Read more about the article As international adoptions drop, Catholic Charities supports families
Kristi and Geoff Okwuonu of Texas adopted Grace and Kaleb, two children from Nigeria, through Catholic Charities of Baltimore. The family has spent nearly the last two years in Africa because the children were denied U.S. visas. (CNS photo/courtesy Kristi Okwuonu via Catholic Review)

As international adoptions drop, Catholic Charities supports families

November is “Adoption Awareness Month” and Catholic Charities will host a virtual info session 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10

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Read more about the article Intercession, investigation and affirmation: The road to verifying a miracle starts here
A worn copy of the Prayer for Canonization of Father Michael McGivney sits on the mantle in the Schachle home next to a medallion of the priest, the founder of the Knights of Columbus. With the miraculous cure of Mikey Schachle attributed to the intercession of Father McGivney, he is now one step closer to sainthood. Photo by Rick Musacchio

Intercession, investigation and affirmation: The road to verifying a miracle starts here

Investigation of Dickson, Tennessee boy’s cure was the first time the local tribunal examined a miracle in Nashville Diocese’s history

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Read more about the article Room In The Inn braces for ‘very different’ winter shelter season
Bishop J. Mark Spalding, Chancellor Brian Cooper, and Ashley Linville, director of development for the Diocese of Nashville, toured Room In The Inn’s downtown Nashville campus in September and presented a check for $50,000 to support the nonprofit’s ministry to the homeless. During the visit, Bishop Spalding blessed the memorial wall in Room In The Inn’s lobby, and prayed for those who have died on the streets of Nashville. Many congregations are unable to host winter shelter guests this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the diocese is supporting Room In The Inn, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, and St. Mary Child Development Center to establish a central hosting site at St. Vincent.

Room In The Inn braces for ‘very different’ winter shelter season

Support from the Diocese of Nashville will help the nonprofit offer shelter in two new central locations, St. Vincent and the Drexel House

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Read more about the article Despite low numbers of new arrivals, Catholic Charities continues robust services for refugees
Refugee children play at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nashville in this file photo from the summer of 2019. Refugee arrivals in Middle Tennessee reached an all-time low in 2020, but Catholic Charities continues to serve refugee children and adults with a wide range of programming for up to five years after they arrive in the U.S.

Despite low numbers of new arrivals, Catholic Charities continues robust services for refugees

U.S. bishops advocate for higher refugee cap; worry declining numbers will leave refugees who are fleeing persecution ‘in harm’s way’

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Read more about the article For 110 years, Ladies of Charity has served Nashville community with love
Carolyn Baker, left, a parishioner at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, and Mary Jo King look over a vase while shopping at the Ladies of Charity Stuff Galore Sale. The sale is being held through Oct. 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, at the Ladies of Charity Thrift Store, 2216 State St. Nashville.

For 110 years, Ladies of Charity has served Nashville community with love

Pandemic shut down the organization’s popular consignment sales, but hasn’t stopped these women from finding new ways to serve

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Read more about the article Catholic Charities to expand programming with Urban Housing Solutions
Children participate in a baking class at the McGruder Family Resource Center, managed by Catholic Charities of Tennessee of Tennessee, on Sept. 29. Catholic Charities is starting a new partnership with Urban Housing Solutions, which builds and rehabs affordable housing units in Nashville, to offer programming like the baking class at their complex in North Nashville, located near the McGruder Center.

Catholic Charities to expand programming with Urban Housing Solutions

The social services agency will replicate some of its successful programming from McGruder at a nearby affordable housing village.

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