March 23, 2020
Anyone who knew Abraham Laó knew his car. The green Honda Accord served as a spotlight for his devout faith, with its license plate of JNC3V16 (John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.”)
“Everybody in church knew whose …
March 20, 2020
Moving around the world can be stressful. Moving around the world with a husband whose health begins failing to a place where you know no one else?
“Reeeeeeally stressful,” said Rose Ashley (pictured, left), who found herself in exactly that situation in 2017.
So when Rose saw …
March 19, 2020
There was a time when the sounds of anger filled Teresa’s house. Her boyfriend let his fists and foul language fly so much that she, their two sons, and her daughter lived in fear.
Teresa thought therapy could change him, and for a while, it seemed …
March 17, 2020
For a long time, Daiquan Davis’s house in Trenton had been a safe haven. He lived there since he was in elementary school with his mother, grandmother, uncle, and his three younger brothers.
But after his mother and grandmother passed away, the home fell into disrepair. …
March 16, 2020
With a state of emergency declared in New Jersey due to the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton is taking steps to protect its clients, staff, and volunteers, and preparing for the likelihood that the demand for Catholic Charities’ services will rise.
“In a …
March 12, 2020
The following is a statement from our Executive Director Marlene Laó-Collins.
The 2020 Census is now open for reporting! Unfortunately, this once-a-decade count has gotten overshadowed by headlines about the spread of the COVID19 virus.
But the coronavirus crisis shows why census reporting is more important than …
January 28, 2020
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton recently received two grants, totaling almost $460,000, to prevent homelessness in Ocean County.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs gave Catholic Charities’ Community Services the grants to provide temporary rent and utility assistance to individuals and families who are either …
January 24, 2020
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton is partnering with Trenton Public Schools to help immigrant students at Daylight/Twilight High School succeed in the classroom.
El Centro, a Catholic Charities program that serves the Spanish-speaking community in Greater Mercer County, recently took over an office at the school …
January 21, 2020
Next week, advocates for New Jersey’s homeless population – including a team from Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton – will hit the streets to count a demographic whose whereabouts can seem as hard to pin down as the Loch Ness Monster’s.
The federal government requires people …
January 16, 2020
On the continuum of crime, stalking might strike some as not a big deal. Maybe they think stalkers are creepy men hiding behind a tree – more a bother than a peril, someone to ignore and they will eventually go away.
But that misconception is miles …
