For Melody La Rue, home is more than a place, it’s the foundation for stability and belonging. With more than 25 years in property management, she brings both expertise and heart to her role with Guardian Management, a key partner of Catholic Charities of Oregon. Since 2025, Melody has helped support housing communities across the state, ensuring more people have a place to call home.
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Emergency Appeal Update: More than $680,000 raised. $320,000 to Go!
Generous donors have helped Catholic Charities raise over $680,000 toward our $1 million Emergency Appeal. About $320,000 is still needed by the end of September to help sustain vital services.
Homelessness among elders
The University of Portland Garaventa Center this spring hosted a short film and discussion about homelessness among elders.
Council president addresses faith-based group on homelessness
Once the Portland City Council handles current urgencies, it will begin the work of designing more equitable systems for the city overall, says Elana Pirtle-Guiney, president of the new 12-member body.
Charging up and untangling knots
A woman weathered by years on the streets of Portland drops off an armful of dead phones and other devices, along with a cable clump that resembles colorful spaghetti. Catholic Charities staffer Reva Mauck patiently untangles the mess and gets everything plugged in. It’s a fitting metaphor for what happens during drop-in at the Catholic…
Stability fueled her art
A resident of Catholic Charities housing uses her painting to heal and bring peace to the community.
Staff visit homeless campers
Staff from Catholic Charities of Oregon visit encampments of people who are homeless throughout the week, no matter the weather.
My Christmas Is Brighter at The Village
I love Christmas time. The days are getting shorter, and the candlelight is getting brighter.
When You Breathe Kenton
In the Kenton neighborhood, where the air is crisp and the streets hum with the pulse of a city always in motion, Christmas holds a quiet yet powerful promise.
Update: 'Filling to the soul'
Nothing expresses love like a good meal, tenderly prepared. Chris Ideson, founder and head chef of CI Lifestyle Meals in Portland, has been dishing out helpings of tender regard at Kenton Women’s Village, a tiny home community operated by Catholic Charities of Oregon.
Deloitte holds workday at village
Five Portland-based employees of the international accounting and auditing firm Deloitte spent much of a hot Friday sprucing up the grounds of Catholic Charities’ Kenton Women’s Village.