Catholic Charities to host naturalization workshop (Telemundo, 12/4) IN SPANISH. Attorneys with Catholic Charities hope to help legal residents work on their documents for eventual naturalization.
Relics from St Therese visit Sacred Heart in Winchester (EWTN, 12/5): Hundreds visited the relics in the church during the Thanksgiving holiday as part of a national tour.
Coffeehouse ministry takes off at University of Mary Washington (Premier Christianity, 12/8): Fr Rich Miserendino talks about his not-so-novel approach to reaching his flock on a large college campus.
10 prominent Catholics offer ways to tap into the wonder of a child this Advent. (National Catholic Register,12/9): Helping families to experience the true season of Advent is of utmost importance to the priest to the pastor of Sacred Heart in Winchester, especially “rediscovering the hidden secret of Advent.”
Bishop Burbidge asks for prayers in light of recent tragedies (CatholicVote, 12/17): The Bishop of Arlington spoke about the shooting at Brown University and other events during his recent podcast.
PVI and Catholic Charities team up to collect more than 25k lbs of food and hygenie products ahead of the holidays. (WJLA, 12/17): The students at the Chantilly-area high school collected food for a week, with donations going to Catholic Charities St Lucy Food Project.
Catholic Charities has seen an increase in scams targeting immigrants [SPANISH] (Telemundo, 12/23): Clients have been targeted by those impersonating Catholic Charities in an effort to defraud those in need.
Catholic Charities Christ House sees growing need for food, continues to aid those in Alexandria (Patch, 12/31): The shelter which also offers transitional housing has not missed an evening meal in 47 years.
