Britton Shinn, Author at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton Britton Shinn, Author at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton

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Birth Parents Must Take Action to Preserve Their Privacy

For well over a century, the Catholic Church in New Jersey has provided adoption services. Throughout all those years, the Church promised to honor the privacy of birth parents and adoptees. That promise of privacy also was assured by law and affirmed by the State …

Hope on the Horizon!

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton is grateful to the Horizon Foundation for helping us to help others! For a third year, the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey has generously awarded a grant of $20,000 to Ocean Community Services for its Project Hope Health and Wellness …

Catholic Charities USA Awards $77K Grant to Disaster Response Program

Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) announced the award of a long-term disaster recovery grant to Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton totaling $77,630.14; funds will be used to provide ongoing disaster recovery support for those impacted by Hurricane Sandy.  This grant represents monies collected over the past several …

Community Services Receives Grant from Wells Fargo

The Ocean County-based office of Community Services of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton was awarded a $1,000 grant in July by Wells Fargo to support the organization’s mission of providing quality services to those most in need, to advocate on their behalf within the private …

United Way Helps Community Services Provide Hope

The United Way of Ocean County has generously awarded a grant of $25,000 to Ocean Community Services for its Caring Cupboard and Project Hope initiatives. This award funds programs that reduce hunger, improve food security and help economically struggling residents achieve income stability.

Golf Association Raises Over $14,500 for Providence House

Many thanks to the Greenbriar Oceanaire Women’s Golf Association and Greenbriar Oceanaire Men’s Club for recently hosting a “Partner in Peace” Golf Tournament. The event raised over $14,500 to benefit Providence House Domestic Violence Services of Ocean County. We are so grateful for everyone’s support …

Disaster Response Program … a “Godsend”

Catholic Charities and its Disaster Response Program were featured today in the Star Ledger in a touching article that called our organization a “Godsend.”
The article details the homecoming celebration of the Axten family in Little Egg Harbor and the Febus family who are currently still …

Guardian Angel Dinner Dance Officially Kicks Off

Earlier in May, Catholic Charities held its annual Kick-off event for the upcoming Guardian Angel Dinner Dance (GADD) to be held on October 3. At the event, held at the Hyatt Regency Princeton, those who will be honored with awards were officially announced.
Sen. Peter Inverso, …

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