Improving the Lives of Refugees through Agriculture and Environmental Health Inside People’s Homes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s become a monthly tradition for the Catholic Charities Common Table organization, and it’s a service that helps hundreds of people every time. The program is called Table of Plenty, and it offers a free lunch to anyone who wants or needs it on the last Wednesday of every month. Read more.

Louisville’s Catholic Charities phased out its adoption program last year, but everyday the non-profit receives requests from people looking for information about their birth parents.

The agency’s longest running volunteers, Kay Hackett and JoAnne Sherman, help fulfill the requests. And it takes a unique skill set. Read more…

On Monday, April 22, Sara Wagner from WHAS 11 showcased Common Table’s Culinary Arts Program.  Director Laura Stevens and Chef Jamie Huddleston were interviewed.

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Classes take place in our certified kitchen at the Catholic Charities’ St. Anthony Campus, located at 2234 W. Market St, Louisville, KY 40212. Participants receive a total of 200 food training hours over 8 weeks. During the course, participants take the ServSafe Food Handler’s exam in order to receive their […]

by Laura Stevens

Imagine you’re a farmer: Every morning, you survey your crops, grasp the soil in your hands, feel the warm sun or cool rain on your face. This is how you support your family, and it’s the only life you’ve ever known. Then one day, something so terrible happens in your country — war, persecution, famine — that you’re forced to leave it all behind.

That’s exactly what happened to Buddha, a Bhutanese refugee who now lives in Louisville. […]

Mirna Lozano, left, discussed her life as an immigrant during the sixth annual Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capitol Feb. 20 as religious leaders looked on. She was one of several speakers at the event, including Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz. (Photo Special to The Record by Father Patrick Delahanty)

Marnie McAllister,  The RECORD

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Bethlehem High School’s 2016 senior class president stood before hundreds — including immigrants, refugees and their advocates — in the state’s capitol Feb. […]

Christina Mora – WLKY 

This year, Catholic Charities will re-settle 300 refugees to Louisville.

The agency relies on donations to help welcome the families to our community. And if you’ve been participating in the viral Marie Kondo movement, you may be in a great position to help.

Lisa DeJaco Crutcher

The maxim “Do unto others what you would have them do to you” is a guiding principle of many faith traditions. For Catholics, this Golden Rule informs our commitment to social justice and human dignity. For Catholic Charities of Louisville, these words are at the core of our mission to serve those… Read More>

Marissa Castellanos

When other humans are bought and sold, exploited and abused for the self-serving purposes of another, it is in fact our own brothers and sisters who are being hurt. In a way, it is even our own flesh and blood. Because we… Read More>

Kathy Howe-Kerr

In the current clamor of national politics, immigrants and refugees are often categorically vilified, their human dignity and personal stories lost amidst political posturing. Yet Pope Francis reminds us to “encounter Jesus in those who are poor, rejected, or refugees. Do not let fear get… Read More>