Catholic Charities News

July 28, 2018 “LOYO” Program Empowers Teens with Visual Impairments Brunswick, ME – Attending a summer sleep-away camp is a rite of passage for many kids, but it wasn’t always an option for children with visual impairments in… Read more >

May 18, 2018 Portland, ME – The Threads of Hope Thrift Stores are like many thrift stores, selling gently-used clothing, accessories, furniture and home goods, but because it’s a program of Catholic Charities Maine the store was… Read more >

February 28, 2018 Biddeford, Maine -- Catholic Charities Maine announced today that two of its programs have each been awarded two-year grants from United Way of York County. Independent Support Services will receive a total grant of… Read more >

January 25, 2018 Portland, ME –Catholic Charities Maine has named Rachel Grivois, CPA as its new Board Chair in 2018 for a two-year term. Grivois has served on the Board since 2013, most recently as treasurer.  A Certified Public… Read more >

January 17, 2018 Caribou, ME – Catholic Charities Maine’s Food Bank was honored to be chosen by the Maine State Court of the Catholic Order of Foresters to receive $1,000 in funding from the home office’s Welfare & Relief Fund… Read more >

January 11, 2018 Portland, ME -- Catholic Charities Maine has achieved national re-accreditation through the New York-based Council on Accreditation (COA) an independent, not-for-profit accreditor of the full continuum of community-based… Read more >

October 24, 2017 Biddeford, ME – Long-time Kennebunk resident and local artist, Mary Burnett was recognized Monday, October 23 with a garden dedicated in her honor at St. Louis Child Development Center in Biddeford. Presiding over the… Read more >

July 27, 2017 Portland, ME – Catching the bus, personal safety instruction and meal preparation are not the typical experiences for high schoolers attending camp, but for 10 teenagers with visual impairments from all across Maine… Read more >

July 27, 2017 Portland, ME – Catholic Charities Maine Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) announces its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program.  Meals are available at no separate charge to all enrolled… Read more >

July 27, 2017 Portland, ME – St. Louis and St. Elizabeth’s Child Development Centers, programs of Catholic Charities Maine, announce their participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are available at no… Read more >