ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | Bishop John Noonan joined diocesan priests and elected officials to serve soups donated by 12 area restaurants to patrons supporting Pathways to Care, an assisted living facility that provides medical respite to people experiencing homelessness. Sixteen Pathways residents designed bowls for auction, each containing symbols relating to their personal journeys. Father John…

Links for Health supports St. Thomas Aquinas Free Medical Clinic a program of Catholic Charities and its ministry to uninsured families in Osceola County since 2008, providing free primary healthcare to over 14,000 patients and – with your help – will care for more! The event features a raffle, silent auction and awards luncheon after the tournament. $80 Individual/$320…

Food and water will be distributed on Saturday, October 12th beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending no later than 1:00 p.m. Catholic Charities will provide food and water for those in need at the following locations: October 12, 2024Divine Mercy Catholic Church1940 N. Courtenay Pkway,Merritt Island, FL 329539:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (or until supplies…

EUSTIS | Being diagnosed with one type of cancer is distressing. Being diagnosed with two while without insurance and far away from home could be too overwhelming. When a woman faced that situation, it was St. Luke’s Medical clinic, run by Catholic Charities of Central Florida, that gave her hope. Linda Gavino planned to move…

ORLANDO | A sea of white hairnets covered much of the Central Florida Fairgrounds hall Aug. 24, 2024, as more than 2,000 volunteers prepared meals for the hungry. Catholic Charities of Central Florida staff and volunteers joined Light Orlando in its annual event.Borne from the food insufficiency exacerbated by COVID, Light Orlando’s Hunger Project seeks…

ST. CLOUD  |  When Dr. Romualdo Dator had the idea of opening a free medical clinic in Osceola County, Bethanne Smith wanted to be a part of it. Fifteen years later, she is still taking care of patients with tenderness and love.The St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner had seen the struggles of the working poor firsthand. The…

After bus crash Catholic Charities offers counseling, necessities as farmworkers recover from injuries ORLANDO  |  The eating area of the Days Inn in Gainesville was filled with men, beleaguered by the past days’ events and still stunned by the bus accident that took the lives of eight of their own, just four days earlier. These…

ORLANDO | In response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops National Campaign for Mental Health, the Diocese of Orlando is hosting a full-day conference on the subject. Coordinators hope the Catholic Mental Health Gathering will provide an opportunity for self reflection, education about mental health, and offer encouragement to provide avenues in which to…