People from around the country attending an advocacy forum Aug. 8-9 toured two Catholic Charities-run sites in the Twin Cities dedicated to assisting those experiencing homelessness: the Dorothy Day Place campus in St. Paul and Hope Street for Youth shelter in Minneapolis.
The Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, asked the U.S. Supreme Court Aug. 9 to overturn a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court the agency argued discounted its religious identity.
June 14, Catholic Charities Twin Cities announced that a national search will begin soon for its next president and CEO as current president and CEO, Michael Goar, has accepted a similar role with Sisters of Charity Health System.
Unauthorized border crossings increased in 2023, fueled in part by shifts in U.S. policy and global migration trends. The year saw increasingly heated anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions that also put Catholic Charities agencies -- and the Church's religious freedom to minister to migrants -- in the crosshairs.
Catholic Charities Twin Cities’ 31st annual Giving Tree in Macy’s Court at Mall of America in Bloomington will have a special addition this year: therapy animals people can meet as they learn about the social services agency’s work and shop for someone in need this Christmas.
Some people ask Sister Norma Pimentel why she helps immigrants. “I don’t help immigrants,” she replies. “I help persons,” people who are hurting, suffering, being tortured and who share their stories with her.
