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THE MAGAZINE OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA FALL 2012 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 3

The Catholic Charities Network

BuildingCommunities

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In this years issues oCharities USA, weve been exploring what and howCatholic Charities contributes to our nation. In our last issue, we o-

cused on how Catholic Charities changes individual lives, which is done

both through eective strategies and competent caring people. In this

issue, we have ocused on how Catholic Charities builds communities,which is done in many ways beyond providing quality services.

What does it mean to build communities? We can think o it in two in-

terrelated ways. It means contributing in ways that strengthen resourc-

es and assets in order to orm a healthy, thriving, and supportive envi-

ronment or people. It also means contributing in a way that osters a

sense o community and cooperation among people, a sense o pride and

personal investment in ones community. Oten in doing one, both are

accomplished.

Catholic Charities is active in building communities in both these ways

and in so many dierent scenarios. I you tried to list how Catholic

Charities agencies build communities, you would have a very long listwith more examples than we could cover here. In this issue, weve ocused

on a ew broad areas o community buildingcollaboration, capacity

building, community action, education and advocacy, and mobilizing

peopleand have provided rom our network good examples o each.

Weve also looked deeply into one community building eortUnity

Square in New Brunswick, NJ, undertaken by Catholic Charities o the

Diocese o Metuchenthat has succeeded in building both a sense o

community and a more supportive community or low-income amilies.

Our coverage o this topic is by no means comprehensive; its just a taste

o what Catholic Charities does in communities. But its enough or us

to be very proud o the work we do. Its also enough or us to see the im-

portance o these eorts and their impact in peoples lives, including ourown. As Brian Corbin reminds us in this issue with an article on com-

munity, we are born into community with others, and when we seek the

good o the community, we are seeking the good o all. n

Ruth Liljenquist, Managing Editor

To comment on this issue, please write to Ruth Liljenquist

at [email protected].

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his years presidential campaign has let us with

a deep sense o the political polarization inAmerican society. Its both regrettable and deeply

concerning because the huge problems and chal-

lenges we ace as a nation can only be resolved by coming to-

gether as a people, not by pulling apart.

Ive pondered what it will take to bridge this polariza-

tion, what will pull us together, and I believe that part o

the answer lies in understanding the connections between

us, seeing that we have common hopes and dreams, and ac-

knowledging that all o us together orm the communities

that we are striving to improve.

In the early days o Catholic Charities, we reached out in

communities, mostly poor immigrant communities, where

people clustered together in ethnic and religious enclaves or

survival and support. Since then, communities have become

broader and more integrated, and there have been many

ruits o that integration. And yet, as a society, we still strug-

gle with social insularityin our churches, our schools, our

cities and towns, and our politicsso much so that many o

us have become exclusive and ail to see the connections be-

tween us all.

When we do see the connections, when we see what we have

in common, we join together to preserve those things, which

is why I believe that embracing the idea o the common good,

a oundational principle o Catholic social teaching, can bea catalyst in overcoming the polarization we ace. While we

have diering opinions about what the common good looks

like, we know that when we work together or the common

good, everyone in the community benets rom that cooper-

ation, even i the outcomes are not exactly what the diering

parties may have hoped or.

Community is not something that just happens because

people live in proximity to each other. Community is some-

thing we build, something we make and work or. When we

stop working or community or we begin to take it or grant-ed, we begin to lose sight o the connections and common-

ality between us.

Tis issue o Charities USA shows how Catholic Charities

agencies are part o building communities. We do it because

we understand the relationship between strong amilies and

communities, but we also do it because working or the

common good is a part o our work as ollowers o Christ. It

is oundational to who we are, and it is how we show love to

God and to our neighbors, who surround us in community.

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dsaster recvery. Tey are a small agecy, ad ad ly ur sta

members wrg Mt.

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tere, ad we ddt wat t get te way, sad Berardt.

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Recvery Cmmttee (LTRC). Larry wated t surt ts gru ad

determed tat e te best ways te agecy culd el was tsecure dsaster recvery uds. Ater csultg wt CCUSA Dsaster

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ut uds t ctue wt ter recvery wr.

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Te rst ste t sgcat cage s awareess, says ke

F. Sawa, executve drectr Catlc Cartes Sa

Berard & Rversde Cutes (CCSBR) Suter

Calra. Ad te cage e wats t see s a cmmuty mresestzed t te calleges lw-cme amles. over te last

18 mts, CCSBR as eld sx verty smulats t el te

cmmuty better uderstad te lves te bttm 30 ercet

Amerca amles w struggle everyday t mae t.

i a -treateg, but very exeretal way, te smulat brgs

abut a wle ew ersectve te bttm 30 ercet, says ke.

its a werul tl.

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d r ter amles r ur smulated wees a lw cme

ad ter acal resurces. Durg te ur wees, tey ace a

umber callegesreduced urs at wr, a sudde lless, a

car rblemtat may lead t real crss.

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erces ter sese sel-sucecy. Eve wt all ter resurces,

educat, ad lag, tey stll get evcted, says ke. Tey beg

t see clearly te may barrers lw-cme amles ace, ad t

just te addcts, r bre amles, r ter rblems.

At te ed, te artcats debre, ad te, te resses are:

hw d ele lve uder tese crcumstaces? r Tats just

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ter relats wt lw-cme amles ca d smetg

t remve barrers: ealt care rvders, judges, lce, elected

cals, teacers, scal wrers, utlty wrers, ad ladlrds.

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tey are dg ad w t mgt be addg t te rblem, says

ke. it may be a utetal barrer tats

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CCSBRs most recent poverty simulation was featured on

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Debbe Sa, executve drectr r Catlc Scal Servce.

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r mes tat are ut r abtat. May te meless are

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all bac Sutwest kasastere are vrtually selters

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tgeter t d ut w was ccered abut melessess. Te

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Agecy Agg, rm scl dstrcts, sad

Debbe. We were really surrsed.

