received assistance from
our food pantries
are served by our programs within the Diocese, which have assisted over half a million people since Catholic Charities opened in 1965
and 1,241 toys for children were provided during our annual Community Christmas initiative
Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope,
and to be the men and women who bring hope to others.
— Pope Francis, Mass for the inauguration of the Pontificate, St. Peter's Square, March 2019