by Ellen Petersen | May 6, 2021 | Current Newsletter, Newsletter, Outreach & Engagement
Every year in May we celebrate all the wonderful attributes we have assigned to idealized mothers – unconditional love, unwavering belief in our abilities, unbridled joy at our successes, unending protection from real or perceived harm. We describe mothers as... 
by Ellen Petersen | Apr 8, 2021 | Current Newsletter, Newsletter, Outreach & Engagement
“Do you hear the people sing lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people who are climbing to the light.” – Claude-Michel Schonberg, Les Miserables The finale to the musical Les Misérables takes Victor Hugo’s story of the conditions... 
by Ellen Petersen | Mar 30, 2021 | Current Newsletter, Newsletter, Outreach & Engagement
Newsletter March, 2021 — Couple Donates $2 Million for Food Pantry For the past year, Catholic Charities has worked closely with Peter and Veronica Mallouk, owners of Creative Planning in Overland Park, Kansas. The Mallouk family generously donated $2 million to help... by CC-KCSJ | Feb 11, 2021 | Children & Family Services, Current Newsletter, Outreach & Engagement
Catholic Charities receives $2M to open food pantries“Through this new program, at-risk families may be able to find not just help, but also hope.” -Donors Peter and Veronica Mallouk Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph has received a $2M gift that... 
by CC-KCSJ | Jan 28, 2021 | Current Newsletter, Newsletter, Outreach & Engagement
People are experiencing poverty and food insecurity at rates significantly higher than in years prior. Food means a lot to us. We carefully prepare it, we share it joyfully with friends and family, we make special treats to give as gifts to friends to show our... 
by CC-KCSJ | Oct 27, 2020 | Current Newsletter, Outreach & Engagement, Stories
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