With inflation putting pressure on residents of Catholic Charities affordable housing, the agency has begun holding food pantries at the housing sites.
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Team unloads and organizes furniture for refuge households
Expert: Childbirth can lead to homelessness
Dr. David Willis, a national expert on child health and poverty, reports that sometimes the birth of a newborn can be a catastrophic tipping point for families on the verge of losing their homes. The driver of this outcome is the chasm between soaring rent and stagnant income. And the birth of a new baby…
Update: 'Filling to the soul'
Nothing expresses love like a good meal, tenderly prepared. Chris Ideson, founder and head chef of CI Lifestyle Meals in Portland, has been dishing out helpings of tender regard at Kenton Women’s Village, a tiny home community operated by Catholic Charities of Oregon.
New arrivals receive help in adaptation
When the federal government asks Catholic Charities of Oregon to resettle refugees, housing and food understandably top the list of services. But soon after, Catholic Charities helps refugees begin adapting to Oregon’s culture and language.
Standout Oregon philanthropist dies at 91
One of the giants of Oregon Catholic philanthropy died in October. Al Corrado was 91. He died at home with Sue, his wife of 71 years, at his side.
Intimate Partner Violence: Standing with survivors
Like many IPV survivors, Cathy was without a home for several years to escape her abuser. Although she avoided living on the streets, Cathy experienced several years of instability, relying on couch-surfing and sleeping in her car.
Longtime parish minister dies
Vicki Ford was a stalwart Catholic Charities volunteer and supporter Vicki Ford, a philanthropist who was a lay minister at the same Catholic parish longer than anyone else in Oregon history, died unexpectedly at home Sept. 29.
A new home off the streets – with services
Catholic Charities opens affordable housing with services in Southeast Portland In one of Portland’s most direct actions to help people leave homelessness to date, Catholic Charities of Oregon with its public and private partners opened a 61-unit apartment building in the Buckman neighborhood on Sept. 26.
They have made it home
Good Shepherd Village, the Catholic Charities affordable housing community in Happy Valley, is up and running smoothly. The building is what most people see – colorful, graceful, welcoming. But the real stories are inside. We spoke with six new residents of the village and asked them about their lives and their sense of what makes…
Recap: The roots of care
Caring for the marginalized in Hebrew Scripture and tradition Rabbi Michael Cahana, Senior Rabbi for Portland’s oldest synagogue, told an audience Sept. 19 at Catholic Charities of Oregon that the task of humanity is to repair the world.