Our Stories of Hope and Compassion

Doesn’t Marie DelGais have a beautiful smile? It’s been on display a lot over the past few months, ever since she joined the Catholic Charities of Long Island senior center in Wantagh. Marie, 81, came to the center at the urging of her daughter, Kathy....

We have a happy Thanksgiving week update about a family of four currently living in Long Beach. They are clients of our Catholic Charities of Long Island Special Needs Housing program who were recently given a holiday meal with all the trimmings. It’s...

The couple pictured are Project Independence clients in their 50s who have come a long, long way in the past year. They were referred to Catholic Charities of Long Island last December by the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless. At that point,...

As Thanksgiving food donations roll in this week, expressions of gratitude are following close behind at Catholic Charities of Long Island. In some cases, clients are doubly blessed this year, as they now enjoy a safe, comfortable place to call home.  Louidore,...

Lawrence, a U.S. Army Veteran, says he “will never forget that day” the exact moment when he found housing through Catholic Charities of Long Island.  That day, our Project Veterans’ Independence Program, helped end some very tough times for Lawrence,...