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The Catholic Review
William McCarthy lauded with evening of accolades as he prepares to retire as Catholic Charities director
A couple weeks after the death of Pope Franics, a former coworker of William J. McCarthy Jr. compared the retiring executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore to the late pontiff. Asked what made working with McCarthy so good, Mary Anne O’Donnell, retired chief administrative officer of the agency, said, “It was his compassion, similar to Francis. It was about the people.”
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Homicides dropped in Baltimore in 2024. What role did violence interrupters play?
Greg Marshburn, the director of Catholic Charities’ four Safe Street sites, recently sat down for an interview with WYPR’s Ashley Sterner to discuss how the violence interruption program works and why it is proving so successful in helping to make our neighborhoods safer.
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Centers in Baltimore city are keeping the homeless warm during snow days
As highlighted in this story by WMAR-2 News, Catholic Charities operates two warming centers in downtown Baltimore when the winter weather turns dangerously cold.
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Spotlight On Maryland-Catholic Charities of Baltimore
This week on Spotlight On Maryland, Gina Crash invited Bill McCarthy, Executive Director of Catholic Charities, to the studio to talk about the mission and work of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, in its 2nd century of service, and to reflect on his 15 years of service and upcoming retirement in July 2025.
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Blessings Newsletter: Winter 2024
Blessings: Catholic Charities Newsletter
WHEN THE OUR DAILY BREAD EMPLOYMENT CENTER — operator of Maryland’s largest free hot meal program — is short on either food to serve or volunteers to serve it, staffers barely blink an eye.
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Baltimore community hits major milestone in reducing gun violence, 400 days without a homicide
Mayor Brandon Scott and Brooklyn Safe Streets celebrated a big milestone in South Baltimore as it has been more than 400 days with no homicides thanks to their Safe Streets encampment zone.
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After mass shooting, Baltimore’s Brooklyn neighborhood goes full year with no homicides
As Baltimore gun violence continues trending downward after years of rampant bloodshed, a historically troubled neighborhood in the city’s southern corner is celebrating a long-awaited victory: zero homicides in over a year.
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Prize-winning author at Catholic Charities event says poverty can be eliminated
Dr. Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer prize-winning author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in America,” asserted that poverty can truly be eliminated. But it will require changes in law, habits and attitudes, he said during Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s second Journey to Social Justice symposium Oct. 9.
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Sociologist: Ending US poverty is doable but requires ‘each of us’ to ‘become poverty abolitionists’
The National Catholic Reporter has published a comprehensive account of our recent Journey to Social Justice event featuring Dr. Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and expert on poverty issues in the United States.
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Blessings Newsletter: Fall 2024
Blessings: Catholic Charities Newsletter
Although a full six months have now passed since the Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River, the sight of what remains of the structure- and the void between the remnants- still shock the senses.
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Dundalk Support Center to Open Following Key Bridge Collapse
Catholic Charities of Baltimore will be opening up a center that will provide resources to those impacted by the Key Bridge collapse.
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Teens volunteer for a week to support clients of Catholic Charities
A group of 20 local high school students shared in SERVE Baltimore for a week of their summer vacation to help brighten the days for strangers in need.
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Light at the End of the Tunnel” is raising funds for Catholic Charities
Mike Weeks, founder of Light at the End of the Tunnel and former resident at St. Vincent's Villa speaks about his journey and his upcoming charity event to support children like him.
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