The browser you are using is not supported. Please consider using a modern browser.
News
Members of the Media
Visit our Media Center to get quick access to Catholic Charities' most recent: press releases, videos, brand assets, and media kit. For immediate press inquiries, please contact the Manager of Media Relations, Mark Cheshire.
CBS News
Safe Streets coverage: Baltimore credits reduction in violence with program that hires people with criminal records
For years, Baltimore was a poster child for big-city crime. Now, it's becoming the model for a turnaround. Nicole Valdes reports on a city-run program that is tapping into the expertise of people who used to perpetrate it.
News
Advocacy
As Pandemic Policies End, Advocacy Ramps Up
September 8, 2021
As COVID-19 upended daily life, governments put in place a host of policies designed to support those whose physical and financial health were affected by…
View NewsCBS News
Gun violence: America’s other epidemic
In Baltimore, as in so many other cities, gun violence is an epidemic. Corey Winfield and his young Safe Streets recruits were once carriers of the disease. Now, with additional support of the city, they're trying to control the spread.
View NewsAdvocacy
Stunning Symbols of Migration on a Post-Fire Esperanza Center Mural
August 5, 2021
Nearly three years after a fire compromised the Fells Point-based Esperanza Center, there is beauty born from the damage. Thanks to the vision from Baltimore’s…
View NewsAdvocacy
Recognizing a Moment
June 18, 2021
The journeys to justice and equity are far too long. Slavery arrived in 1619 on the shores of a nation not yet founded. It took 243 years for a president to declare America’s African slaves to be free women, men and children.
View NewsAdvocacy
COVID-19 Vaccinations Distributed in West Baltimore
April 23, 2021
Residents of West Baltimore's Irvington community and nearby neighborhoods, many of whom struggle with barriers to health care and transportation, eagerly lined a sidewalk for…
View NewsAdvocacy
Wins and Losses at the End of the General Assembly Session, and the Fight for Justice Continues
April 23, 2021
After 90 days and the introduction of nearly 2,800 bills, the Maryland General Assembly ended its 2021 legislative session on April 12 – bringing to…
View NewsAdvocacy
It’s Time for Maryland to Pass the Trust Act in Support of Immigrants
March 17, 2021
By William J. McCarthy Jr. Executive Director This piece originally ran in the Catholic Review. Last week, during a return flight from Baghdad, Pope Francis…
View NewsAdvocacy
Working for Justice, Even When it Hurts
January 20, 2021
William J. McCarthy Executive Director As I was getting ready to watch the inauguration, I was having a difficult time. This has been an incredibly…
View NewsAdvocacy
A Legislative Session Where Nothing Looks the Same – Except Our Mission
January 19, 2021
As the Maryland General Assembly opens the 2021 legislative session, nothing looks the same. Hallways that usually teem with advocates, interns and the public are…
View NewsAdvocacy
The Importance of Stories: How One’s Client’s Life Can Affect Another’s
January 19, 2021
When "Letitia" agreed to publicly share her struggle to get a driver's license in 2012, she may not have realized how her story would sow…
View NewsAdvocacy
What We Have Seen
January 7, 2021
We are challenged in our lives to be witnesses to history. For many of us, those moments sear themselves into our minds and spirits. This is one of them.
View NewsNews
What connects the tragic killings of George Floyd and Freddie Gray
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer who knelt on his neck for a continuous eight minutes and forty-six seconds while arresting him for the alleged use of a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill.
View News