A new bus stop was unveiled May 18 at Catholic Charities of Louisville’s St. Anthony campus, located at 2222 W. Market Street. Community leaders including Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer; Lisa DeJaco Crutcher, chief executive officer of Catholic Charities of Louisville; and Lisa Osanka, interim director of the Louisville Metro Housing Authority celebrated the completion of the first phase of “SmArt Stop” bus shelters that are planned for the Russell neighborhood. Read more >

By MARNIE McALLISTER, Record Editor

About 50 people gathered at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville May 1 to pray for victims of human trafficking and call for change to curtail it.

“There may be 40.3 million victims globally, but there are thousands here,” said Carrie Bohnert, one of the speakers at the service.

“Nearly 180,000 contacts have been made to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, resulting in 40,000 cases of […]

Attorney General Andy Beshear and Catholic Charities of Louisville today released the 2017 Human Trafficking Task Force Report that focuses on the state’s coordinated efforts to fight human trafficking.

The report highlights Kentucky’s new streamlined notification process that better assists in investigations and follow-up victim services for reported cases of human trafficking across the state.

The changes allow for a quicker response to incidents of suspected human trafficking in Kentucky and is one of numerous efforts outlined in the annual report […]

By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer

Members of the clergy and faithful in the Archdiocese of Louisville have ministered to inmates in local jails for three decades, despite there being no formal program to support their service.

In an effort to expand that ministry and provide support to those who are already serving, several Archdiocese of Louisville agencies are working together to bring structure to jail ministry. Read more >

Louisville, Ky, April 18, 2018- The first annual Stop Traffic Gala is a party for a purpose: to raise $10,000 in aid for survivors of human trafficking. Trafficking is often called modern day slavery and its victims are exploited for labor and/or sex. Human trafficking is a serious problem in Kentucky. Over 200 children were reported to the state as being potentially trafficked in Kentucky in 2017.

The Stop Traffic Gala will be held May 4, 2018 at La Casita Center. […]

Washington, DC (April 10, 2018): The largest humanitarian crisis on record is underway today – more people are displaced now than at any time in our history, with nearly 20 people displaced every minute. And while there is no permanent resolution on the horizon, Catholic social innovators around the globe have created viable, compassionate, and entrepreneurial solutions to help displaced men, women, and children.

Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA), the leading Catholic philanthropic network in the United States, […]

By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer

A smile lit up Emma Bartley’s young face as she talked about her work to help pave the way for young refugees to apply for college.

Bartley, a junior at Assumption High School, created PAVE the Way (PAVE stands for Promoting And Valuing Education)  — a program that helps refugee youth and their families served by Catholic Charities of Louisville navigate the college application process.

PAVE, launched in January, […]

By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer

Immigrants, pastors, parish staff, people who work with immigrants and parishioners who want to be supportive of immigrants are invited to attend a workshop on March 3.

The Share the Journey Immigration Legal Workshop will be presented from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holy Family Church’s Saffin Center, 3926 Poplar Level Road.

The event will provide up-to-date information on immigration laws, resources for helping those affected by immigration and […]

By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer

In an outward expression of the Gospel teaching to welcome the stranger, the Archdiocese of Louisville held a prayer service at the Cathedral of the Assumption Jan. 6 — the feast of the Epiphany — in celebration of National Migration Week observed Jan. 7-13.

The gathering of about 200 — black and white parishioners, and members of the immigrant and refugee communities — heard that each, regardless of racial […]