Hope Happens Here
Hope Happens Here Learn more about Catholic Charities Dallas' Annual Appeal, Hope Happens Here, in this special message from The Most Reverend Edward J. Burns, Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas.
Angels of Charity Luncheon 2023
Angels of Charity Luncheon 2023 The Angels of Charity Annual Mass & Luncheon is a time to celebrate and recognize the incredible impact the Angels make in the community through service and philanthropy. Enjoy a beautiful morning of prayer, fellowship, and words of inspiration from this year’s dynamic guest speaker, Rachel Bulman.
Stories of Hope
Stories of Hope Catholic Charities Dallas works to provide support, resources, education, and inspiration to empower our clients and improve their lives. Listen as four of our clients share their stories of hope and the difference Catholic Charities Dallas made for them.
2023 Bishop’s Gala
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CCD Parish Update – February 2022
Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 February 2022 Hello! I’m Lacy de la Garza, Director of Parish & Community Relations for Catholic Charities Dallas. This month we are focusing on one program highlight: Citizenship. We offer both Citizenship Classes and Citizenship Workshops. These are different. Each are offered at our locations, and can also be offered at your parish by request. Although the citizenship classes [...]
CCD Development Update – December 2021
Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 Make a Gift Today! Wrapping Up 2021 Merry Christmas! I am Mike Murray, the Chief Development Officer of Catholic Charities Dallas. At Catholic Charities we are in the midst of our year-end fundraising campaign, “Wrapping up 2021.” We are wrapping up a year of changing and saving lives. The lives of parentless children, homeless adults, hungry families, fleeing [...]
Christmas Distribution 2021 Photo Album
Thank you to all who helped make our annual Christmas Distribution a success! A special thanks to the Angels of Charity, Archangels Men's Network, Diocese of Dallas parishes and schools, CCD staff and volunteers! [...]
CCD Volunteer Update – October 2021
October 2021 Hi! I’m Kelsey Stanley, Volunteer Program Manager at Catholic Charities Dallas. Here are some highlights this month: Our Food Programs serve hundreds of families every day at three different locations around North Texas. This cannot be done without the help of volunteers who assist with client registration, sorting food and placing food into clients' cars. We continuously need volunteers in our food pantries at our three fixed locations: Our Lady of [...]
CCD Parish Update – October 2021
Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 October 2021 First, we would love the chance to serve your parish with our mobile food program if we aren’t already. There are some spots left on our fourth mobile truck. Please contact me if you are interested in speaking about this with our food team and I can help arrange a meeting. Second, did you know Catholic [...]
CCD Development Update – October 2021
Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 October 2021 Hello, I’m Mike Murray, the Chief Development Officer at Catholic Charities Dallas. First, I want to thank all of you who gave to our North Texas Giving Day campaign. You helped us raise $230,000 towards our mission to lift-up our brothers and sisters in need. And of course, every dollar, every volunteer hour, every meeting, every event you [...]
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International Foster Care – What’s it all about?
Photo of Children's Services client, Tiblets Abreha, who arrived at Catholic Charities Dallas five years ago as an Unaccompanied Refugee Minor from Eritrea. She is now a cross country runner at the University of North Texas. Today we are talking with Angela Fox, who leads the International Foster Care program at Catholic Charities Dallas. Angela, thank you for meeting with me today to talk about the International Foster Care program? Thank you, [...]
Catholic Housing Initiative (CHI) and Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) Step Up with More Housing for Homeless in Dallas
Agencies hosting ribbon-cutting at new facility October 6th - 4:30 PM DALLAS – October 4, 2021 – Working to reduce the homeless population in Dallas, the Catholic Housing Initiative (CHI), partnering with Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD), will officially open the new St. Jude Center – Park Central (SJC-PC) this Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Supported and largely made possible by significant grants from Dallas County and the City of Dallas, the facility, located at Coit Road and LBJ [...]
CCD Development Update – September 2021
Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 September 2021 Hello, I am Mike Murray, Chief Development Officer at Catholic Charities Dallas. I have chosen to talk to you today about culture, a culture of Philanthropy. That word may make some of us uncomfortable, we may not think of ourselves as ‘philanthropists,’ but it is a useful term because of its etymological meaning. It literally means “love of mankind.” [...]