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t address meless ssues ad t dety

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Over the last eight years, Unity Square

Partnership (USP) in New Brunswick,

NJ, has worked to revitalize a divided

low-income neighborhood, building communi-

ty spirit and cohesiveness as well as resources and

assets to support and enrich peoples lives.

In 2004, we at Catholic Charities-Diocese oMetuchen, along with Sacred Heart Parish and

concerned residents o one o the poorest sections

o the city, ormed a partnership with the goal o

reuniting and revitalizing the surrounding neigh-

borhood. Residents named their 37-block com-

munity Unity Square, symbolizing both the

methodology and goals o the partnership.

New Brunswick is a city o low-income amilies,

mainly due to the concentration o low wage ser-

vice-oriented jobs supporting two major hospi-tals, the states medical school, a state university,

hotels, and restaurants. O the 7,000 residents o

Unity Square, 25 percent live in poverty, as com-

pared to 18 percent in the rest o New Brunswick

and 5 percent in Middlesex County.

Over the last ew decades, the Unity Square

neighborhood has lost much o its cohesive iden-

tity, due in large part to a divide between the two

main residential groupsolder Arican-American

amilies, likely to be homeowners and long-time

residents, and younger Latino amilies, likely to

be recent immigrantsmany undocumented and

renters. Tese residents commonly ail to see each

other as neighbors and allies. Both groups tend

to dwell on what makes them dierent rom one

anotherrace, culture, language, religion, age,

and citizenship/immigration status. Tey do have

commonalities, howeverconcerns about jobs,

housing, healthcare, poverty, ood security, saety,

crime, and other issues.

Getting community residents together to ocus

on these commonalities has been the basis o

our community organizing eorts. From the be-

ginning, we wanted to create community co-

hesiveness, ostering acceptance and coopera-

tion among residents and working with them to

achieve the goal o a vibrant, sustainable, low-in-

come neighborhood.

ogether, residents identied several priorities:

economic opportunity; aordable, clean, and sae

housing, whether rented or owned; sae parks

and streets; good youth programs; and aord-

able, local, and trustworthy social work and case

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management services, especially immigration services or

the Latino residents. From these priorities emerged Unity

Squares vision o an economically stable and cohesive com-

munity with a revitalized commercial sector; green initiatives

or healthy and sustainable diets; healthy residents in mind,

body, and spirit; and clean parks and sae streets, all located

in a crime-ree neighborhood.

Bringing the Community Together

Beore USP was ormed, Catholic Charities-Diocese o

Metuchen was already active in the Unity Square neighbor-

hood, providing child care and early education, emergency

shelter, immigration services, and health care. o get USP

o the ground, a Unity Square Program was created within

the agency and was charged with assessing needs, organizing

community residents, securing unding, and ostering a col-

laboration o existing and potential service providers in the

neighborhood.

Sacred Heart Parish, located in the Unity Square neigh-borhood, was a natural partner or the project. Te parish

campus was already the site or some Catholic Charities pro-

grams, and its pastor, Msgr. Joseph Kerrigan, had a bold

vision o aith-based community development. Te parish,

accessible to Unity Squares residents, became the venue or

community meetings and events and the USP oces.

With community organizing and resident input its driving

orce, the partnership has prioritized resident participation

through door-to-door surveys, large- and small-scale com-

munity meetings, action team meetings, and stakeholder in-

terviews. In 2005 and 2006, when USP was just beginning,

community meetings were structured to utilize residents

opinions on the community in order to ormulate the struc-

ture or USP.

oday, a diverse neighborhood Advisory Group works to re-

spond to resident needs. With leadership training rom USP

sta, these leaders plan and execute projects and initiatives in

the community. Developing leaders rom the neighborhood

is the basis or sustainability because it ensures that projects

truly refect the voice o the community and that communi-

ty members are ully invested in the success o projects that

they planned and initiated.

With its dedication to listening to the communitys voiceas well as the partnership between Sacred Heart Parish and

Catholic Charities-Diocese o Metuchen, two well-known

and trusted organizations, USP has drawn the support o

community entities such as the city o New Brunswick,

Rutgers University, Wells Fargo Bank, Sano-Adventis,

Johnson & Johnson, St. Peters University Hospital, and

other businesses. USP has also worked with several nonpro-

its, such as the Intersect Fund, a micro-nance and entre-

preneur development organization; New Labor, an immi-

grant worker advocacy and organizing group; Partners in

Community Organizing (PICO-NJ), a aith-based commu-

nity organizing group with a well-tested model or organiz-

ing success; and Elijahs Promise, a unique organization that

runs a soup kitchen, oers culinary arts training programs,

and osters ood-related social enterprises. New Jerseys

Neighborhood Revitalization ax Credit program has been

particularly helpul in raising money to und USP initiatives.

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Creating Cohesion through Community Programs

wo goals o the partnership have been to create cohesion

within the community and to bring opportunities to its res-

idents. With community-driven programming and resident

leadership, USP responds with eective programs that oten

accomplish cohesiveness as well.

English as a Second Language is a perect example. Residentsrequested ESL courses with a number o goals in mind, rom

learning basic communication skills to becoming fuent

enough to apply or jobs, citizenship, or to GED programs.

Learning English also eliminates the language barrier be-

tween the older residents and the newacilitating increased

communication between these two groups.

Unity Squares three community gardens provide a beautiul

and eective site or community building, as neighbors grow

resh vegetables, herbs, and fowers. ogether the residents

cultivate a sense o community while growing nutritious, a-ordable, and culturally amiliar ood or their amilies.

During monthly Neighborhood Crime Watch meetings,

residents discuss with police any issues that need to be ad-

dressed in the neighborhood. Tese meetings have increased

communication with and trust in the police orce and result-

ed in increased oot patrols, more auxiliary police ocers,

and the installation o anti-crime cameras.

