Development

Sara Blake Jernigan | 214.389.1464 | sjernigan@ccdallas.org Schedule a meeting with Sara Blake Please contact Sara Blake at sjernigan@ccdallas.org or 214.389.1464 to schedule your meeting.

Veronica Moreno | 469-801-8135 | vmoreno@ccdallas.org Schedule a meeting with Veronica Please contact Veronica at vmoreno@ccdallas.org to schedule your meeting.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kathleen Bentler | 214-389-1464 | kbentler@ccdallas.org Schedule a Meeting with Kathleen

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.” [...]

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 [...]

Mike Murray | Email: mmurray@ccdallas.org | Phone: 214-842-7245 July 2021 Hi, my name is Mike Murray, and I am the Chief Development Officer of Catholic Charities Dallas. Things are going great this summer at Catholic Charities. We are getting closer to finishing renovations on our new 180-unit St. Jude housing center and will be welcoming formerly homeless residents shortly. We have enrolled 100 children and 80 parents in our [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]