June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, designed to provide an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons by raising awareness of the cultural, social, economic and demographic processes affecting elder abuse and neglect. Here in Minnesota, we recently made significant strides toward… (Read More)

Award Recognizes Service and Advancement of Social Justice. Earlier this spring, Catholic Charities President and CEO Tim Marx was awarded the Colman J. Barry Award for Distinguished Contributions to Religion and Society from his alma mater, Saint John’s University. At the awards event– which brought together hundreds of alumni, friends and supporters of St. John’s University and the College… (Read More)

Initiative helps connect excess prepared food with those who need it most. Meal providers across the Twin Cities are working together to develop efficient and innovative ways to provide healthful foods to our neighbors in need. An example:  Catholic Charities is partnering with Second Harvest Heartland on MealConnect, a new app that debuted in Minnesota… (Read More)

“I was a resident living at the intersection of Elk and Maple,” said John, who now makes his home on the third floor of Catholic Charities’ Higher Ground Minneapolis. “Oh, I said I lived at Spruce Street and Fountain Place,” quips Tim, who resides on the sixth floor. The street names weren’t from a neighborhood,… (Read More)

Generous donation to help our community’s most vulnerable A huge THANK YOU to Smithfield Foods, Inc., and CUB, who joined forces to donate more than 32,000 pounds of protein to Catholic Charities.  The food was delivered in 24 pallets and is the largest donation (pound-wise) that Catholic Charities has received to date. Their generous donation… (Read More)