USP also created the Housing Resource Center, which oers

assistance to residents who have landlord disputes. Since

2007, USP has helped almost 20 people with disputes, re-

covering $450 to $15,000 in compensation. Te partnership

also made it a priority to provide sae, attractive, aordable

housing to residents so that they eel a sense o pride in their

home and neighborhood. o date, Unity Square Partnership

has constructed ve aordable housing units and revitalized

seven housing units.

Unity Square also organizes a myriad o community cohe-

sion events that bring residents out o their homes or un

and meaningul purposes. In the spring, or Earth Day Clean

Up, residents work together to clean the streets o the com-

munity. National Night Out is a summer air to promote in-

creased police/community partnerships, as well as to oster

community spirit. At the annual runk or reat, volunteers

park their spookily decorated cars in a sae place, and kids

go trunk to trunk instead o door to door. Tis event brings

amilies together or sae, supervised un.

Looking to the Future

In 2005, USP conducted a survey that helped identiy the

ve main areas o concern: neighborhood cohesiveness, eco-

nomic strength, good housing, youth programs, and readily

available social services. Now, in 2012, we are getting ready

to conduct a ollow up survey to see how residents opinions

on their community have changed since 2005 and to see how

USPs presence has impacted the community. We expect pos-


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he early church meditated much upon the nature o

our God as revealed to us in Jesus Christ, the second

person o the rinity. Te insight o perichoresis

(interpenetration), rst used by Gregory o Nazianzus (329

to 389 or 390) and explored more ully by John o Damascus

(645 or 676 to 749 ) helps us to explain and explore how the

individual persons o the rinityFather, Son and Spiritremain distinct persons but are together as one Goda

community. Tat insight into Gods nature reveals a deep

truth about our human lie: i we believe that we are made in

the image and likeness o God (Genesis 1:26-27), and God

is rinity, then rom that insight each o us is created by God

with great dignity and we are wired, as it were, in and or

community.

Tis theological insight is again reiterated in the basic under-

standing that each o us is not an isolated atom or alienated

individual. But rather we are born into an immediate and in-

stant community (our amily, male and emale) and in the

greater community o peoples. Tis theological insight re-

garding the communal nature o our rinitarian God, who

made each o us in Gods image, requires that we see com-munity not as some abstraction or made up collection, but

rather a refection o our true selves. We are social beings.

We are called to, and fourish in, community. Each one o us,

by our nature, is to be in and o community. Community is

something real (incarnated), something to be organized, and

something to be celebrated. Tus we are to seek what is good

or the whole communitythe common good.

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CommunityA Refection o the Trinity: Incarnated, Organized, Celebrated

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Te image o the Holy rinity (seen above), rom the 15th

century icon writer Andrei Rublev, witnesses to the power

o Gods communitarian and rinitarian nature. Jesus mod-

eled a loving community. Jesus, the second person o the

rinity, the incarnated word o god, came to bring such good

news o abundant love. Jesus modeled or his apostles and us

today his real response to persons, amilies, and communi-

ties in need: Jesus healed, ed, comorted, served, and washed

others. On one occasion, with multitudes hungry, Jesus told

his disciples to have them sit down in groups on the green

grass. . .in rows by hundreds and by ties, as He revealedGods love by transorming ve loaves and two sh into an

abundant east (see all our Gospels, but especially Mark

6:34-44). Jesus showed us how love was incarnated, orga-

nized, and celebrated by the eeding o the 5,000 men not

including women and children (Matthew 14:21).

So too we nd a deep concern about community in the New

estaments proclamation o the early church. We nd that

the Christian believers ocused on building a responsive and

aith-lled community:

Tey devoted themselves to the teaching o the apostles

and to the communal lie, to the breaking o the bread

and to the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many

wonders and signs were done through the apostles. All

who believed were together and had all things in common;

they would sell their property and possessions and divide

them among all according to each ones need. Every day

they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple

area and to breaking bread in their homes. Tey ate their

meals with exultation and sincerity o heart, praising God

and enjoying avor with all the people. And every day theLord added to their number those who were being saved.

Acts o the Apostles 2:42-47

In Acts 6:1-6, we are reminded that the church responded

to the needs o various and distinct communitiesthe

Hellenistic and the Hebrew widowsby organizing their

outreach with the creation o deacons to be o service.

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As Catholic Charities, we can claim this moment as our own

institutional birthdate, as an ocial ministry o service on

behal o each o our bishops. Catholic Charities continues

to respond to the needs, ears, assets, hopes, and joys o vari-

ous communities, amilies, and personslocally and global-

ly. We provide direct aid but also are constantly involved in

organizing communities and our own response.

Pope Benedict XVI reminds us how love is to be organized

as he writes:

Love o neighbour, grounded in the love o God, is rstand oremost a responsibility or each individual member

o the aithul, but it is also a responsibility or the entire

ecclesial community at every level; rom the local commu-

nity to the particular Church and to the Church universal

in its entirety. As a community, the Church must practise

love. Love thus needs to be organized i it is to be an or-

dered service to the community. Te awareness o this re-

sponsibility has had a constitutive relevance in the Church

rom the beginning: All who believed were together and

had all things in common; and they sold their possessions

and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need(Acts 2:44-5). In these words, Saint Luke provides a kind

o denition o the Church, whose constitutive elements

include delity to the teaching o the Apostles, commu-

nion (koinonia), the breaking o the bread and prayer

(c. Acts 2:42). Te element o communion (koinonia) is

not initially dened, but appears concretely in the verses

quoted above: it consists in the act that believers hold

all things in common and that among them, there is no

longer any distinction between rich and poor (c. also Acts

4:32-37). As the Church grew, this radical orm o mate-

rial communion could not in act be preserved. But its es-

sential core remained: within the community o believers

there can never be room or a poverty that denies anyone

what is needed or a dignied lie (Deus Caritas Est, 20).

