Our Stories of Hope and Compassion

Many parishioners grab a bulletin when Sunday Mass ends to learn about upcoming parish celebrations and activities. It turns out that thumbing through the bulletin can also lead to a job opportunity. That’s the experience of some recently hired...

Everyone knows the North Pole is the go-to place for Christmas gifts, but Catholic Charities of Long Island in Freeport may finish this season a close second. The generous and caring parishioners of St. Anne’s, Garden City, helped build the local tally...

MaryAnn Giannettino enjoys a close relationship with new moms seeking help at St. Elizabeth of Hungary parish in Melville. Many of the women are immigrants who stop by regularly for diapers and formula. “We think it’s so important to build a relationship...

Now for an episode of Finish That Song Lyric: “Good King Wenceslas looked out…” What’s the next line of that old standard Christmas carol? You probably thought of it automatically. It is, “On the Feast of Stephen.” You see, that is not a Christmas...

Mary lovingly interacts with her young son, Malichi, in this image. The seven-year-old with the captivating smile is the youngest of Mary’s three sons. He looks up to his two older brothers. Sadly, his sister passed away five years ago from a serious...

Doesn’t Marie DelGais have a beautiful smile? It’s been on display a lot over the past few months, ever since she joined the Catholic Charities of Long Island senior center in Wantagh. Marie, 81, came to the center at the urging of her daughter, Kathy....

We have a happy Thanksgiving week update about a family of four currently living in Long Beach. They are clients of our Catholic Charities of Long Island Special Needs Housing program who were recently given a holiday meal with all the trimmings. It’s...

The couple pictured are Project Independence clients in their 50s who have come a long, long way in the past year. They were referred to Catholic Charities of Long Island last December by the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless. At that point,...

As Thanksgiving food donations roll in this week, expressions of gratitude are following close behind at Catholic Charities of Long Island. In some cases, clients are doubly blessed this year, as they now enjoy a safe, comfortable place to call home.  Louidore,...