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Finding his purpose, and himself

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Serving those who served

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Two Catholic Charities staff members, young women with backpacks, walk with their backs to the camera alongside a tall graffitied wall. They are in an urban setting.

‘To show care’

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New mom Sarah stands in her nurse's scrubs with her arm around Chasity, adoption program director. They're smiling and look proud and happy.

A mother’s grit is a gift to her daughter

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Paul, Peter Claver Resident wearing gray sweater and holding a small dog.

At Peter Claver Community, ‘People care’

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Aloha and blessings amid the ashes

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Volunteers at the Thomas Merton Family Center, a program of Catholic Charities of Fairfield County, work in the facility's kitchen to serve lunch to waiting clients.

Thomas Merton Center celebrates fifty years of serving the community

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Mike, a graduate of Christopher Place Employment Academy, a program of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, is seated with a row of stocked bookshelves behind him and pictured with a big smile, wearing a blue oxford shirt, black bow tie and gray and white argyle sweater vest.

Finding his purpose, and himself

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Dr. Angelo Disalvo is pictured, seated and wearing a blue sweater and khaki pants, holding an award certificate for his volunteer work as a mentor. Pictured next to him is his mentee, a boy wearing navy shorts and a black superhero t-shirt.

A growth journey through ‘TIME for Me’ mentoring

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Twelve farmworkers are pictured carrying bright blue crates and picking strawberries in a green field.

Keeping food on other people’s tables

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Two sets of hands -- one white, one black -- hold a basketball between them.

National Mentoring Month: Everyone needs a friend

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A large, modern sandstone apartment building that says Catholic Charities on the side. The grounds are neatly landscaped.

Retired bishop inspiration for new supportive housing community

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A group of smiling people in construction helmets and safety vests standing in front of a Catholic Charities affordable housing development that is under construction.

Affordable housing brings happy days to Happy Valley

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