In the Catholic Charities USA Vision 2000 process, we as

a movementa communityarmed a powerul vision

statement that incorporated many o these insights on how

we incarnate, organize and celebrate community. Vision

2000 states:

Believing in the presence o God in our midst, we proclaim

the sanctity o human lie and the dignity o the person by

sharing in the mission o Jesus given to the Church. o

this end, Catholic Charities works with individuals, ami-

lies, and communities to help them meet their needs, ad-

dress their issues, eliminate oppression, and build a just

and compassionate society.

We in Catholic Charities, though always mindul o the spe-

cic and unique persons we are working with, acknowledge

the reality o community by our amily-based services and

our many community-engaged partnerships and collabo-

rations. We live and see that interplay with each and every

one o our services and ministries. We strive or the common

good in our work to bring about changes in systems that

keep people rom reaching their ull potential as the image

and likeness o God.

Our Catholic Charities USA Campaign to Reduce Poverty in

America provides a ramework or our work in building com-

munities, while empowering individuals and strengthening

amilies. We can also be very proud o the work that many o

our Catholic Charities agencies and partner groups accom-plish through the eorts around community organizing and

community development. Te insights and unding rom

the USCCB Catholic Campaign or Human Development

have empowered many social groups that work with us to

organize neighborhoods, cities, counties, and regions to

change structures that keep persons and amilies in poverty.

Other eorts around initiating and sustaining worker-owned

cooperatives, community development credit unions, revolv-

ing loan unds, housing cooperatives and land trusts again

remind us that community-owned and organized eorts are

real and that they matter or the economic and social well

being o amilies and individuals.

Tis year the universal Church celebrates a Year o Faith ac-

knowledging the 50th anniversary o the convening o the

Second Vatican Council (continuing the work o incarnating,

organizing and celebrating the community o aith), and the

20th anniversary o the Catechism o the Catholic Church.

Catholic Charities USA also celebrates this year the 40th an-

niversary o the publication o the Cadre Study, which re-


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fected on how our aith shapes our institutional work withpersons, amilies, and communities. Tat eort reminded us

o our requirement to provide quality services to persons and

amilies. It also called us as a movementa community

to work to transorm and humanize social structures and to

convene others o good will to do the same.

In our genetic makeup, we as individual persons are intimate-

ly connected to community. As a ministry and service o the

Church, we know the importance o healthy and sae com-

munities. We can remain proud, though always challenged

like the early Church, to recognize the reality o communityas something incarnated, organized, and celebrated. n

Brian Corbin is executive director o Catholic Charities Services

& Health Afairs o the Diocese o Youngstown, OH.

pts: Jerry nauem

Love o neighbour, grounded in thelove o God, is rst and oremost

a responsibility or each individual

member o the aithul, but it is also

a responsibility or the entire eccle-

sial community at every level; rom

the local community to the particularChurch and to the Church universal

in its entirety.


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Eight years ago, Catholic Charities USA began a

partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation

to promote what was then a new approach to

serving vulnerable amilies and children. Tis ap-

proach, Family Strengthening, is based on the premise

that children do well when cared or by supportive amilies,

which, in turn, do better when they live in vital and support-

ive communities.

Tis approach to supporting struggling amilies was cham-

pioned by the Casey Foundation through a national awards

initiative involving some o the largest networks o human

services organizations in the country. Te Foundation rec-

ognized that although they had signicant reach and infu-

ence, partnerships with national provider networks would

signicantly increase knowledge and understanding o the

amily strengthening approach. Working through these orga-

nizations would help to change practice rom a child-centric

approach to one that supported the larger extended amily

within their local communities.

Te Casey Foundations initial national partners included

Volunteers o America, Goodwill Industries International,

Boys and Girls Clubs, and YMCA. Catholic Charities USA

was later invited to become a partner ater the Foundation

discovered the excellent Fatima Family Center run byCatholic Charities o the Diocese o Cleveland, which exem-

plied the amily strengthening model. Tis initial invitation

expanded into the seven-year CCUSA Family Strengthening

Awards program, which recognized and rewarded agencies

doing exemplary work in strengthening low-income amilies

and provided opportunities or these programs to share their

strategies with the larger network.

By Jane Stenson

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CCUSA FAmILySTRENGTHENINGOUTCOmES

Over the seven years o the CCUSA Family Strengthening

Awards Program, CCUSA recognized a wide variety o pro-

grams ranging rom amily centers, armworker housing,

and reugee resettlement to grandparenting support, emer-

gency and amily shelter, and childcare. Tese programs all

shared an openness to working with the entire amily to ad-

dress needs and concerns as well as a strategy or improvingthe economic stability o the household, oten through -

nancial education, GED instruction, or other asset develop-

ment programs.

CCUSA also organized site visits to the award-winning agen-

cies or Catholic Charities agency sta members throughout

the network. Tese site visits gave them the opportunity to

learn rom their peers and return home to implement the

best amily strengthening programs and strategies in their

own agencies.

Our network has beneted immensely rom this initiative.

First, through the award application process and site visits,

we at CCUSA were able to learn in detail what our network

is doing in amily strengthening, to see the comprehen-

sive narrative behind the numbers collected in our Annual

Survey on amily strengthening. Second, the initiative gave

us the resources to recognize outstanding programs and el-

evate their best practices to national visibility at our annual

gatherings. Tird, we were able to bring program level sta

to award-winning agencies to see their peers in action, learn

rom them, and gain a greater sense o the resources this net-

work provides to its members. And ourth, and perhaps most

importantly, this initiative helped many Catholic Charities

agencies rethink the way they serve and to work toward an

asset development, integrated, client-driven, and communi-

ty partnership approach to helping vulnerable children and

amilies.

CCUSA expresses deep gratitude to the Annie E. Casey

Foundation or making this initiative possible.

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CCUSA presented 23 Family Strengthening Awards

ad $575,000 award mey t 22 ageces.

(Catlc Cartes hartrd, CT, receved tw awards.)

