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Caritas Corner | Housing for Children and a Bed of Their Own
BY ANDY BARTON “How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s good, and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses to help?” 1 Jn 3:17 Imagine a child’s bedroom. Maybe it belongs to...
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Guest Insights | Closing the Digital Divide
BY MARIA MENDEZ RODRIGUEZ Thanks to a Digital Equity Grant from the City of Colorado Springs, Catholic Charities of Central Colorado will be one of seven grantees who are embarking on a digital equity...
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Caritas Corner | Showing Compassion Often Requires Suffering
BY ANDY BARTON I was reading at a Starbucks on the northeast side of Colorado Springs one morning last month when a teenage couple walked into the cafe. The girl was pulling a large suitcase and was...
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Guest Insights | Transportation for Families
BY ZOE JUMPER As I reflect on the families we partner with, transportation is a barrier that does not have a lot of solutions in our community. Colorado Springs is a very spread-out city, and it can...
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Caritas Corner | Let There Be Hope
BY ANDY BARTON At the end of the new Ridley Scott biopic Napoleon, the director lists the total number of French soldiers killed under Napoleon’s command. As if the three hours of 19th-century...
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Volunteer Voice | A “Sugar Shack” Surprise
BY LAURA P. My family and I served at Marian House on 11/11/23. The lead volunteer for the day, Jeff, asked if anyone would be willing to work the “Sugar Shack.” I thought, “That sounds fun; they must...
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Guest Insights | Unhoused Is Not Synonymous with Unwanted
BY MARY ROACH More than half a million people in America are experiencing homelessness, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Many experts predict that this number...
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Caritas Corner | Why People Need Help
“Jesus’ command to his disciples…means working to eliminate the structural causes of poverty and to promote the integral development of the poor as well as small daily acts of solidarity in meeting...
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Caritas Corner | The Gospel Call to Serve Those in Need
By ANDY BARTON We live in an emotional time. Our culture is increasingly shaped by those whose voices are the loudest and whose emotions are the strongest. Loud voices and strong emotions are fine,...
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Caritas Corner | We are in this together
BY ANDY BARTON “We are in this together.”That is an overarching sentiment you will hear when you ask a Catholic Charities staff or volunteer how they would characterize working with our poor and...
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Volunteer Voice | Volunteer Appreciation
BY DOUG ROUSE Catholic Charities held its annual Volunteer Appreciation event on April 20 at First Lutheran’s Peel House. One hundred and twenty volunteers gathered for pizza, salad, and cake allowing...
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Caritas Corner | Mercy Now
BY ANDY BARTON In 2005, the singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier released her fourth solo album, Mercy Now. The title song is a somber plea for mercy in our families, church, and nation. If you don’t know...
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Caritas Corner | Come To Me All Who Are Weary
BY ANDY BARTON A 2022 study by the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) illuminated sobering data on the correlation between poverty and mental health. According to their research, 8.1% of Coloradans said...
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