CCD Volunteer Update – September 2021
September 2021 Hi! I’m Kelsey Stanley, Volunteer Program Manager at Catholic Charities Dallas. Fall is here and we are busier than ever at Catholic Charities Dallas. Here are some highlights this month: We are hosting a Citizenship Workshop on Saturday, September 18th from 8:30 AM-5:00 PM at Cardinal Ferrell Community Center. You will help by screening potential applicants, assisting clients in completing the citizenship form, and preparing packets for mailing. We continuously need volunteers at Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos. Please, if available, consider [...]
CCD Parish Update – September 2021
Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 September 2021 First, we are highlighting our citizenship workshops. Hosted by our CCD Immigration Legal Services team, we have resumed offering these in-person each Friday morning here at our Mockingbird location. Flyers are available on the parish resources webpage. Please encourage your parishioners to take advantage of this opportunity.Second, our Educational Services team currently has many open teacher positions, [...]
Catholic Charities Dallas Receives New Grant to Increase SNAP Applications and Awareness Throughout the DFW Metroplex
Funds to increase access to SNAP education, outreach, and application assistance to families across the DFW Metroplex. DALLAS (August 18, 2021) – Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) has received a $41,800 grant from Share our Strength, a national organization working to end childhood hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad. This grant was passed through Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) for a regionwide outreach effort to raise community awareness of the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) [...]
CCD Volunteer Update – August 2021
August 2021 Hi! I’m Kelsey Stanley, Volunteer Program Manager at Catholic Charities Dallas. It is hard to believe the final weeks of Summer are upon us. In these final weeks of August, CCD is beginning to look ahead to the Fall. Here are a few ways you can help! Are you a college student in need of an internship? We will be offering a number of internship opportunities this Fall, ranging from Parish [...]
CCD Development Update – August 2021
Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 August 2021 Hi, I am Mike Murray, the Chief Development Officer of Catholic Charities Dallas. In case you haven’t noticed, Catholic Charities has been growing by leaps and bounds for several years now and has responded to the recent crises to significantly grow our existing services and add vital new ones, all with the purpose of serving more people and [...]
CCD Volunteer Update – July 2021
July 2021 Hi!I’m Kelsey Stanley, Volunteer Program Manager at Catholic Charities Dallas.Summer is in full swing, and we invite you to come and serve with your friends and family in one of our many programs. We would appreciate your help in any service area, but specifically in the following three:Cardinal Farrell Community Center is looking for Food Pantry Volunteers for Thursday, July 28th from 9AM-11:30AM. This is a great opportunity to bring a friend [...]
Media Advisory: Catholic Charities to Host Mega Citizenship Workshop
MEDIA ADVISORY CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO HOST MEGA CITIZENSHIP WORKSHOP Staff on-hand to help residents complete naturalization applications WHAT: Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) will host a free citizenship workshop for eligible, legal permanent residents to assist them in completing their Form N-400 applications for naturalization. Staff from CCD’s Immigration Legal Services department will be on-hand to help the first 75 people in line (first come, first served). WHEN: Saturday, June 26, 2021, at [...]
CCD Parish Update – June 2021
Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 June 2021 Thanks to all who promoted Time for Giving. Aside from the needed financial support it provides, we appreciate the increased awareness of our services which will help us serve more across our diocese. We cannot do this without your help! With all of the growth happening at CCD, we’ve got some great positions available now for qualified [...]
CCD Volunteer Update – June 2021
June 2021 Hi! My name is Kelsey Stanley, Program Manager here at Catholic Charities. We have had an amazing few months with volunteers working at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center with the unaccompanied minors. We had about 800 volunteers contribute almost 12,000 hours of service at this site. Thank you to all the volunteers on site, the volunteers who helped with clearance and the prayers and words of encouragement from the [...]
CCD Development Update – June 2021
Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 June 2021 Hello, my name is Mike Murray, and I am the Chief Development Officer of Catholic Charities Dallas. I am often asked what my favorite part of my job is, and the answer is always easy – the people. You – our donors, volunteers, boards and committees, and Angels and Archangels auxiliary members. It is a joy and an [...]
