The eleventh annual Justice For All awards dinner, held on Sept. 25 to benefit Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Camden, began and ended with prayer. “The Pope exhorted us to pray courageously,” began Kevin Hickey, executive director of Catholic Charities Camden, referring to Pope Francis’ 2013 homily in which he said that prayer “that […]
Latest News Catholic Charities Home Latest News Home About Us Contact Us Yomary Blanco has a big smile, a big laugh, and a beaming positivity. It’s hard to believe both she and her husband both recently became unemployed when the casinos where they had worked for nearly two decades closed earlier this month. Yomary had been an employee […]
Mary Rocco’s life had suddenly gotten even more complicated. Suffering from severe arthritis, the 76-year old is wheelchair bound. Her husband died last year and her son, who had been her primary caretaker, was suddenly admitted to the hospital for mental health concerns. Without anyone to care for her, she was living alone in her […]