Catholic organizations respond to immigration policies

Catholic organizations respond to immigration policies

Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, News

In regards to President Donald Trump’s announcements on immigration, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, and Catholic Charities USA released the following statements: USCCB Committee On Migration Chair...
Share Your Blessings Helps Family of Nine Enjoy Christmas

Share Your Blessings Helps Family of Nine Enjoy Christmas

Jan 24, 2017 | Blog

Esperance Chibalonza and her family of nine arrived in the U.S. in July 2015 after fleeing violence in the Congo, arriving with her three daughters and her deceased sister’s four children. Coming to the U.S. was difficult enough, but Esperance and her family had...
Vice President Tapped to Join Sheriff’s Transition Team

Vice President Tapped to Join Sheriff’s Transition Team

Jan 17, 2017 | Blog, News

Wafa Abdin, Vice President of Immigrant and Refugee Services, was appointed to the newly-elected Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez’s Transition Team, where she will represent the work of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. The Transition Team...
A Safe Haven – Fabiola’s Story

A Safe Haven – Fabiola’s Story

Nov 21, 2016 | Blog

Imagine having to flee not only your home, but your country because your family feared for its life. At only six years old, this was *Fabiola’s reality when her family became the focus of extortion by a transnational gang. Unable to continue paying the exorbitant...