LG&E is matching donations to fund
Sister Visitor Center, like every other community ministry, has expended a year’s worth of funding already trying to help folks keep the lights and AC on during these hot days. Now, you can help.
It’s Saturday Serve
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.
ILS earns more asylee wins this week!
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 […]
New outreach to walk with moms in need
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 […]
Prologistix celebrates and donates
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 joins MRS
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.
LG&E matches donations to pay utility bills
The Association of Community Ministries is asking the public to help raise funds that will allow neighbors to pay their utility bills. (Sister Visitor Center is a member of the Association of Community Ministries.)
LG&E will match up to $200,000 of funds raised to help neighbors in need pay their utility bills and keep their lights on and air conditioners running.
You can donate at https://www.gofundme.com/f/lge-assistance-match-fund or by writing a check to ACM, PO Box 99545, Louisville, KY 40269-9545.
Most, […]
More asylee wins!
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.
Azizah worked with USAID for several years training local women in agriculture and farming, and as a result became a target of the Taliban for having helped the United States. Her brother was part of the Afghan National Army (he fled to […]
Butoyi Elie joins MRS
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 […]
Mr. Hannah is a neighbor to Sister Visitor Center who has been unable to work since December. Recently, he has had no electricity due to mounting bills. The lack was beginning to affect not only his physical health, but his mental health as well. Last week, we helped Mr. Hannah get that power back on and, as you can see from his smile, it made everything better. As Sara Logsdon said, “We do 
