May 20, 2021
From a volunteer who advocates in court for abused and neglected children to a Realtor who helps homeowners facing foreclosure, the people who Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton will honor at its Guardian Angel Benefit of Hope are inspirational role models who have dedicated themselves …
April 28, 2021
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton has teamed up with social service and legal service organizations on a new program to provide rental, mortgage, utility and legal assistance for people struggling to pay their bills because of the pandemic.
The eviction-prevention initiative is called Operation Ivo, after …
April 7, 2021
Rebecca has always wanted to adopt. Inspired by the selflessness of Mother Teresa, Rebecca took her famous words to heart: “There are no great things, only small things done with great love.”
“I try to live a life that helps others,” explained Rebecca, managing attorney of a …
March 26, 2021
After the pandemic started and the cabin fever set in, people resorted to all sorts of things to beat the boredom of life in lockdown – home projects, exercising and exploring nature. Amalia Deans began baking.
Baking was a balm for the 12-year-old Westampton girl, who …
March 25, 2021
Sometimes, it seems like life dumps all its sorrows on you at once. For Roland Wright, tragedy first hit when his mother died in 2003. Not long after, the county placed his baby daughter in foster care. And soon after that, his house caught fire. …
March 24, 2021
Kristina Holt was already having a tough time before the COVID-19 outbreak. A single mother of four children, Kristina moved into a new apartment early last year with plans to split household costs with a roommate. But the roommate quit paying her share, and Kristina …
March 18, 2021
Nurses and volunteers from the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey stopped by our Linkages program in Tinton Falls this week to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the families, staff and volunteers there, as well as other members of the community.
The outreach was part of an …
March 9, 2021
The New Jersey Department of Health has enlisted Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton to help provide critically needed COVID-19 health education, testing, contact tracing, and vaccine support to underserved groups in Central Jersey, including Latino and Black communities and documented and undocumented immigrants.
Catholic Charities was …
March 5, 2021
Catholic Charities was chosen as one of five providers around the country to roll out a new youth-development practice intended for academically challenged and at-risk Latino children ages 10 to 14 and their families.
In partnership with the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration …
January 20, 2021
A Catholic Charities program that provides 24/7 crisis-intervention services in the community for youth under age 21 has moved to Trenton from its longtime home in Hamilton.
The Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) program relocated last week to Catholic Charities’ behavioral-health campus at 55 N. …
