Groundbreaking Begins on CCBQ’s 13-Story Affordable Housing for Seniors in Brownsville
September 19, 2024by Katie Vasquez The shovels are in the ground and construction has started on a building along Livonia Avenue that will serve […]
Topic: Catholic Charities
Giving Machine Offers Simple Way for Charitable Donation
December 19, 2023Do you also want to give to someone in need this holiday season? Well at one church in Manhattan, it’s as easy […]
Catholic Charities Celebrates Summer With Hawaiian Themed Birthday Party and Back-to-School Event
August 3, 2022Currents News Staff Catholic Charities Senior Center in Brooklyn got a taste of the islands as they celebrated a festive Hawaiian-themed birthday […]
Catholic Charities Renames Brooklyn Building After Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio
February 11, 2022Currents News Staff Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens held a special dedication. The Pierrepont Residence in Brooklyn is now being called the […]
Investigation Into Deadly Bronx Fire Leads Officials Toward ‘Flue Effect,’ Building Violations
January 11, 2022By Jessica Easthope A community shaken and in mourning came together in prayer. Calls for a thorough investigation into the deadliest fire […]
Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens Helps Keep Christmas Magic Alive at Annual Toy Drive
December 21, 2021By Jessica Easthope Isa Maldonado says lately she’s hardly felt like supermom. In and out of work since the pandemic began, when […]
The Taliban Takeover Effect: Women’s Educational Dreams Are ‘Crushed’ and ‘Buried’
October 14, 2021Currents News Staff A handful of women stand quietly but defiantly. They’re protesting the Taliban’s defacto ban on girls going to school […]
Federal Judge’s Order Temporarily Blocks Texas’ Abortion Ban
October 7, 2021Currents News Staff The ruling from U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman allows abortions after the detection of a baby’s cardiac activity. That […]
Help Is On The Way For Undocumented New Yorkers Impacted By Hurricane Ida
October 4, 2021By Emily Drooby Any given day at the Chinese American Planning Council, or the CPC, immigrants from all over Brooklyn receive help. […]
Diocese of Arlington’s Catholic Charities Calls Situation in Afghanistan ‘A Humanitarian Disaster’
August 24, 2021Currents News Staff The U.S. continues to evacuate Americans and our allies from Afghanistan, something Catholic Charities has been doing for years. […]