Our volunteers and donors make possible our mission of help, hope and hospitality. There are many ways that you can help us serve our brothers and sisters in need: Experience Take a bus tour of program sites Schedule an individual visit Coordinate a “Lunch & Learn” with your school or workplace Serve Volunteer in one [...]
“Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mt. 20:26-28 April is National Volunteer Month, [...]
Denise Ogilvie, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Chief Mission Officer, was interviewed by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann on his podcast, The Shepherd’s Voice. Denise shared with the Archbishop how Catholics can give back, get involved and make tangible the love of Christ through community support and volunteerism, including participation in our upcoming 42nd Annual Ben & Betty Zarda [...]
We are now several weeks into Lent and all of our hearts may be at a different place during this spiritual pilgrimage to Easter. Some are in the midst of suffering and wondering when it will end, some are daily uniting their cross to Christ, some are in need encouragement that they can start their [...]
Only a few more weeks until we get to celebrate the “reason for the season”, our hope, that is our Savior, Jesus Christ. This beautiful season of Advent is an invitation from the Church to set aside time to prepare our hearts to ponder the mystery of the incarnation – or moment when the Word [...]
According to Feeding America, which tracks food insecurity in the U.S., the number of children facing hunger rose significantly during the pandemic – from more than 10 million in 2019 to nearly 12 million in 2020. Catholic Charities’s Kids’ Summer Food Program has been working to combat this epidemic of child hunger by feeding children [...]
Hope Hero Shout-Out School may be out, but students are still impacting neighbors in need. This academic year, eight Catholic grade schools dedicated a day to help those served by Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas. The students, with help from their families, collected items most needed by Catholic Charities’ programs. They generously arrived at school [...]
Hope Hero Shout-Out! Thanks to parishes and individual donors, kids across our 21 county service area returned to school in style. Once again, Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Shawnee, and St John Paul II, Olathe, showed their support and investment in the education of kids in our community through their back-to-school drives. In addition to parish support, we [...]
Feature from Catholic Charities USA Magazine Students learn about Catholic Social Teaching and then practice it: School Serve Days at Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas By David Werning, Managing Editor of CCUSA Magazine St. Paul asks the Romans a rhetorical question: “How can people believe in Jesus if they haven’t heard of him?” (See Rom 10:14). [...]
When the students and faculty of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School woke up on March 12, they had no idea it would be the last day of the school year. When the staff at Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas showed up to help the students with their first all-school serve day, they had [...]