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Career Opportunity: Predatory Lending Program AmeriCorps Member
Background AmeriCorps is the federal agency connecting individuals and organizations through service and volunteering to tackle the nation’s most pressing challenges. Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is seeking…
Read MoreCareer Opportunity: COVID-19 Response AmeriCorps Member
Background AmeriCorps is the federal agency connecting individuals and organizations through service and volunteering to tackle the nation’s most pressing challenges. Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is seeking…
Read MoreA Closer Look at Refugee Resettlement in Missouri
This podcast episode is a production of the Missouri Catholic Conference. Learn more and listen to the full episode at their webiste: Missouri Catholic Conference A Closer Look at Refugee…
Read MoreCatholic Charities welcomes first Afghan refugee into mid-Missouri
This story originally appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Read the full story online: Columbia Daily Tribune Website Lauren Tronstad Columbia Daily Tribune Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri…
Read MoreCatholic Charities reporting first Afghan arrival in Central Missouri
This story originally appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune. Read the full story online: News Tribune Website If you have a “mother-in-law room,” bed and breakfast or even a…
Read MorePieces falling into place at new CCCNMO headquarters
This story originally appeared in the Catholic Missourian. Read the full story online: Catholic Missourian Website Mission and memory prominently illustrated throughout Catholic Charities; nearly completed center for charitable outreach…
Read MoreDioceses prepare to welcome first Afghans starting new lives in U.S.
This story originally appeared in the National Catholic Reporter. Read the full story online: National Catholic Reporter website Sep 16, 2021 by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News ServiceJusticeParish Patrick Raglow and the resettlement…
Read More‘Growing Together’ event series features immigrant stories, cuisine
This story originally appeared in the Columbia Missourian. Read the full story online: Missourian Website In a scene out of a culinary daydream, a small but engaged group of Columbians…
Read MoreLocal organizations are preparing to resettle Afghan refugees. Here’s what you can do to help.
This story originally appeared in The Columbia Missourian. Read the full story online: Columbia Missourian Website As President Joe Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline looms for completing the U.S. withdrawal from…
Read MoreEviction moratorium’s end sparks anxiety among renters
This story originally appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune. Read the full article online: News Tribune Website For many in Missouri, paying the rent during the pandemic has been…
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