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By Frank D. Roylance | October 12, 2009
For Cockeysville businessman Ron Ryba, the long walk from the parking lot to the stadium in Philadelphia was a 29-year trail of memories. He had come to meet the son he and his high school sweetheart had never dared to look at when they gave him up for adoption nearly three decades earlier. Now the baby was a grown man. What would he say to him? What would he look like? For Phil Bloete, too, the 2004 meeting at a Phillies game was the culmination of a lifelong dream. He was 28, a high school English teacher in New Jersey.
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By Matthew Hay Brown | August 2, 2009
With a new executive director taking over for the first time in more than three decades, now, traditionally, would be the time to consider new directions that Catholic Charities might take. But Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, who chairs the board that oversees the organization, is planning to take an "if it ain't broke ..." approach as William J. McCarthy Jr., former Sun Trust Bank Greater Baltimore president, succeeds Harold A. "Hal" Smith as executive director. "I don't think that there's a Catholic Charities program throughout the country to match ours," says O'Brien, spiritual leader of the area's 500,000 Catholics.
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By Scott Calvert | May 27, 2009
Banker William J. McCarthy Jr. is quick to acknowledge he'll have big shoes to fill when he succeeds Harold A. "Hal" Smith as executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore. Smith is stepping down Aug. 1 after 33 years at the charity's helm. "In Baltimore terms, that's kind of like replacing Brooks Robinson at third base," McCarthy said Tuesday after his hiring was announced. Adding to McCarthy's challenge is that he is taking over amid a recession that has seen Catholic Charities grapple with record demand for services as its financial resources have diminished.
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December 7, 2008
On November 25, 2008, ELMER A., beloved husband of the late Mary B. Rosenberger, devoted father of John Rosenberger, Kathleen White and Ann Patek, loving grandfather of Amy, Melissa, Rachel and C.J. All are invited to attend a Memorial Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on Saturday, December 13, 9 A.M., 1704 Old Eastern Ave. Contributions to be made if desired to St. Jude Children's Research Center, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105. www.stjude.org. or Catholic Charities of Maryland, 320 Cathedral St., 3rd flr, Baltimore, MD 21201-4421 www.catholiccharities-md.
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By Scott Calvert | November 30, 2008
Angelo Boer is disturbed by what he sees happening. As the ranks of the jobless have swollen, more and more people are running out of food and money to pay bills. An emergency fund for utility cutoffs and evictions that was supposed to last the winter has already been depleted. He's no less bothered, as development director at Catholic Charities of Baltimore, by what he isn't seeing: donations. In past downturns, giving has risen. Not so far this year. With contributions off 5 percent, the agency is on pace to miss its fundraising target by $500,000.
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By Mary Gail Hare | April 27, 2008
Residents of Abingdon Senior Housing gathered in their community room for a blessing on their new home, a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, and a reception marking the completion of another residential project for Catholic Charities. The $8.1 million four-story building, which is fully leased, includes 76 one-bedroom apartments for older adults, several community rooms and landscaped grounds. Abingdon, at the intersection of Singer Road and St. Clair Drive, has been open for a year, allowing the 83 residents to become well acquainted.
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December 5, 2007
Agreement made to create health center for Latinos Catholic Charities signed an agreement yesterday with three medical providers to open a health center to serve the region's uninsured Latino population. The center, a joint effort of St. Joseph Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine and St. Agnes HealthCare, is expected to open early next year at Catholic Charities' Hispanic Apostolate at 430 S. Broadway in Fells Point. The project seeks to expand on a decadelong effort by St. Joseph Medical Center, which makes twice-weekly visits to the Hispanic Apostolate to provide primary care to about 2,000 adults a year.
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By Edward Gunts | May 28, 2007
With Baltimore's largest soup kitchen scheduled to start operating from a new location June 4, its owner is poised to begin renovating the current property for a different but related use. Catholic Charities of Baltimore plans to spend $3 million starting this summer to convert the Our Daily Bread dining facility at 411 Cathedral St. and two adjacent rowhouses at 17 and 19 W. Franklin St. to a permanent home for My Sister's Place, a day shelter and...
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By Liz F. Kay .. | May 25, 2007
Elected and religious figures gathered yesterday to dedicate the new Our Daily Bread Employment Center on Fallsway, designed to offer new opportunities to disadvantaged people. The 52,000-square-foot building, constructed on land donated by the city, cost $15 million in public funds and private donations to build. It will house three Catholic Charities programs of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, including Our Daily Bread, the city's largest soup kitchen, and employment services. "We see this building as a beacon in the community, calling people to change their lives, calling employers to hire people we've prepared and calling volunteers and supporters to keep us going," said Mary Anne O'Donnell, Catholic Charities' community services director.
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By Edward Gunts | May 20, 2007
The new brick building on the eastern edge of downtown Baltimore looks curiously like a train station, with its arched windows and overhanging roofline. But trains will never stop there. It's home to the Our Daily Bread Employment Center, and it was designed as the starting point for a different sort of journey. Scheduled to begin full operation June 4 after a dedication Thursday, the $15 million building at 725 Fallsway represents an unprecedented attempt by Catholic Charities of Baltimore to fight hunger, unemployment and homelessness.