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Senior Citizens to Receive Assistance Through a Generous Grant to Catholic Charities NY

08/28/2019 | News Articles | Share

By Jim Sliney Jr

The Field Hall Foundation has deep roots in caring for people with incurable diseases. In 1879 an Episcopal nun named Louise Gardner Hall opened the “House of the Holy Comforter” – a place where the physical and spiritual needs of the...

Twenty-Two Miles a Day for Their Fellow Veterans

08/28/2019 | News Articles | Share

By Jim Sliney Jr.

Washington State. March 22, 2019. Jimmy Novack walks southeastwards.

Oregon. April 15, 2019. Tommy Zurhellen walks eastwards.

Every day since, for 4+ months, these men walked 22 miles a day. Their goal? To cross the...

11 Tips for a Successful Return to School

08/21/2019 | News Articles | Share

By Jim Sliney Jr.

School is back in session on September 5th 2019. Are you ready? We found some educators and professionals with some advice to help make the return to school a big success.

If your child is nervous about a new...

How Catholic Charities set the Highest Bar for Census Outreach

08/21/2019 | News Articles | Share

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By Jim Sliney Jr.

What do Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lin Manuel Miranda, Stan Lee and Alex Rodriguez all have in common? They all come from the northern Manhattan neighborhoods of Washington Heights and Inwood....

Another Great Success for the Saint Nicholas Project

08/21/2019 | News Articles | Share

Women purchasing a coat for the St. Nicholas Project at Kmart in NYC

By Jim Sliney Jr.

If you’ve been following the progress of Catholic Charities of New York’s Saint Nicholas Project, (and we hope you are) you’ll recall that they...

Three Documents That Might Save Your Children in an Emergency

08/21/2019 | News Articles | Share

Immigrant family in their home
By Jim Sliney Jr.

Families have few legal choices when it comes to who will care for or what will happen to their children in an emergency - and all of them are scary. The idea of going to family court and...

The Opioid Crisis is Evolving, and so is Catholic Charities

08/14/2019 | News Articles | Share

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By Jim Sliney Jr.

In 2017, there were a record 1,487 fatal overdoses in New York; the overdose rate in the South Bronx was higher than any place in the country except for West Virginia. – NYTimes

The 1-year...

What, if Suddenly, Immigration to the US Stopped?

08/14/2019 | News Articles | Share

abandoned farm

By Jim Sliney Jr

The conversation in America has turned, temporarily to the idea of #publiccharge. It isn’t kind or compassionate to talk about your fellow man in terms of their monetary burden on a government. But since...

Mississippi Prepares us for the Future

08/14/2019 | News Articles | Share

ICE Agent Vest
By Jim Sliney Jr.

On August 7th in Mississippi, ICE raided several food-processing plants. Nearly 700 arrests were made of undocumented workers. The raids also included scrutiny of the businesses that hired the allegedly...