I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord,
because he considered me trustworthy
in appointing me to the ministry. 1 Tim 1:12

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Highlights from CCUSA

Did you purchase your ticket to the Local Host Reception at Port Covington?

Join your friends and colleagues for the reception hosted by Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Baltimore at Port Covington for a night of good food, fun, music and an opportunity to take a tour of the Sagamore Spirit Distillery. Add a ticket to your existing registration by going to 2022 Annual Gathering and clicking on the “Already Registered” button. Need help? Email Amy Stinger at [email protected]. Price is $60. Register online by Saturday, September 10 or on-site at the Annual Gathering beginning Tuesday, September 27.

Events and Webinars 

Building Relationships with Clergy and Parish Staff 101. September 13, 2022, 3:00 PM ET

Discover creative ways to establish, build and maintain relationships with pastors and parish staff to expand capacity for parish social ministry (PSM). This webinar will benefit both new practitioners and experienced ministers dealing with new parish leaders. Presenters include three members of the CCUSA PSM Leadership Team: Dulce Valdez (Phoenix), Brian Smith (Oklahoma City) and Deacon Paul Kipfstuhl (Cleveland). Register for the webinar.

Anti-Bias Training. September 14, 2022, 3:00 PM ET

In our increasingly diverse world, we must educate ourselves about unconscious bias and discrimination, and how this may present in systems, policies and daily interactions so that we can reduce its effects. God created us all as unique individuals and it is our role as Catholic Charities staff and volunteers to respect the different ways our God is manifested in all the different ways of being in our world. This webinar will define some key terms, and participants will learn strategies to identify bias in themselves, reduce the influence of bias in their contexts and create inclusive environments. Participants will also learn how to talk to others about race and diversity.

The speaker for this webinar is Fr. Ragan Schriver, PsyD, LAPSW. Fr. Schriver is the Special Assistant to the President of Catholic Charities USA. He works with the team at CCUSA to help provide behavioral health perspective on various activities of the network. He is also the Director of the MSSW program at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work and an Associate Professor. He teaches courses on clinical interventions and organizational leadership. He is the former executive director of Catholic Charities of East Tennessee.

This webinar offers 1.0 Continuing Education Credit. In order to earn the CEC, participants will need to participate in the session in its entirety and complete the evaluation/post-test questions. Register in advance for this webinar.

Hunger, Nutrition and the Farm Bill. September 21, 2022, 2:30 PM ET

CCUSA is hosting with CRS and USCCB a legislative briefing on hunger, nutrition, and the Farm Bill that will examine how organizations are using U.S. funding to respond to needs at home and around the world, including addressing the following questions: 

1. What does Catholic teaching have to say about the responsibility of public authorities to provide for the common good?
2. How does this responsibility relate to investments in nutrition and food security (such as those authorized by the Farm Bill) to feed the hungry here and abroad?
3. How are these investments used responsibly by faith-based organizations such as Catholic Charities and CRS to provide life-affirming food security and nutrition assistance to the people they serve? 

The event will feature featuring a panel of experts from the USCCB, Catholic Charities West Virginia, and CRS. Register for the webinar.

Parish Referrals: A Parish Engagement Strategy. October 24, 2022, 3:00 PM ET

Discover strategies for parish engagement through the gifts of time, talent or treasure as developed by Catholic Charities Fort Worth. Special emphasis will be placed on their parish referral program, which equips designated parish representatives to make streamlined referrals to Catholic Charities programs, maximizing impact and increasing trust and transparency with parish partners. Webinar participants will learn to develop customized engagement plans for individual parishes and adapt Fort Worth’s referral program for their local needs. Kasey Whitley, Director of Parish Social Ministry, and Kimberly Phelan, Parish Engagement Coordinator, will present. Register for the webinar.

CCUSA Immigration and Refugees Services Community of Practice Monthly Meeting

Please join us for the CCUSA Immigration and Refugee Services Community of Practice meetings. During these meetings, we will hear from the field about pressing issues in the Immigration and Refugee Services and receive a policy update from CCUSA, MRS/USCCB, and CLINIC.

Register in advance for the meetings and choose one or more of the following sessions to attend:

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