Over 200 Catholic Charities staff members from 94

ageces artcated e r mre te 23 ste

vsts t award-wg rgrams rgazed by CCUSA.

Agencies throughout the network submitted over 400

alcats r te awards.

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AN INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITy

Learg rm Award-Wg Ageces

By Bobbie Lison

In 2005, Catholic Charities Financial Health Program

o the Diocese o Green Bay initially became engaged in

amily strengthening, and we applied or a CCUSA Family

Strengthening Award. While we didnt win an award that year,

we were invited to visit a site that did. We chose Pio Decimo

Center in ucson, AZ, because this agency, like ours, provides

services to the Hispanic population and we hoped to nd in-

novative ideas. It was an incredible program, and we took back

several good ideas. (Teir transitional housing model is one that

I continue to bring orward to our community partners.)

Over the next ew years, we had more opportunities to visit

award-winning programs. In 2006 we visited the Family

Resource Center o Catholic Community Services in Juneau,

AK. We took back lessons on developing new services and navi-

gating partnerships when stumbling blocks occurred.

In 2007, we participated in the site visit at Torpe Family

Residence in New York, NY. We chose this program because

they provided housing services and worked with amilies that

had been homeless. Tis t well with the homeless clients that

we serve through several community providers, and we went tosee how we could urther the collaborative eorts that we had

begun in our community.

In 2008, the opportunity to visit an award-winning site

was again made available, and we visited Our Daily Bread

Employment Center in Baltimore, MD. We chose this site

based on their strong programming, which mirrored ours. We

were eager to learn how they developed their one stop shop

service center and how they urthered their community part-

nerships to make this a reality. We also learned rom their data

collection practices and tweaked our own to produce data more

appealing to unders.

Te opportunity to visit award-winning sites was invaluable

or our agency. It allowed us to view successul programs in a

hands on manner. By looking at these programs rom dierent

points o view and asking questions, we could begin the pro-

cess o implementing best practices in a way that worked within

our own agency. Without this opportunity, change and growth

would have been slow in coming.

ThE oppoRTUniTY To ViSiT AWARD-WinninG

SiTES WAS inVALUABLE FoR oUR AGEnCY.

iT ALLoWED US To ViEW SUCCESSFUL

pRoGRAMS in A hAnDS on MAnnER.


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In 2007 and 2008, ater implementing things we had learned

rom other agencies, we were recognized as Family Strengthening

award nalists, and then in 2009, our program received a Family

Strengthening Award. It was a great honor, and we then had the

opportunity to host people at our agency. Our hope is that the

participants that attended our site visit were able to leave with

ideas that helped make a dierence or their amily strengthen-

ing eorts. Te site visits made a huge dierence or us.

INSPIRING US TO DO mORERecevg a Famly Stregteg Award

Chicagos Lake County Family Sel-Sufciency program won a

Family Strengthening Award in 2006.

Recevg a Famly Stregteg award ad a mmedate

mact. pele rm ur etwr came t lear rm us, adtat was very mrtat r ur sta ad bard members t

see. oe bard member artcular, w rases uds slely

r ts rgram, was esecally leased ad very excted

tat ter rgrams culd be relcatg wat we are dg.

Famly Stregteg as ermeated ur agecy. its gve us

a cmm way talg abut wat we d, a ew aradgm,

ew terms r uderstadg ur wr. Weve relabeled

ad rergazed ur rgrams uder tw categres: amly

stablzat ad amly stregteg, ad ur rgrams ave

beetted greatly. We created a ew Famly Stregteg

Ceter, ad weve crrated Famly Stregteg deas t

ur WiC ad early cldd ceters, ur Faterd itatve,

ad ur aretg classes. its very gd r ur csumers, ad

ts very gd r ur sta t see ele fursg.

Maureen Murphy, associate vice president o Family and Parish Support

Services or Catholic Charities o the Archdiocese o Chicago

Philadelphias Family Service Centers won a Family

Strengthening Award in 2011.

Te award really valdated everye. it added ater layer

credblty ad really sred ur sta t d mre. Yud ave

tugt we w a mll dllars. Famly Stregteg was a

rcess we grew t. it as really caged ur servce delvery,ur rgrams, eve ur lsy. Weve mved rm avg

a meu servces t avg brad tegrat servces. We

crss tra at all levels. We ecurage cmmuty ad aret

ut, arets tae leaders rles, ad clets are vewed as

arters. its a uge st r us, but were excted! T ally

ave a ramewr tat maes sese really els ur sta. its

eled us devel meagul rgrams. Ad te rgram

desgs are cmg rm amles. parets ave a say ad a

rle, ad ts very emwerg t tem. it ast bee a easy

rcess, but ts bee a amazg rcess. its wderul t see

wat ur ve cutes are dg wt ts mdel.

Amy Stoner, director o the Community Based Services Division or

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Centennial Medals

Tw Ceteal medals were awarded at te gaterg. At te

Awards Breaast, a medal was reseted t te Daugters

Carty recgt ter ctrbuts t ts at trug

ter wrs carty ad gd wll. Sster Aty Barczyws, a

Daugter Carty w as served r may years at Catlc Car-

tes te Arcdcese new orleas, receved te award beal

er rder.

i a gaterg te dcesa drectrs te Frday recedg te

gaterg, Fr. Syder reseted a Ceteal medal t Jac Lally,

recgzg s mre ta tree decades servce t Catlc

Cartes, bt lcally ad atally. Jac was te rst lay executve

drectr Catlc Cartes te Arcdcese St. Lus, servg

tat st rm 1990 t 1998, ater 24 years varus ter

sts ad rgrams te agecy. Jac was als actve wt

CCUSA, servg several cmmttees ad te Bard Trustees.

Keynote Speaker Major GarrettMajr Garrett, a well-resected Wasgt crresdet ad

wrter r te National Journal, gave te clsg eyte address

Tuesday. he sared s sgts te ltcal clmate Wasg-

t, DC, ad exressed cautus tmsm tat Cgress wll be able

t cme tgeter t address te scal cl acg te cutry

Jauary.

