Mercy in Action Stories

Meeting the Demand for Nutritious Food Options

I will never forget my first day of work at Catholic Charities more than 22 years ago. As a single mom struggling to make...

Catholic Charities Celebrates 75 years of the Celebration of Giving

A very happy tradition started in Chicago in 1947. World War II left a great deal of devastation in its wake, yet those who...

Championing Hope for Immigrants and Refugees

Throughout this fall, Catholic Charities has been reflecting on the following quote from celebrated priest, theologian, and prolific writer Fr. Henri Nouwen: “Community is...

A family from El Salvador waits to be taken into custody at the city cemetery after being detained by the Border Patrol for illegally entering the United States by crossing the Rio Grande River.

Welcome the Stranger

Since September, busloads of men, women, and children, fleeing violence, political oppression and crushing poverty in their home countries, have been arriving in Chicago....

Catholic Charities person holding a yogurt container with a spoon helping and older man

Building Community with Seniors

Cherished friendships have blossomed within one of our senior residences. There is always something fun going on at the Josephine P. Argento Senior Center,...