CCD Parish Update – May 2021
Lacy de la Garza | Email: ldelagarza@ccdallas.org | Phone: 469-801-8134 May 2021 Hello! Welcome back to our May edition of the parish updates from Catholic Charities. This month is very important to us because it’s our “Time for Giving”! The actual second collection happens this coming weekend, the 15th and 16th, but the whole month is dedicated to improved awareness of our programs serving the whole diocese. Thanks [...]
CCD Development Update – May 2021
Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 May 2021 "Time for Giving" is the name of Catholic Charities Dallas annual campaign, centered around the second collection for Catholic Charities at all Masses the weekend of May 15 & 16. “Time for Giving” is an adaptation of “There is a Time for Everything under Heaven,” which is either a line from an old 60’s song by the Byrd’s or [...]
CCD Development Update – April 2021
Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 April 2021 My name is Mike Murray, and I am the Chief Development Officer for Catholic Charities Dallas. I have lived in Dallas most of my life, attending Catholic schools, working for, volunteering for, and serving on boards of local Catholic institutions. I am engaged in the community because I believe in living out our Faith in service to others. [...]
Local Nonprofits Manage Donations and Volunteer Support for Migrant Children
For Immediate Release: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement directs all donations for migrant teens to Buckner International and Trusted World, while volunteer support is coordinated by Catholic Charities of Dallas. DALLAS (March 29, 2021) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement is utilizing North Texas nonprofits to manage donations and volunteer support for the migrant children sheltering at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in [...]
Mega Food Distribution Event (March 12, 2021)
On March 12th Catholic Charities hosted it’s second Mega Food Distribution event distributing food and diapers to more than 1000 families in need. Rows of cars lined up to receive diapers and fresh foods such as milk, sweet potatoes, meat, apples, and more. “My pipes broke, so I had to fix that. We need money for basic things," said Adriana Leal - event participant. Many others in line expressed gratitude sharing stories of financial hardship [...]
Catholic Charities hosts mega food drop with Dallas Love Field to help more than 1000 families
Media Contact: Jeremy Bermenderjbermender@ccdallas.org469-801-8133 office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DALLAS – MARCH 4, 2021 – Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD), in collaboration with Dallas Love Field, North Texas Food Bank, and Hope Supply Company, will be serving more than 1000 families by providing over 50,000 meals and diapers to needy families in and around Dallas. The event will be hosted at Love Connection Parking Lot (6814 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235) from 11am to 3pm on March 12th, 2021. [...]
Tulipalooza 2021
About Tulipalooza 2021 What started as a unique idea for job opportunities has turned into a beloved, community, fundraising event. Catholic Charities Dallas is honored to be one of twelve organizations benefitting from the annual Tulipalooza at the Waxahachie Civic Center (2000 Civic Center Lane). The event will take place daily from Friday, March 19th - Sunday, March 28th, 10am-7pm, rain or shine. The history behind the event John Poston is a father of three, and is [...]
Catholic Charities Dallas Receives SNAP Grant Renewal From Walmart Foundation
Funds to increase access to SNAP Program, healthier food for low-income households DALLAS (December 1, 2020) – Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) has received a $10,000 grant renewal from the Walmart Foundation, in partnership with Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), for a region wide outreach effort to make residents aware of the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and to provide enrollment assistance to eligible low-income families and individuals, including seniors. SNAP is the nation’s largest domestic hunger safety [...]
Mockingbird Food Distribution [Watch]
On 4/16/20, our food pantry was busier than ever. We served more than 120 families with the help of our incredible volunteer team. Cars lined up for hours to receive food, diapers, and other non-perishables. We are seeing an unprecedented number of families and individuals being serving in the wake of COVID-19. Special thanks to John Livas for photography/videography. [...]
Mobile Food Pantry at St Francis of Assisi, Frisco
Mobile food pantry at St Francis Frisco March 30, 2020 Faith in Action CCD continues to answer the call of those who are hungry. Facing layoffs, reduced hours and general economic insecurity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a dramatic increase in families and individuals seeking food. This past weekend, our Mobile Community Pantry traveled to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco, where volunteers distributed meat, [...]
