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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
10,000 Pounds of Good Will
08/14/2019 | News Articles | Share
By Jim Sliney Jr.
On Wednesday, August 7th, to honor the National Dominican Day Parade (taking place on August 11th), Goya Gives delivered 10,000...
Get Paid to Count the American People
08/07/2019 | News Articles | Share
Image: Samantha Sophia
By Jim Sliney Jr.
Did you know there are going to be hundreds of thousands of jobs created in order to carry out the 2020 Census?
The public discussion about the 2020...
Finding Hope in Defiance of Ongoing Family Separations
08/07/2019 | News Articles | Share
Image Credit: Quinn Kampschroer
By Jim Sliney Jr.
June 20, 2018 – The President of the United States signs an executive order to end family separations at the US/Mexico border.
June 26, 2018 – a...
Golf Benefit Raises $54k for Catholic Charities Programs in Lower Hudson Valley
08/07/2019 | News Articles | Share
Image courtesy of Catholic Charities Orange, Sullivan and Ulster
By Jim Sliney Jr.
On August 3rd, in Goshen, New York, the 13th annual Catholic Charities...
Catholic Charities: Relief in the Form of Free Diapers
08/07/2019 | News Articles | Share
Image: Walaa Khaleel
By Jim Sliney Jr.
Catholic Charities New York is offering it's 3rd annual free diapers for all children in need program for people who reside in district 18 in the...
Immigration Problems Get Heavier? Catholic Charities Gets Stronger
08/01/2019 | News Articles | Share
"Dialogo Abierto" featuring Catholic Charities New York's Richard Espinal and Esmerelda Hoscoy
By Jim Sliney Jr
The Archdiocese of New York includes ten counties of the New...