Catholic Charities News
March 15, 2019 Biddeford, Maine – Catholic Charities Maine today announced that two of its programs have been awarded a one-year grant from United Way of York County totaling $33,000.
Independent Support Services will receive a total…
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February 13, 2019 Portland, ME – Catholic Charities Maine’s Social Enterprise and Workforce Development program launched “Fikiria”on Tuesday - a new creative marketplace for emerging entrepreneurs. Swahili for “imagine,” Fikiria…
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August 3, 2018 Our Lady of the Snows’ Kitchen Ministry Receives Matthew 25 Award
Dexter, ME – Catholic Charities’ Parish Social Ministry program presented its annual Matthew 25 Award on Sunday to Our Lady of the Snows’ kitchen…
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July 28, 2018 “LOYO” Program Empowers Teens with Visual Impairments
Brunswick, ME – Attending a summer sleep-away camp is a rite of passage for many kids, but it wasn’t always an option for children with visual impairments in…
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May 18, 2018 Portland, ME – The Threads of Hope Thrift Stores are like many thrift stores, selling gently-used clothing, accessories, furniture and home goods, but because it’s a program of Catholic Charities Maine the store was…
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February 28, 2018 Biddeford, Maine -- Catholic Charities Maine announced today that two of its programs have each been awarded two-year grants from United Way of York County.
Independent Support Services will receive a total grant of…
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January 25, 2018 Portland, ME –Catholic Charities Maine has named Rachel Grivois, CPA as its new Board Chair in 2018 for a two-year term. Grivois has served on the Board since 2013, most recently as treasurer. A Certified Public…
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January 17, 2018 Caribou, ME – Catholic Charities Maine’s Food Bank was honored to be chosen by the Maine State Court of the Catholic Order of Foresters to receive $1,000 in funding from the home office’s Welfare & Relief Fund…
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January 11, 2018 Portland, ME -- Catholic Charities Maine has achieved national re-accreditation through the New York-based Council on Accreditation (COA) an independent, not-for-profit accreditor of the full continuum of community-based…
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October 24, 2017 Biddeford, ME – Long-time Kennebunk resident and local artist, Mary Burnett was recognized Monday, October 23 with a garden dedicated in her honor at St. Louis Child Development Center in Biddeford. Presiding over the…
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