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Healthy Housing Initiative

“We are called to shelter the homeless and provide comfort and care to the afflicted with comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

2 Corinthians 1:4

Welcome Home

No matter what struggles we face in our lives, having a place to call home makes us whole. It is where we find warmth, safety, and calm regardless of what storm may be brewing outside.

Home is at the core of our humanity. It’s where we lay roots for ourselves and our families so we may begin and end each day together.

With a roof over our heads, life’s path forward is paved with greater hope and possibility. A home gives us freedom to heal, improve our health, pursue opportunities, and find belonging in a community.

Together, as neighbors in this great state, we must answer the call for those in need. For the love and support we give our fellow brothers and sisters is the light that connects us all.

 

Articles

MAKING IT A HOME

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
With building anticipation for the upcoming opening of Francis + Clare in Southeast Portland and Beacon at Glisan Landing in Northeast Portland this fall, Catholic Charities of Oregon is preparing to welcome their future residents with warmth and compassion.

Honor for Sr. Juanita’s life of service

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
As Catholic Charities marks its 90th anniversary, it notes that it began as a way to coordinate and sustain the many compassionate ministries begun by women religious in Oregon. Starting in the late 19th century, the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon ran orphanages in the area west of Portland and also taught at schools…

Volunteers needed to assist artist

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Artist Alicia Schultz will take up her paintbrush at Kenton Women’s Village Aug. 16-17 to add beauty and meaning to a new fence. For security and privacy at the tiny home village, a team of volunteers from Tivnu, a Jewish gap year group, constructed a 10-foot-tall wooden wall at the village entrance. The planks are…

Study: Tiny home villages highly effective

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Catholic Charities’ Kenton Women’s Village even more successful than average Formerly homeless people living in pod groupings like Kenton Women’s Village move into permanent housing at three times the rate of those living in more traditional homeless shelters, researchers from Portland State University have found.