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DALLAS NAMED TO PRESTIGIOUS LIST OF 2020 BEST NONPROFITS TO WORK FOR
DALLAS – April 2, 2020 – Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) was recently selected as one of the 2020“Best Nonprofits to Work For.” The NonProfit Times, the leading national business publication for nonprofit managers, has partnered with Best Companies Group to identify nonprofit organizations where leaders have excelled in creating quality workplaces. This survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the nonprofit industry, benefiting the industry's economy, workforce and businesses. [...]
Catholic Charities Dallas Named To Prestigious List Of 2020 Best Nonprofits To Work For
DALLAS – April 2, 2020 – Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) was recently selected as one of the 2020“Best Nonprofits to Work For.” The NonProfit Times, the leading national business publication for nonprofit managers, has partnered with Best Companies Group to identify nonprofit organizations where leaders have excelled in creating quality workplaces. This survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the nonprofit industry, benefiting the industry's economy, workforce and businesses. The [...]
Mobile food pantry at St Francis Frisco
Faith in Action CCD continues to answer the call of those who are hungry. Facing layoffs, reduced hours and general economic insecurity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a dramatic increase in families and individuals seeking food. Video credit: The Texas Catholic This past weekend, our Mobile Community Pantry traveled to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco, where volunteers distributed meat, potatoes, fruit and grains to over 100 families in need. Father Rudy Garcia [...]
Catholic Charities Dallas Receives $10,000 Walmart Foundation Grant in Support of Hunger Alleviation
Funds to increase access to SNAP Program, healthier food for low-income households DALLAS (March 19, 2020) – Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) has received a $10,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, in partnership with Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), for a region wide outreach effort to make residents aware of the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and to provide enrollment assistance to eligible low-income families and individuals, including seniors. SNAP is the nation’s largest domestic hunger [...]
Solender/Hall Negotiates with Catholic Charities to House All Non-Shelter Services for Family Gateway
Family Gateway Expands Capacity and Capabilities with New Simmons Family Gateway Resource Center March 10, 2020, DALLAS, Texas – Family Gateway, which provides stability and life-changing supportive services to children and families affected by homelessness, has increased its capacity to serve more North Texas families through the opening of the new Simmons Family Gateway Resource Center. The Center, located at 1421 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, 75247, is housed in space that Family Gateway leased from the building owner, [...]
Public Charge/Carga Publica
Implementation The Supreme Court ruled on January 27, 2020 that the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, can implement its rule defining the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The final implementation date is still unknown. The affected cases include immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions submitted to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of State. Summary Someone who is “Likely at any time to become a public charge” means that anyone who is more likely than not to [...]
Texas Instruments Foundation makes significant donation to address homelessness in Dallas
Texas Instruments (TI) Foundation has made a $200,000 grant to Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) via the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas to support the organization’s St. Jude Center, an innovative supportive housing program for homeless seniors. The grant to CCD was part of a $1 million commitment by the TI Foundation to address and prevent homelessness in Dallas. Executives from the foundation presented a check to CCD on Thursday, November 14, 2019. As one of the leading social [...]
Mobile food pantries finally roll in to help feed Dallas’ hungry, but it’s only a start
Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News
Texas Bar Foundation awards Catholic Charities Dallas paperless transition project grant
DALLAS – Catholic Charities Dallas’ Immigration Legal Services (ILS) program is the proud recipient of a $7,500 Paperless Transition Project grant presented by the Texas Bar Foundation. This grant will allow the program to initiate mobile scanners to streamline the existing case management system while increasing the efficiency and delivery of immigration services to clients. Currently the ILS program serves over 28,000 individuals annually, this project is expected to yield a 20% increase in immigration clients served. The [...]
ANGELS OF CHARITY FROM ALL OVER THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE…TO STAMP OUT POVERTY
DALLAS – Since it’s inception in 2001 Angels of Charity (AoC) women’s auxiliary group has had one mission, to improve the lives of others in their community, and they are passionate about it! With humble beginnings of just a handful of women and today over 800 members strong, AoC is changing lives in our community each and every day through volunteerism, support, and fundraising. The annual Mass and Luncheon is the group’s largest fundraiser of the year with [...]