Sojourn Theatre

i te clsg act r te gaterg, Sjur Teatre, a esemble

teater cmay w r ts wr grassrts teater, catured

te srt Catlc Cartes. Trug tervews tey cductedwt cerece-gers trugut te gaterg, tey ut tgeter a

mvg errmace tat exressed te calleges, es, rustra-

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I you didnt make it to the CCUSA Annual Gathering this year, dont

worry, you didnt miss the opportunity to get to know Catholic Charities-

Archdiocese o Saint Louis (CCSL). Tis agency in Americas heartland cel-ebrated 100 years this year. But it isnt showing its age. Instead, its brimming

with energy and innovation, working to solve some o its communitys toughest

social problems.

In 2005, Gateway to Financial Fitness, CCSLs comprehensive nancial literacy

program, won one o the rst three Catholic Charities USA Family Strengthening

Awards and drew the limelight onto this hardworking and smart-working agency,

which boasts numerous o outstanding, and innovative programs. Here are a ew:

Te Fatherhood Initiative was founded in 1998 to help men learn how to be in-

volved athers and to overcome the barriers to reconnecting with their children.Trough a six-week intensive course, the participants, many o whom grew up

without a ather, learn how to better parent their children, communicate eec-

tively, and maintain good relationships, especially with their childs mother. Te

Fatherhood Initiative also helps men become better providers through education

and employment training. Te successes o this program are ar reachingmen

are active in their childrens lives, providing the love and support their children

desperately need rom them and experiencing the rewards o a good parent-child

relationship.

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City Greens is a weekly community market started in2009 with the goal to get healthy, resh, and aordable

produce, meat, and staples into the kitchens o all amilies

and promote healthy eating. Many health issues that am-

ilies ace are nutrition related. Diabetes, heart disease, and

obesity are all dicult to manage without resh, aord-

able, healthy ood. City Greens, through its permanent lo-

cation at CCSLs Midtown Center and its Supa Fresh

Veggie Mobile, provides access to healthy ood in neigh-

borhoods where grocery stores are dicult to access, es-

pecially or amilies relying on public transportation. Te

ood and produce sold by City Greens are naturally grownand produced by local Missouri armers.

McMurphys Grill opened its doors in 1990 as the rst-

in-the nation ull-service restaurant or training people

struggling with homelessness and mental illness. Run

by St. Patrick Center, a CCSL agency which assists

people who are homeless or at risk o becoming homeless,

McMurphys Grill helps participants develop good work

habits and learn ood service skills. During 12 weeks o

paid specialized training, they master 11 restaurant unc-

tions, including preparing ood in a restaurant kitchen andwaiting on or bussing tables. When the participants com-

plete the training, St. Patrick Center helps them nd per-

manent employment in a restaurant. Trough the pro-

gram, 30 to 40 people each year discover successul careers

in the restaurant industry.

Another St. Patrick Center program is the BEGIN New

Venture Center (BEGIN), an innovative community part-

nership oering start-up and early-stage companies, as

well as non-prot organizations, daily business assistance,

access to experienced service providers, guidance rom anadvisory board/mentor program, marketing assistance,

and a proessional business location. BEGIN is a holistic

approach to achieving positive personal and community

outcomes through business success, with the ultimate ob-

jective o creating sustainable new jobs or the community.

BEGIN gives preerence to ventures that are committed to

helping St. Patrick Center achieve its mission o building

permanent, positive change in peoples lives by employing

and/or training SPC clients. n

A Century o Service in the Heartland

Fr ver a cetury, Catlc Cartes te Arcdcese

Sat Lus as caged lves, saved lves, ad may

cases just eled ele trug le.

i May 1912, Cardal J Gle, Arcbs Sat

Lus, cveed all te cartes tat were Catlc ad

eratg deedetly St. Lus. Te gru met tere-

ater a aual bass, ad 1932, t te ame

Catlc Cartes St. Lus, wt te urse t dety

ad address umet eeds.

i te early years Catlc Cartes, carg r cldre

cldres mes was te majr cus, but as tme wet

by ad Catlc Cartes re-evaluated ts w servces

ad surveyed te eeds te cmmuty, ter servces

develed: cuselg, ser servces, adt, exect-

at aret care, reugee resettlemet, ster care, tera-

eutc resdetal care r cldre, d atres, emer-

gecy assstace, mmgrat servces, melessess

revet ad allevat, dmestc vlece selter, be-

avral ealt servces, yut rgrams, ad mre.

Catlc Cartes-Arcdcese St. Lus as grw t

becme e te largest rvate rvders scal ser-

vces te state Mssur. it w cmrses egt age-

ces ad ers mre ta 100 rgrams t beet mre

ta 157,000 ele aually.n


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ing its victims. Red tomatoes remain on a bush just inches

rom a home that has gone up in smoke. literally. Tere

are no remnants to rescue, just a thin layer o ash.

Fire taunts and tortures. Lona Byrd evacuated twice, and

twice returned thinking the threat was over. Shortly ater re-

turning the second time, police rushed everyone out. Tat

evening the re intensied and attacked rom the west,

driven by hurricane-orce winds. When she returned the

third time, she ound a scene ar worse than my worst

nightmares.

Yet just like Katrina and disasters around the world, catas-

trophe brings out the best in us. Its amazing, a Red Crossvolunteer said. Tere are some awul ne people in this

city, said Jim Ball.

Some lives will be orever changed. Property recovery is pos-

sible, but emotional scars and economic diculties can last

a lie time. Catholic Charities o Central Colorado helped

on all ronts, providing cash assistance to people out o

work, cooking meals or rst responders, and praying with

amilies amid their ruins.

Walking to the top o a hill behind their house, Patricia

OLear, wie o Pat, oers to show me a view o their neigh-

borhood. Pat wont go. I reuse, he said. I dont need to

look. Its absolute annihilation. Memories lying in ashes.

