Shaniya Redmon has joined Catholic Charities as a rapid rehousing case manager. Shaniya graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BA in psychology and is expected to get her MSW this December. Shaniya plans on becoming a trauma therapist with one day aspiring to have her own private practice. She is married to her husband Jonathan and has a dog named Snickers. Shaniya enjoys hiking, baking, shopping and spending time with […]
Laura Williams has joined Sister Visitor Center as the Food Pantry Manager Sister Visitor Center distributed hundreds of backpacks stuffed with school supplies on Tuesday. Each contained grade-specific supplies as published by Jefferson County Public Schools.
Backpacks were also distributed to families served by MRS and Hispanic Services.
We’re grateful to everyone who donated supplies and who volunteered to stuff the backpacks, including these parishes: St. Albert, St. Margaret Mary, St. Raphael, and Pax Christi (St. Therese, Our Mother of Sorrows, and St. Elizabeth), and St. Patrick.
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Layla is a 32-year-old educated woman who worked for approximately 10 years as a capacity development manager for the Independent General Directorate of Kuchi. Her brothers worked for military and/or NATO, and one of them has an approved SIV and is pursuing adjustment of status. She was evacuated to the United States on October 13, 2021. ILS (Kathleen) filed her asylum application in late February, she traveled to Chicago for interview in early March, and on July 27, she was […]
You can still sign up for Wednesday’s Zoom session on a new outreach from our Community Support Services.
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 […]
Logan Armstrong has joined MRS as an Adult ESL Teacher for Computer Based Instruction. Logan graduated from the University of Kentucky with an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language and has taught at JCTC for 3 years in their ESL program. He is married to his beautiful wife Emily, and they are expecting their first child Isabella in October. Logan enjoys reading books and spending time with friends and family.
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Hi, I’m Rebecca Cottrell the new Event Planner at Catholic Charities. I am really looking forward to growing successful events here and am ready to jump right in!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, […]