The Catholic Foundation awards $1.16 million in grants
The Texas Catholic
Teen From Guatemala Met His Mother For First Time In Dallas Last Week
Channel 11/CBS Local
Catholic Charities Dallas’ 21st Annual Bishop’s Gala Tops $2MM
DALLAS (SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2019) – This year, the spotlight and theme of the evening was “Love In Action”, displaying the power of love and caring for those in need throughout Catholic Charities Dallas’ 127 years of service. The 21st annual event was sponsored by WestPark Fund, LP and kicked off at 5:30 p.m. with a special VIP toast with The Most Reverend Edward J. Burns, Bishop of Dallas and was attended by the event’s underwriters, including some [...]
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DALLAS RECEIVES GRANT FROM TEXAS ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION
DALLAS – Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) is pleased to announce it has received a $46,026 grant from Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF) CVCLS – LI fund. These funds will provide free victim-related civil legal services directly to eligible low-income immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime who reside in the 123 county service area of the Dallas District of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This grant will assist many families who have been victims of [...]
Who will come to the rescue to help house the senior homeless in northwest Dallas? We have names
The Dallas Morning News
In Philantropy News
From The Dallas News ePaper, Holly Haber, hhaber@dallasnews.com, reporting: St. Jude Center Grand Opening Homeless center Catholic Charities Dallas and the Catholic Housing Initiative cut the ribbon on Wednesday at St. Jude Center, a shelter providing services to homeless people age 55 and over that includes housing for 100. St. Jude Center partners include City Square, Met roc are Services and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing. Catholic Housing Initiative invested $750,000, and Mercer [...]
GRAND OPENING!
NEW PERMANANT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR OVER 100 HOMELESS SENIORS OPENS IN DALLAS Project Reflects Unique Collaboration Among Nonprofit Partners What Join us at the grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting for the St. Jude Center in Dallas When Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – 3:30pm Where 2920 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75234 Who Mayor Mike Rawlings, City of Dallas Judge Clay Jenkins, Dallas County The Most Rev. Edward J. Burns, Bishop of Dallas Denise Schmitt, Federal Home Loan Bank [...]
Dallas Afterschool Announces Newly Certified Afterschool Sites
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Amazing reading results with Tackle Summer Slide program
https://unitedwaydallas.org/education/amazing-reading-results-with-tackle-summer-slide-program/?utm=medium_email&utm=source_blast&utm=campaign_091118_All_Subs
Fig Loans & Catholic Charities Dallas to pilot Fig36, a Credit Building, Microlending Program
Fig Loans, a social impact startup that creates technology for underbanked Americans, partnered with Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD), one of the oldest and largest social services organizations in the Greater Dallas area, to conduct a Fig36 pilot with their financial coaches. The pilot program will be led by Parker Lumkes, CCD Financial Coach, using funds from United Way Dallas and the Credit Builder’s Alliance. This partnership is the second pilot for the Fig36 program. “We are excited to [...]
Catholic Charities Dallas Team Helped Newly Reunited Families At Texas Border
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/07/26/catholic-charities-dallas-reunited-families-texas-border/ A team of Catholic Charities Dallas staff and volunteers answered the call for help with the crisis at the border and travelled to McAllen, Texas to assist the team at Catholic Charities Rio Grande Valley last week. The team of nine staff members and four volunteers assisted with connecting reunified families with their loved ones currently residing in the US and assisting them with arranging transportation to the airport, bus stations, and hotels, and helped organize four [...]
Catholic Charities Dallas honored to be the charity of choice for this year’s Festival Del Sol presented by La Grande 107.5 FM
DALLAS-July 22 - La Grande 107.5 FM hosted their annual Festival Del Sol, a free 2-day music festival featuring an all-star line-up of Tejano and Regional Mexican artists on July 21-22 at Fair Park. Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) was honored to be chosen as the beneficiary charity of choice for this year’s event. A big “thank you” to Entercom Communications (formerly CBS Radio) for sponsoring the booth that allowed CCD staff and volunteers to visit with over 10,000 [...]
