Compassion on Purpose
Our blog is a collection of stories, columns, perspectives, and updates about the Catholic Charities of Central Colorado community. Blogs are grouped into Stories of Hope, Caritas Corner, Volunteer Voice, and Guest Insights.
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Guest Insights | 50 Years – A Look Back: Parish Social Ministry
BY COREY ALMOND Parish Ministry, like the Catholic Church, is both ancient and new. Charitable works have been a...
September 7, 2018
Story of Hope | Jodi
When Jodi suffered a heart attack many years ago, the combined loss of wages and mounting medical bills proved...
August 31, 2018Caritas Corner | Homelessness Among Children is Down
BY ANDY BARTON The annual point-in-time survey is a national data-gathering exercise engaging hundreds of volunteers who fan out...
August 31, 2018
Guest Insights | 50 Years — A Look Back: The Impact of Service
By Rochelle Schlortt / SPECIAL TO THE HERALD, This article is reprinted from the Colorado Catholic Herald –...
August 23, 2018
Guest Insights | Catholic Leaders Respond to Sex Abuse Revelations
BY ROCHELLE SCHLORTT Like so many, Catholic Charities of Central Colorado was deeply saddened and disturbed by the recent...
August 23, 2018
Guest Insights | The Importance of Childhood Literacy
BY ALI JO MEIER I devour books like food. Reading a great book is just as satisfying to me...
July 30, 2018
Guest Insights | 50 years – A Look Back: The Life Support Center
By Rochelle Schlortt/SPECIAL TO THE HERALD This article is reprinted from the Colorado Catholic Herald – July 6, 2018...
July 27, 2018
Caritas Corner | Do Not Look Away
BY ANDY BARTON In his most recent Apostolic Exhortation, “Gaudete et Exsultate,” Pope Francis has given the faithful a...
July 27, 2018
Guest Insights | The Basics of Immigration
BY ERIC PAVRI I’m an immigration lawyer. I know that many of my Facebook friends, who are good and...
June 27, 2018
Guest Insights | Interpretation of the Executive Order Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation
BY ERIC PAVRI, ESQ The president’s Executive Order on immigration, dated June 20, 2018 – Affording Congress an Opportunity...
June 21, 2018
Guest Insights | Separating Families is Unjust and Inhumane
BY ROCHELLE SCHLORTT UPDATED: June 21, 2018 On June 20, 2018, President Trump issued an...
June 19, 2018
Guest Insights | AG Sessions Limits Protections for Immigrant DV Victims
A Statement from Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the current Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, and the president of the U.S. Conference of...
June 15, 2018
Guest Insights | 50 Years – A Look Back: The Marian House Kitchen
By Rochelle Schlortt/SPECIAL TO THE HERALD This article is reprinted from the Colorado Catholic Herald – June 1, 2018...
May 31, 2018
Story of Hope | Roger
Disabled Army Veteran, Roger Gaines, loves his country, is blessed by a great upbringing, and is thankful for God. ...
May 31, 2018
Story of Hope | Jason
“It’s feeding the extrovert in me and my need to be compassionate with people.” Jason is a self-described “extrovert...
May 19, 2018