But stirring in the ashes, emerges something good. I heard

it rom Jim Ball, who was intensely curious about the relie

work o Catholic Charities. Ater Katrina, Colorado Springs

took in New Orleans evacuees. Maybe now more than then,

he sees the necessity o neighbor helping neighbor even

when those neighbors are hal way across a continent. He

senses his lie may be changing. I have to give back. n

David Aguillard is executive director o Catholic Charities o

the Diocese o Baton Rouge. He deployed with a CCUSA di-

saster recovery team to assist Catholic Charities o Central

Colorado in responding to the Waldo Canyon Fire disaster this

past summer.

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Te arbtrary destruct wrugt by te Wald Cay

Fre was dcult t cmreed,...ad yet, amgtese radm acts devastat were credble acts

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UpdateCCUSAs Ronald Jackson

Receives Award rom

National Black CatholicCongress

Ronald G. Jackson, Sr., MSW,

JD, senior director o gov-

ernment aairs or CCUSA,

was recently honored by the

National Black Catholic

Congress at its annual con-

erence in July with one o the rst o its kind Servus pro

Christo (Servant o Christ) Awards or outstanding lead-

ership and service to the Catholic Church in the AricanAmerican community.

Most Reverend John H. Ricard, SSJ, president o the

National Black Catholic Congress, said o Mr. Jacksons ser-

vice, Having worked with Ron during his time at the D.C.

Catholic Conerence, I have seen rst-hand his singular

and tireless eorts in advancing the Catholic aith and the

Gospel o Jesus Christ. Tis award honors his many years o

exceptional service among his brothers and sisters and rec-

ognizes a commitment to continually go above and beyond

the call o duty.

I was quite surprised and humbled, Jackson said ater

learning o the honor, I do what I do because o my love

or the Church and or Gods people. I can think o no

better way to live than to spend it serving and saving those

who are most in need.

Prior to joining CCUSA, Ron served or 15 years as the ex-

ecutive director o the D.C. Catholic Conerence or the

Archdiocese o Washington.n

CCUSA

CCUSAs Rachel Lustig

One o 12 Catholic

Women Under 40Making a Dierence

Rachel Lustig, senior

vice president o mission

and ministry at Catholic

Charities USA, was nom-

inated by readers and se-

lected by a panel o judges

rom National Catholic Reporter(NCR) as one o 12

Catholic Women Under 40 Making a Dierence. Te

poll, introduced or the rst time this year, appeared inthe July 7 edition o NCR, which highlights Rachels

many accomplishments both inside and outside o her

work at CCUSA.

All o us at CCUSA are extremely proud o this honor

or Rachel. She is an indispensable leader and an in-

valuable ambassador or our organization and our work.

She is very deserving o this award, said Rev. Larry

Snyder, president and CEO o CCUSA.

Rachel has been at CCUSA since 2003, when she

joined the organization as parish social ministry asso-

ciate. She then served as director o parish social min-

istry rom 2004-2009 beore moving into her cur-

rent role. She is also very active in the community; she

serves on the Peace and Justice Commission or the

Diocese o Arlington and on the boards o two nonpro-

its, Friends o Guest House and Beyond Borders. Rachel

holds a bachelors o business administration rom the

University o Notre Dame and a masters o public ad-

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peer mentors and provides education-

al stipends and work orce develop-

ment or these mentors.

Catholic Charities in Portland

Re-Opens Aordable Housing Units

In June 2011, Catholic Charities

Caritas Housing Initiatives in

Portland, OR, temporarily closed its

McCoy Village apartment complex or

extensive renovations. Te aordable

housing complex re-opened in May

2012, welcoming back its previous

tenants, who returned to apartments

with all new appliances and a variety

o spacious foor plans in one- to our-

bedroom options. Te remodeled site

includes our new community center

spaces, which will host an education

and play space or pre-school-aged

children, a training center or older

youth and adults, a conerence room,

and a community space. Residents

will have access to culturally-specic

support rom area community part-

ners, which will oer educational op-

portunities in various topics, includ-

ing computer, nancial literacy, and

housing basics to residents.

Msgr. John Enzler Heads Catholic

Charities in Washington, DC

Reverend Monsignor John J. Enzler

was appointed president and CEO o

Catholic Charities o the Archdiocese

o Washington, ollowing the re-

tirement o long-time director Ed

Orzechowski. A native Washingtonian,

Msgr. Enzler came to Catholic

Charities with more than 40 years o

experience as a priest, leader, and ad-

vocate serving the needs o the most

vulnerable in our community. Msgr.

Enzler has long been involved in the

work o Catholic Charities, having

served on the Catholic Charities

Foundation Board o Directors and onthe advisory council o the Lt. Joseph

P. Kennedy Institute, a Catholic

Charities agency in Washington or

people with developmental disabilities.

In his rst year at Catholic Charities,

Fr. Enzler has led the agency in

launching ministries in parishes that

connect people in need with Catholic

Charities services, a ull-time volun-

teer oce, a mobile SHARE program

that sells aordable ood packages

throughout the city, an employment

program or mental health clients, an

Annual Youth Day o Service, a Young

Proessionals Group, a Presidents

Council made up o community lead-

ers, and other new ventures.

Loaves & Fishes Kitchen Uses

Social Media to Recruit Volunteers

Te Loaves & Fishes Family Kitcheno San Jose, a close partner o Catholic

Charities o Santa Clara County, CA,

has been serving those in need or

over 32 years. Tese past ew summer

months have been a social media re-

vival or Loaves & Fishes, as the or-

ganization hired a social media intern

who has taken over the Facebook

page and started blogging or the

soup kitchen. Tis experimental pro-

cess was crated by Executive Director

Christina Egan, who sought to in-

crease the number o volunteers in the

kitchens during the summer months

when volunteers can be sparse. Tis

initiative has been successul as most

weeks have comortably met the vol-

unteer quota.

