Holy Spirit students aid refugee family
byOver the last year, Holy Spirit School sixth through eighth-grade students collected $2,500 to help furnish an apartment for a refugee family resettled by Catholic…
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Catholic Charities seeks items for back-to-school drive
byCatholic Charities of Louisville is holding a back-to-school drive to collect school supplies for clients served by its Migration and Refugee Services, Hispanic Services…
Farmers markets sell produce grown by refugee farmers
byRefugees who take part in Catholic Charities of Louisville’s Common Earth Gardens program are selling their produce at local farmers markets listed below. Through…
Catholic Charities celebrates World Refugee Day
byCatholic Charities of Louisville’s Migration and Refugee Services hosted a World Refugee Day celebration June 20 at its St. Anthony Campus at 22nd and…
Share the Journey — Forever marked by young refugees
byIt all started on a series of high school mission trips to an orphanage in Honduras. That’s when I first fell in love with…
Share the Journey — Where no one is the same and everything happens
byI grew up in a rural part of the country where we were all pretty much the same and where nothing ever happened. Really,…
JCPS and Catholic Charities partner for summer program
byJefferson County Public Schools announced April 24 that it has received a grant of more than $500,000 from the Kentucky Office for Refugees, a…
Cuban family adjusts to way of life in Kentucky
byKirenia Figueroa Ballester, a mother and dentist from Cuba, came to the United States last summer by way of Mexico. She was one of…
Share the Journey — I’ve learned to appreciate my blessings
byI never meant to move to America. I came here on an internship in the hospitality industry with every intention of returning to Peru…
Catholic Charities is in need of donations
byCatholic Charities of Louisville is collecting donations for more than 20 refugee families expected to arrive this month. The ministry is in need of…