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February 2, 2017 by Lou Ricardo in Immigration & Refugees, Prayer

Prayer Vigil for Migrants and Refugees

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On February 1st, exactly one month to the day since his Installation, Most Reverend Gregory L. Parkes, the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, celebrated a special Prayer Vigil for Migrants and Refugees at Nativity Catholic Church in Brandon, FL. Nearly one thousand men, women, and children attended

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December 29, 2016 by Lou Ricardo in Community Events & Fairs, Immigration & Refugees, Shelter

Catholic Charities to sponsor group in MLK Day Parade

Catholic Charities is teaming up with the organizers of the City of Tampa’s Dr. Martin Luther King Day Parade*. Catholic Charities Immigration Services will participate in the lead event during a week of activity aimed at celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. King with the goal of displaying the

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November 6, 2016 by Lou Ricardo in Immigration & Refugees, Low Income Family Housing

Knights of Columbus’ Backpacks of Hope help those children most in need

The Knights of Columbus Ambassadors of St. Paul Council # 11211 completed their second annual school supply drive benefiting the children of families who are clients of Catholic Charities’ refugee services and rapid rehousing programs. In the second annual display of incredible generosity in partnership with Catholic Charities, the Knights

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June 17, 2016 by Lou Ricardo in Immigration & Refugees

World Refugee Day!

The Greater Tampa Bay area celebrated World Refugee Day as Neil Diamonds’s iconic “We’re coming to America” song providing an enthusiastic musical backdrop while video displayed iconic images of America and late 19th and early 20th century immigrants as they passed the Statue of Liberty and arrived at Ellis Island. The

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November 20, 2015 by Lou Ricardo in Immigration & Refugees, Prayer

#GivingTuesday & #PrayItForward

As we approach the fourth year of #GivingTuesday, the time of year during which the charitable season is recognized as having started after the crass commercialism of post-Thanksgiving Holiday events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the Diocese of St. Petersburg (@DioStPete) and Catholic Charities (@CCDOSP) has decided to focus

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October 22, 2015 by Lou Ricardo in Immigration & Refugees

Catholic Charities plays prominent role in Refugee Resettlement

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With all of the recent and often incorrect attention paid to the issue of immigration and refugees due to the war in Syria and throughout the Middle East, September 19th couldn’t have come soon enough to help set the record straight! On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, our community, and Catholic

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July 30, 2015 by Lou Ricardo in Event/Presentation, Immigration & Refugees, News

Catholic Relief Services Rep speaks about Crisis in Iraq

As the armed conflict in Iraq continues, over 2 million people have been uprooted from their homes and towns fleeing ISIS.   The Diocese of St. Petersburg’s Office of Life Ministry hosted a workshop on the Crisis in Iraq at Corpus Christi Parish on the evening of June 2, 2015. Rev. Peter

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