Collaborative effort carries on legacy of service, giving
The Texas Catholic
Visionary Leader Jan Pruitt Remembered at the Grand Opening of the Jan Pruitt Community Pantry
Pantry made possible by an innovative collaboration between Catholic Charities Dallas, the North Texas Food Bank and the Society of St Vincent de Paul of North Texas DALLAS -MAY 21- Catholic Charities Dallas, along with partners North Texas Food Bank and Society of St. Vincent de Paul will celebrate the Grand Opening of its new “Client Choice” Food Pantry by honoring Jan Pruitt, the late hunger visionary best known for her decade’s long tenure as CEO of the [...]
Catholic Charities’ Bishop’s Gala grosses more than $1.5 million
Dallas Morning News
Church group helps eligible immigrants become citizens
Dallas Morning News
Better Living with Nick Carissimi features CCD’s Dave Woodyard
Dave Woodyard talks about the CCD Mission on Better Living with Nick Carissimi, a CBS Radio podcast
Kathy O’Neal Appointed Chief Development Officer for Catholic Charities Dallas
DALLAS, TEXAS (October 31, 2017) Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD), one of the oldest and largest social services organizations in Greater Dallas, today announced Kathy O’Neal has joined as Chief Development Officer, overseeing strategic development, fundraising and marketing efforts supporting the organization’s 26 programs serving more than 38,000 children, families and seniors in need every year. O’Neal was formerly owner and CEO of Club, Resorts and Hospitality Consulting specializing in member enrollment, member retention and committee and board formation [...]
Donate a Dr. Suess book for National Adoption Month
November is National Adoption month and Catholic Charities Dallas in celebrating the families that have been created through our Pregnancy and Adoption Program. We will be hosting our annual adoption party and this year’s theme is “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss. The Pregnancy and Adoption Program’s goal this year is to gift a Dr. Seuss book to every child that attends the party. We are asking for donations of any Dr. Seuss books. If you [...]
Dallas Diocese campaigns to support refugees in “Sharing the Journey”
WFAA News Broadcast
Volunteers that Go Together Like Ice Cream and Cake
Bubbly, fun, and crazy are the three words Shirley Ingram uses to describe her best friend, Gwen Edwards. Gwen counters with loving, outgoing, and awesome to describe Shirley. Together, these matching, blinged-out hat wearing, volunteers have been called an inspiration by all that cross their paths. Shirley Ingram was appointed to the Catholic Charities Dallas Brady Senior Service Center through AARP SCSEP (Senior Community Service Employment Program) in 2009. Originally from Kilgore, TX, she moved to Dallas in [...]
‘We Were So Much Better Than We Were With Katrina’: Dallas Closes Harvey Mega-Shelter
Dallas Observer reports on Dallas's improved disaster preparedness.
The Catholic Foundation Gives $100,000 for Harvey Relief
Emergency grant to Catholic Charities will help those affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas DALLAS – (Sept. 22, 2017) – The Catholic Foundation, a Dallas-based, lay-led community foundation, has provided a $100,000 grant to Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) for disaster relief funding in light of the record-breaking impacts Hurricane Harvey had on Texas. Catholic Charities’ Disaster Relief program assists clients through the initial crisis with financial assistance towards temporary housing, transportation, food assistance and case management services. [...]
Harvey Evacuees to Stay in Dallas, CCD Give Aid
About 100 Harvey Evacuees are staying in Dallas. CCD is giving assistance to those in need.
Cristo Rey treks to help counterparts in Houston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=SHhPCLPYhcw The Texas Catholic reports on the good work of Cristo Rey in Dallas.
Catholic Charities Dallas announces its “Plan 2020” launch with the Grand Opening of their new Central Service Center
Media invited to learn about expanded services - ribbon cutting event - tour of the center DALLAS, TEXAS (August 2017) Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD), one of the oldest and largest social services organizations in Greater Dallas, today announced it is kicking off a new expansion “Plan 2020” in conjunction with the official opening of the new Central Service Center at 1421 W. Mockingbird Lane, 5:30 PM on Thursday, Sept.7, 2017. “Launching our three year strategic Plan 2020 with [...]
Update on our new Permanent Supportive Housing Initiative, St. Jude Center
Download the latest update on the St Jude Center here. You can also read about it here.
Live on KATH 910 AM
Catholic Charities Dallas Live with Dave Palmer KATH 910 AM https://s3.amazonaws.com/SharedPublic/Catholic+Charities+Live+Segment+08-30-17.mp3
