Three2Six offers a basic education to undocumented migrant and refugee children, many of whom are barred from South Africa’s public schools because of their residency status.
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Leader dedicated to making communities safer to receive award from Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Ivonn Rivera is the winner of the Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership 2023 Award for her “leadership in fighting poverty and injustice in the United States through community-based solutions,”
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A former convent gives adults with autism an independent living option in New York
Young adults with autism have few places to turn when the services they received as children end. This leads many autistic adults to live at home for years with parents who worry for their children as they age.
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A state-funded reentry program stops the revolving door for Colorado’s formerly incarcerated
Prison reform advocates, including the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and the Urban Institute, have praised the program for having “dramatically changed the field of re-entry in Colorado.”
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Formerly incarcerated men now pursuing higher education find community at Harlem’s Ignacio House
Since 2019, Ignacio House has housed 15 “resident scholars” who study at N.Y. colleges and universities at a site in the Bronx.
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Jesuit-educated star quarterback Caleb Williams wins Heisman Trophy
“We love Caleb!” a group of purple-clad Gonzaga students chanted during a Heisman Trophy watch party at the Jesuit boys’ high school.
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The joy of wearing Catholic socks
Starting with Pope Francis footwear in 2017, Sock Religious now makes and sells products honoring Mother Teresa, St. Ignatius, and all manner of Catholic heroes.
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Hope, healing and hospitality: A ministry of restorative justice is growing in Chicago
With programs from housing support to workplace development to art therapy, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation serves formerly incarcerated people, their families and those struggling with crime or victimization.
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March Madness starts with a Catholic school miracle: Saint Peter’s upset of Kentucky
A small Jesuit school—Saint Peter’s University of Jersey City, N.J.—upset the mighty University of Kentucky in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament.
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Meet Sister Lucía Caram, the nun who drove 4,000 miles in a weekend to save Ukrainian refugees
Sister Lucía departed from Manresa at 6 a.m. on March 4 and arrived in Romania the following evening. On the morning of March 6, she set out on the return journey to Spain, bringing six refugees with her.