Our Mission
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us.
Our Vision
By lifting people in need to the dignity of self-reliance, and encouraging others to help, our communities will become one human family.
In the news
Outpace Poverty 5K: October 22nd – September Newsletter 2022
Poverty can quickly move into a family’s life: a broken appliance, a medical emergency, a costly car repair can spiral into not meeting monthly bills and missing rent payments. It’s just a few steps from that point to the brink of eviction or foreclosure. It’s...
Serve & Lift Mobile Outreach: Caring for Our Neighbors in Need – September Newsletter 2022
Client Tracy was originally scheduled to pick up at our Forest City distribution drop. When I called to confirm her order, I could sense some uncertainty about that date. We talked a bit more, and she had mentioned she had some medical procedures scheduled soon in the...
Our Board Offers Unique Gifts – September Newsletter 2022
Catholic Charities of Kansas City- St. Joseph is blessed with a diverse and highly skilled Board of Directors. Their board service is voluntary – their compensation is the robust fulfillment of our agency’s mission to alleviate poverty in our 27-county region! They...
Turn Your Unused Car Into A Vehicle For Hope – September Newsletter 2022
Do you have a car, truck, RV, or boat you are not using? Turn it into hope for families who come to Catholic Charities of Kansas City St. Joseph. Through our Cars4KC program, any vehicle in any condition may be donated and turned into much needed funding for the...
Remembering Mother Teresa’s Feast Day In the Mission of Catholic Charities Kansas City-Saint Joseph Message From The CEO Karen Noel – September Newsletter 2022
We celebrate Mother Teresa’s feast day – September 5 – each and every year. It’s a powerful reminder of why Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph exists. When Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, she told the Vatican that their work would...
Faith Journey Interview with Bill Meiners: Deaf and Disabilities Ministries “Together” Newsletter March 2022
Bill Meiners has been a long-time member of the SPRED group (Special Religious Education for the Developmentally Disabled) at St. Thomas More. He also serves as a Eucharistic Minister and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. On July 27th, 2021, we were blessed to...