CATHOLIC CHARITIES WELCOMES ITS NEWEST ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Covenant House Toronto, Birthright, Carmelina's House-Mater Dei
Toronto, February 2010 – The number of CATHOLIC CHARITIES’ member agencies and associated organizations grew to twenty-nine this year as Covenant House Toronto, Birthright and Carmelina’s Home-Mater Dei became associates of CATHOLIC CHARITIES on January 1, 2010.
The new associate members had been supported directly by ShareLife, the charitable fund-raising arm of the Archdiocese of Toronto. As the needs of the archdiocese continue to grow, ShareLife is focusing greater energy to meet those needs and CATHOLIC CHARITIES will continue its work to provide these and its member agencies with continued support and service.
ShareLife Executive Director Arthur Peters indicated their support for the transition of these agencies to Catholic Charities membership. He noted that Catholic Charities has an established agency review and monitoring program which benefits all social service agencies that receive funding through ShareLife.
ISARC MOBILIZING NOW FOR SOCIAL AUDIT 2010
The Interfaith Social Affairs Reform (ISARC) is mobilizing again to provide opportunities for the most vulnerable of our society to tell their stories of living in poverty.
ISARC is holding hearings across Ontario to develop its 2010 Social Audit.
The ISARC Social Audit helps make clearer the social effects of current Ontario government policies and actions on people living in poverty and society in general as a whole. To get involved, go to the ISARC website (http://isarc.ca/).
REFUGEE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS THE PLIGHT OF ERITREANS, OTHERS
Members of the Eritrean community in Toronto called on Ottawa to speed up the process for Eritreans who have applied for refugee status to help end a mounting crisis that has left thousands stranded in camps in Kenya, Egypt, Sudan and Libya.
NAZARETH HOUSE SEEKS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto is dedicated to ensuring the provision of health and social services and to provide leadership and advocacy on behalf of the member agencies and those in need. The people served live and work throughout the Greater Toronto Area, as well as, in Simcoe, Durham, Peel and York.
HAITI EMERGENCY
You can help the people of Haiti rebuild and alleviate the suffering that still continues as they as a nation attempt to raise themselves up and their country from out of the rubble. Your help is needed there more than ever.
About the dignity of every person
Three of Catholic Charities' member agencies are Rose of Durham, providing supportive programs for young parents in Durham region; Silent Voice, the only GTA organization offering community and family-based support to deaf children and adults in ASL; and,
Catholic Community Services of York Region