for the vulnerable and enjoy serving and encouraging others.
In my free time I enjoy spending time with my family, hiking the local nature trails, […]
Ashes found in a plastic bag were brought to our Indigent Burial Program recently. Watch a report from WHAS-11 here.
Marzia, a 60-year-old widow, was evacuated to the United States on September 3, 2021, along with her two daughters, one an advocate for justice and children’s and human rights and the other an advisor for the governor’s office in Mehtar Lam. ILS (Zoila) filed her asylum application in mid-May, she traveled to Chicago for interview in mid-July, and on October 19, she was granted asylum.
October is Residents’ Rights Awareness Month and Beverly Broadus recently reminded residents of their rights with a trivia game. Beverly took the game to Signature Healthcare North in Hardin County last week, where the competition was “spirited.”
Augustine and Meliki had a blast at a recent Louisville City soccer game. The two just completed their six-month commitment to our Pave the Way mentoring program that focuses on academic success.
Now Augustine and Meliki have chosen to extend their match for at least another three months.
“He’s like my brother,” Meliki said.
Learn more about how you can volunteer as a mentor. Or contact the mentorship coordinator, Rachel, at […]
This is a fascinating adventure. The room is buzzing with people speaking Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Spanish, Arabic, Pashto, and Dari. They sit in small groups or huddle over computers, all learning to speak English from a teacher who speaks none of their languages. How in the world does that work? We’d love for you to find out. We need LOTS of volunteer English as Second Language (ESL) instructors. We will train you and […]
Caryll Houselander
Mystic (b.1901–d.1954)
Caryll Houselander, an English laywoman, had a definite sense of her vocation: to awaken others to the presence of Christ in the world. This conviction was implanted from her childhood by a series of mystical experiences that continued throughout her life. The most striking of these experiences occurred one day in her adulthood, while she stood on a crowded train in London. As she looked at the […]
Rabia is 24 years old and college educated. Her brother was part of the Afghan National Army (he fled to Iran), and her sister and her sister’s husband worked with NATO (fled to Germany), both associations also placing her at risk. And finally, she is Hazara and fears harm by the Taliban because of their historical persecution of her ethnic group. She was evacuated, with her older sister who worked on USAID projects, to the United States on September 2, […]
