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Caring for people. Valuing lives. Strengthening communities.

We believe that seeing the inherent value of every individual is a call to action - a call to help others - to give of ourselves - and to love. Every day, at our 80 programs across 200 locations throughout Maryland, Catholic Charities of Baltimore serves children and families, immigrants, individuals with intellectual disabilities, people living in poverty and seniors, filling both immediate needs and providing longer-term support that encourages independence.

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15th Annual Christmas Festival at the Basilica

On behalf of the entire Catholic Charities family, we are excited to announce our 15th Annual Christmas Festival! This year’s concert will take place on December 4th. Please save the date!

The celebration will return to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society headlining the concert with a guest performance from the Morgan State University Choir and The Blakefield Singers of Loyola Blakefield.

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Our Programs

Improving Lives through Six Areas of Focus

Healing Trauma
& Addiction

Behavior and mental health services for all ages.

Mental health is vital to our overall health. We’re proud to offer our community access to a wide-range of mental and behavioral health services for children and families. Our services include addiction counseling and treatment, including medication to assist with treatment. Telehealth is available when appropriate.

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Aging with
Dignity

Senior services and care, including housing, social, and health.

Our senior services are built on traditions of excellence, dignity, and respect. As a leading provider of exceptional, affordable apartment communities and life care options for seniors in the Baltimore region, we deliver compassionate care through a full continuum of services available to people of all faiths.

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Welcoming New
Neighbors

Helping immigrants acclimate to their new home.

It is a privilege to welcome recent immigrants. The Esperanza Center is a comprehensive resource center whose mission is to help immigrants navigate life in a new country. Our dedicated staff and volunteers provide services related to education, healthcare, immigration legal matters, family reunification, anti-trafficking, and general community support to thousands of immigrants each year.

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Achieving
Independence

Poverty relief and housing assistance for many individuals.

Through a variety of programs across Maryland, we assist people who are struggling to make ends meet and striving to work their way out of poverty. With programs that include a range of transitional housing services, meal programs, education, employment and counseling services, and referrals to other support services, our goal is to enable families and individuals to fully achieve financial independence.

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Empowering
Careers

Job training and employment opportunities for all individuals in need.

Access to steady employment enables individuals to help themselves and their families. We offer job training programs that educate and connect skilled workers to employers who need their help. By assisting with job-readiness, offering intensive training, and professional development, we help improve lives across our community.

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Supporting Children
& Families

Education, therapy, and extended need services for children and families.

At the center of every community is the family unit. Whether it’s support for single mothers, building families through adoption services, education, or immediate intervention to keep a family safe at home, we believe in protecting and serving families for the betterment of our community. 

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Our Impact

Our vision is what sets us on our path of action to fulfill our mission.

291 Individuals and families found permanent housing

Achieving Independence

Through a variety of programs across Maryland, we assist people who are struggling to make ends meet and striving to work their way out of poverty.

1.5K+ Cases managed by Immigration Legal Services

Welcoming New Neighbors

The Esperanza Center is a comprehensive resource center whose mission is to help immigrants navigate life in a new country.

1.7k+ Seniors secured affordable housing

Aging with Dignity

We are a leading provider of exceptional, affordable apartment communities and life care options for seniors in the Baltimore region.

10K+ Individuals served by Villa Maria Behavioral Health services

Healing Trauma & Addiction

We’re proud to offer our community access to a wide-range of mental and behavioral health services for children and families.

322 Individuals received workforce development training

Empowering Careers

By assisting with job-readiness, offering intensive training, and professional development, we help improve lives across our community.

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80+ Programs

8,000+ Community Volunteers

200+ Locations

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Featured Stories

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  • Volunteers

    Even in Retirement, Anthony “Skip” Minakowski Remains Hard at Work Serving Others

    Anthony “Skip” Minakowski, a certified public accountant, got the message about what his post-career life could look like – lots of relaxation and relatively little responsibility. But he has elected to pursue a different path, devoting himself to serving others rather than to kicking back in leisure. Skip has been building an ever-larger portfolio of volunteer work for Catholic Charities and others. Even a partial list of the organizations to which he has given his time and talent is lengthy: Gallagher Services, Our Daily Bread, Head Start.

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    A man wearing an apron and a baseball cap smiles in a cafeteria.
    I was raised in the Jesuit tradition, and I feel this is a good way to reflect that ethic and be a ‘man for others.’
    — Anthony “Skip” Minakowski
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  • Aging with Dignity

    St. Elizabeth’s Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

    Christine has always admired her caring and indomitable mother. Bertha Paul rose to a management position at Montgomery Ward’s, and then ran a daycare business out of her home. “My mother is a very loving person, and she threw everything she had into taking care of other people’s children after raising six of her own,” she said.

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    My mom has really only socialized 
with our big extended family, but now she has friends. And her being in St. Elizabeth’s allows me to sleep at night.
    — Christine
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  • Empowering Careers

    St. Edward’s Workforce Development Center

    When Derek got his one-year certificate at Vehicles for Change, it was the longest he’d ever worked at a job. “I get to work early every day,” he said. “Working on cars for me brings a certain joy of fulfillment that I can’t explain, and add to that, I know we’re doing something for the greater good by donating cars to needy families, helping them get out of their situation too.”

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    Working on cars for me brings a certain joy of fulfillment that I can’t explain, and add to that, I know we’re doing something for the greater good by donating cars to needy families, helping them get out of their situation too.
    — Derek
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  • Healing Trauma & Addiction

    St. Vincent’s Villa

    When Rev. Dr. Jalene Chase was 5 years old, she made a friend who often seemed sad. Eventually, the friend told Jalene a man in her household was hurting her. Jalene told her own mother, who tried unsuccessfully to intervene. When her friend was killed in an accident on her way home from school, Jalene believed the girl had ridden her bike into traffic.

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    Jonaya came to stay with us for respite care, just for a few months. Well, it’s been six and a half years.
    — Jalene
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  • Welcoming New Neighbors

    Esperanza Center

    In 2012, 16-year-old Williams was just one of tens of thousands of children from Central America crossing the southern border into the U.S. alone. When he was apprehended in Texas upon arrival, Williams had already endured a terrifying journey and still faced an uncertain future. In leaving El Salvador, he had simply been running for his life.

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    The people at Esperanza, I never felt alone when I was working with them. They see everyone as a person, not a case. They really care. The path I took, and making it this far. It shows me that I can do things too. It inspires me to do something with my life.
    — Williams
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  • Supporting Children & Families

    Carroll County Head Start

    When their grandson, Oliver, was born, Susan and Marlin Felmey were there to help. “It’s so expensive to live in Carroll County, it’s hard to make ends meet,” they said. So their empty nest was full again. When Oliver was 18 months old, their daughter enrolled Oliver in Head Start, and “our only complaint is that it doesn’t go to 12th grade,” Marlin said. “We have loved every minute.”

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    I was working when my children were small, and the ideas about raising children have changed so dramatically since our day.
    — Marlin
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Pie chart: 87% Goes directly to services helping people in need, 3% Fundraising & Awareness, 10% Administration
  • 87% Goes directly to services helping people in need
  • 3% Fundraising & Awareness
  • 10% Administration

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