Volunteers use old microfiche system to help adoptees connect with birth parents
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, [...]
Wanted: green thumbs to nurture creation
By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Catholics around the Archdiocese of Louisville are being urged to consider planting a wildflower garden. Not only do the plants add beauty to our communities, they can act as a [...]
Common Table Culinary Arts Program Showcased on WHAS 11
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. Click here to see the video clip Classes take place in [...]
Share the Journey – Refugees Clients Reap a Bounty of Benefits from Gardens
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 [...]
Capitol Hears From Immigrants and Refugees
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 [...]
‘Marie Kondo’ movement prompting donations to help Louisville refugees
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 [...]
Share the Journey – Follow the Golden Rule
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 [...]
Share the Journey – There is Only “Us”
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 [...]
Share the Journey – Welcoming the Stranger and Resisting Fear
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 [...]
Catholic Charities Urges: “Be Golden”
Lisa DeJaco Crutcher, chief executive officer of Catholic Charities, spoke at the launch of the “Be Golden” campaign Feb. 5 at the Muhammad Ali Center. Be Golden is a year-long initiative that intends to reach [...]
Refugee families learn about Thanksgiving tradition
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer Recently arrived refugees and former refugees, many wearing colorful traditional clothing, joined with members of the Catholic and wider community for an early celebration of Thanksgiving Nov. 21. Catholic [...]
New program aims to empower the needy
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Report Low-income individuals who seek services from Catholic Charities of Louisville will soon find they are being encouraged to address the personal hardships they are experiencing. Thanks to a $50,000 [...]
Six local groups benefit from collection
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer The annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) will take place in the Archdiocese of Louisville parishes this weekend — Nov. 17-18 — and will coincide [...]
Conference examines trafficking in U.S.
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer Individuals from 28 states and the District of Columbia gathered at the Galt House in downtown Louisville Oct. 24-25 to discuss and raise awareness about labor trafficking. “We have [...]
Share the Journey — Celebrating Christmas with joy and dignity
By Sister Michele Intravia Each year during the Christmas season, Catholic Charities sponsors families in need. Our Sister Visitor Center staff and volunteers work to provide these families not only with necessities like food, [...]
Catholic agencies gather for ‘Catholic Convening’
By Marnie McAllister, Record Editor Representatives of about two dozen Catholic service agencies gathered at the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Pastoral Center Oct. 2 to discuss what they do and how they might work together. “There [...]
2018 CCK Voter Guide
On November 6, 2018, Kentuckians will cast votes for every seat in the state House of Representatives and several seats in the Senate. The candidates that prevail will begin their work as legislators in [...]
Respect Life Month (October) Events – Sponsored by the Pro-Life Office
Click here on on the image below for a list of October Respect Life events.
St. James unveils ‘Homeless Jesus’
Catholic Charities’s Deacon Lucio Caruso and Peggy McCarty with the homeless Jesus park bench By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer The bronze figure huddled under a blanket on a park bench — on [...]
The Oasis is open for business
Catholic Charities partnered with the Mayor's office, Dare to Care, and Cash Saver to launch the Oasis to provide fresh food at affordable prices to the Russell neighborhood. Thank you to everyone who participated in [...]
Making the 2018 CSA Video
Each summer in preparation for the upcoming Catholic Services Appeal, the Office of Mission Advancement is able to break out our directing chairs and clapperboards for the annual CSA video. (Well we leave the [...]
Think America isn’t great already? This refugee will change your mind
by Joseph Gerth, Louisville Courier Journal Sometimes there are things about this country that seem hopeless. Divisions that pit 'us versus them' — in all things from race, to ethnicity, to religion, to politics — [...]
Kentucky Derby Festival runners raise over $158,000 for charities
LOUISVILLE, Ky. June 22, 2018) – The Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation Charity Module Program raised over $158,000 in 2018 for local charities. 31 different charitable organizations benefitted from the program by having individual runners [...]
Action Alert: Family Separation at the Border
The U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security have stated publicly that parents will be separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has [...]
Immigration workshop set for June 26
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office of Faith Formation will offer “Welcome the Stranger: Catholic Social Teaching and Immigration” June 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at [...]
2018 Summer Newsletter
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Catholic Charities awards St. Francis student
Mary Claire Stukenborg is the youngest student ever to have joined the St. Francis of Assisi social justice group, the Committee on Conscience. She also is the youngest student ever to have been accepted [...]
Adoption program moves in new direction
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer Lisa DeJaco Crutcher sat in her office on a sunny May day surrounded by photos of her family including her two young children. DeJaco Crutcher is the mother of [...]
Parish learns of refugee resettlement process
By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Ahmed Hussein fled his home in Somalia more than two decades ago. He had a family, neighbors, school and a vision for his life. All that changed when he [...]
New stop for newcomers
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 [...]
Assumption junior wins award for ‘youth virtues, valor and vision’
Elaine Rooker Jack, Special to Courier Journal MEET THE ACHIEVER Achiever: Emma Bartley Age: 17 Grade: 11 School: Assumption High School Achievement: Emma Bartley was awarded the 2018 Youth Virtues, Valor, and Vision Award from the National [...]
As Derby nears, prayer service highlights human trafficking
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 [...]
2017 Human Trafficking Task Force Report released
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 [...]
Team effort seeks to expand jail ministry
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 [...]
Volunteers to Host Stop Traffic Gala on Derby Eve
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 [...]
Common Earth included in FADICA Catholic Social Innovation Report
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. [...]
Program paves way for refugee students
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 [...]
Workshop on immigration set for March 3
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 [...]
Prayer service welcomes the ‘stranger’
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 [...]
Immigrants’ children are our children and this is their home
Source: Courier Journal Opinion Editorial contributed by Lisa DeJaco Crutcher, Catholic Charities of Louisville CEO In September, President Trump laid down the marker of March 5, 2018 for final resolution of the fate of hundreds [...]
Initiative Aims to Promote Human Dignity
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer The Archdiocese of Louisville will begin an initiative called “Days of Human Dignity” Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany. A prayer service is planned that day at the [...]