Ducks Inspire Compliance or

Onondaga County Agency

Hundreds o miniature rubber

ducks focked to 30 program sites

o Catholic Charities o Onondaga

County in Syracuse, NY, during

Compliance and Ethics Week, May

7-10. Te theme IF I LOOKS

LIKE A DUCK was developed as

a good-humored message to remind

employees to pay attention to unethi-

cal behavior and report it.

Under the guidance o Candace

Murray, director o compliance and

quality improvement, a committee

planned numerous activities designed

to highlight the importance o agency-

wide adherence to corporate compli-

ance policies and procedures.

Committee members visited program

sites and delivered a duck or every

employee, along with an invitationto participate in a variety o events

during the week. Eight teams entered

a contest or best compliance video,

creating short presentations that in-

corporated a strong message about

doing the right thing; these were

shown at lunch and learn sessions

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word search puzzle contest, and ap-

proximately 200 employees stormed

the agencys administrative oces to

nd a well-hidden duck.

Shelter Residents in Northeast

Kansas Exhibit Pictures o Hope

Catholic Charities Foundation o

Northeast Kansas Committee o

Young Patrons recently presented

a photo exhibit to raise awareness

about homelessness. Street Views:

Finding Hope in Homelessness ea-

tured photos taken by the men at

Shalom House, a mens homeless shel-

ter owned by Catholic Charities oNortheast Kansas.

Te residents o Shalom House were

given disposable cameras to take

photos that captured hope in their

lives. Te men returned the cameras

a ew days later, with smiles on their

aces and a sense o pride their work.

Te lm was processed and the exhibit

prepared by the Committee o Young

Patrons, a group o twenty- to orty-somethings who support the mission

o Catholic Charities o Northeast

Kansas and strive to impact the lives

o those in need.

We wanted to provide the men at

Shalom House an opportunity to

demonstrate what hope means to

them, said Wendy Doyle, executive

vice president o development.Tis

was a project that inspired them and

encouraged creativity.

Tucson Agency Launches Micro

Enterprise Loan Program

Pio Decimo Center, an agency o

Catholic Community Services o

Southern Arizona, launched a micro

enterprise loan program in June 2012.

Tis is a new venture or the Assets

or Families Program that was sup-

ported in its planning phase by a grantrom the Ridgeway Foundation. Te

grant helped leverage $150,000 rom

Pima County or small business loans.

Trough this grant, Pio Decimo

Center will be able to assist amily-

owned and other small businesses to

improve or enhance their business-

es to increase their protability. Loans

may range rom $1,500 to $25,000

with competitive, xed interest rates.

In addition to loan services, clientswill develop a business plan and re-

ceive one-on-one mentoring provided

by volunteer business proessionals or

others with successul small businesses

and will include coaching with mar-

keting, inventory control, record keep-

ing, business management, and legal

responsibilities. Te program will help

low- and moderate-income business

owners increase their income to better

support their amilies and create jobs

in the small business sector.

Scranton Agency Opens Family

Center in Closed Parish Church

Our Lady o Mount Carmel Church

in Hazleton, PA, was closed in 2009

when the Diocese o Scranton con-

solidated congregations, but the cher-

ished church took on new lie as a

new amily center run by Catholic

Social Services o the Diocese o

Scranton. Te building, which had

served as the only yrolean Roman

Catholic parish in the nation, is next

to Catholic Social Services oces

inside Our Lady o Mount Carmels

ormer school and rectory.

I think when I consider all changes

that occurred with the churches being

closed, this is one o the nest exam-

ples o how lie continues, Diocese

o Scranton Bishop Joseph Bambera

said at the centers recent dedication.

Te church continues and contin-

ues to embrace its goal o service. Its a

great testimony to the heritage o this

building.

Missouri Agency Dedicates New

Adminstrative Building

Bishop John R. Gaydos and the Board

o Directors o Catholic Charities o

Central and Northern Missouri held

a blessing and dedication ceremony

or their new administrative oces.

Te agency is now housed in the west

wing o the Carmelite Monastery.

We are extremely grateul or the

Carmelite sisters willingness to part-

ner with us and lease a portion o themonastery or our administrative o-

ces, said Michael Van Gundy, ex-

ecutive director. Headquartered

in Jeerson City, MO, Catholic

Charities o Central and Northern

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Creating Hope.Providing Help.

When Julie Atab was sworn in as a U.S. citizen on

July 31, 2012, her joy outweighed years o tre-

mendous pain.

Years ago, when she was 16 and living in poverty in her home-

land o Pakistan, two men attacked her where she worked as

a public telephone operator. Tey threw acid on her ace and

poured it down her throatall because she acknowledged

that she was Christian when one o the men asked about the

silver cross necklace she wore. Te acid burned much o her

ace, arms, and neck, and destroyed most o her esophagus,

one eye, and both eyelids. Te cross, a precious git rom her

grandather, melted into her fesh.

Julie was ostracized or her wounds and her religion, and her

amilys home was burned down. Merciully, asylum arrange-

ments were made or Julie to come to the United States or

medical treatment.

In exas, while she underwent surgery ater surgery, Catholic

Charities o Galveston Houston worked with a local law rm

to gain asylum or Julie, which was granted in 2007. When

enough time had passed, Catholic Charities immigration

lawyers and caseworkers began helping Julie work toward

becoming a U.S. citizen.

Now 26 years old, Julie is working and earning a degree in

accounting rom a local university. She has orgiven the men

who attacked her and says that her horrible hardship has

strengthened her spiritually.

o be Christian is to orgive, says Julie.

And even though she still has more surgeries to go, she is

looking at bright uture. She is deeply grateul to the attor-

neys and caseworkers o Catholic Charities o Galveston-

Houston or helping her become a citizen.

People at Catholic Charities took the time to help me and

explain the process to me, she said. I was like a dead body

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