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May 10, 2019 Portland, ME – Catholic Charities Maine is pleased to announce the following promotions: Julie Allaire is the new Director of Strategy, Program and Business Development at Catholic Charities Maine. Allaire was… Read more >
March 15, 2019 Biddeford, Maine – Catholic Charities Maine today announced that two of its programs have been awarded a one-year grant from United Way of York County totaling $33,000. Independent Support Services will receive a total… Read more >
February 13, 2019 Portland, ME – Catholic Charities Maine’s Social Enterprise and Workforce Development program launched “Fikiria”on Tuesday - a new creative marketplace for emerging entrepreneurs. Swahili for “imagine,” Fikiria… Read more >
August 3, 2018 Our Lady of the Snows’ Kitchen Ministry Receives Matthew 25 Award Dexter, ME – Catholic Charities’ Parish Social Ministry program presented its annual Matthew 25 Award on Sunday to Our Lady of the Snows’ kitchen… Read more >
July 28, 2018 “LOYO” Program Empowers Teens with Visual Impairments Brunswick, ME – Attending a summer sleep-away camp is a rite of passage for many kids, but it wasn’t always an option for children with visual impairments in… Read more >
May 18, 2018 Portland, ME – The Threads of Hope Thrift Stores are like many thrift stores, selling gently-used clothing, accessories, furniture and home goods, but because it’s a program of Catholic Charities Maine the store was… Read more >
February 28, 2018 Biddeford, Maine -- Catholic Charities Maine announced today that two of its programs have each been awarded two-year grants from United Way of York County. Independent Support Services will receive a total grant of… Read more >
January 25, 2018 Portland, ME –Catholic Charities Maine has named Rachel Grivois, CPA as its new Board Chair in 2018 for a two-year term. Grivois has served on the Board since 2013, most recently as treasurer.  A Certified Public… Read more >
January 17, 2018 Caribou, ME – Catholic Charities Maine’s Food Bank was honored to be chosen by the Maine State Court of the Catholic Order of Foresters to receive $1,000 in funding from the home office’s Welfare & Relief Fund… Read more >
January 11, 2018 Portland, ME -- Catholic Charities Maine has achieved national re-accreditation through the New York-based Council on Accreditation (COA) an independent, not-for-profit accreditor of the full continuum of community-based… Read more >