to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton. We are a faith-inspired social services agency with more than 100 years of experience. Our mission directs us to alleviate human suffering and we do that through a wide variety of services that include behavioural healthcare, domestic violence prevention and treatment, help with basic needs, housing assistance, job training and supported employment, and addiction treatment. We are a non-profit recognized by the Chronicle of Philanthropy as one of the most fiscally efficient in the country, using less than 10 percent of our revenue for administrative costs.

Demand on food banks increasing Bonnie Jordan and Camille Lopez of Emergency and Community Services were quoted in the most recent edition of The Monitor on the dire situation our food banks are facing as the economy continues to falter. Jordan claimed that "for the first time in 28 years" the food pantry shelves in Burlington County were completely empty. Lopez underlined similar needs in Ocean County. To help Emergency and Community Services, please contact Bonnie Jordan at 85 ... More 4th Annual Gaudium et Spes Awards and Mass The Fourth Annual Diocesan Gaudium et Spes Awards Day & Mass for Ministers of Charity and Justice will be held at 11:00 A.M.on Saturday, December 6, in St. Gregory the Great Church in Hamilton Square. Bishop John Smith will preside. This event is hosted by the Charity & Justice Alliance of the Secretariat for Social Justice and Social ... More Need for food, shelter up 33% from last year Families forced to make choices between paying housing bills and buying food A perfect storm has been brewing for the last several months, and those working and volunteering at Catholic Charities' three food pantries -- in Burlington, Mercer and Ocean county communiti ... More NJ Congressmen receive grades on homelessness prevention For the first time, New Jersey's congressional representatives were awarded grades based on their performance responding to the state's critical lack of affordable housing. At a press conference held in October at the State House, affordable housing advocates released the lawmakers' report cards as well as details of their grading process. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton and members of the New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness participated ... More Budget '10 Testimony Last week, Catholic Charities participated in the Department of Human Services Budget Forum for fiscal year 2010.  Attached are executive director Fran Dolan's comments from the hearing: ... More Thanksgiving and holiday donation info in the new Spirit! View the latest of edition of Catholic Charities' newsletter, The Spirit! Pages 6, 7, and 8 contain information on how to donate to our largest Thanksgiving and Holiday donation efforts through Emergency and Community Services: View the Spirit online here! ... More Disaster Crisis Counseling Workshops in January Catholic Charities, Disaster Response Program would like to make you aware of two important upcoming training events entitled: Introduction to Disaster Mental Health and Crisis Counseling and Managing the Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of Pandemic Influenza. Catholic Charities is partnering with the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services to provide these training program in partnership with the Mental Health ... More Secretary of Agriculture and students pack food for holiday The New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture, Charles M. Kuperus, visited Burlington Emergency and Community Services' (BECS) food pantry yesterday to help pack Thanksgiving food boxes. He was joined by the student council of Ridgway Middle School of Edgewater Park, NJ. BECS was one stop of several during his tour of food pantries throughout the s ... More