Refugee Services

Welcoming Week and Our Call to Serve Christ through the Stranger

October 9, 2024

by Nicole Secker  Welcoming week is just around the corner, and it is a time for us to live our Christian values and reflect on what it means to welcome…

Back to school reflections: New beginnings and old lessons

August 23, 2023

Encounter at Catholic Charities By Nohemi Trujillo and Andrea Bustillo Lozano As the swing of August sets in, we find ourselves once again at the close of summer and embarking…

Catholic Charities’ Growing Together events build on Welcoming Week’s 2022 theme: Where We Belong

August 31, 2022

COLUMBIA, MO. Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri’s Refugee Services program will host a series of events in celebration of Welcoming Week, which kicks off on September 9th and…

Crisis Counseling Support for those affected by the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

March 1, 2022

Download this resource in English Download this resource in Ukrainian Download this resource in Russian The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, is a 24/7, 365-day-a-year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis…

Conflict in Ukraine: Information and Resources

February 25, 2022

Our response and our Bishop’s call for prayer for the people of Ukraine

Staff Reflection: Celebrating Afghan refugee women and children through support

January 18, 2022

By Valerie Berta, Community Engagement Coordinator, Catholic Charities Refugee Services If you’re a Mom you know what I mean. Bad pregnancy symptoms. Taking care of children while carrying another. Wondering what tomorrow…

News Tribune features Catholic Charities Refugee Services work settling Afghan Evacuees

January 18, 2022

Refugees finding support to help them succeed in Mid-Missouri by Joe Gamm | January 16, 2022 at 4:00 a.m. | Click here to read the full article The first Afghan refugees to…

Staff Reflection: Community Sponsors in Jefferson City embrace Afghan refugees as neighbors

December 22, 2021

We are so grateful for the Community Sponsorship role that has been a vital part of our agency’s ability to help resettle over 250 Afghan refugees since September 26th. As…

Up-to-Date Critical Needs List for Afghan Refugee Services

December 10, 2021

Click to see the updated critical needs (household, food and baby items) list for Catholic Charities Refugee Services

English language teachers needed

December 6, 2021

If you’ve been keeping up with the local news, you’ve seen some incredible coverage of our efforts to resettle Afghan Refugees at an unprecedented rate for our agency. As of…