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FACES OF HOPE
Texas Youth Choir Brings Music and Hope to Samaritan House
The sounds of music and encouragement echoed through Catholic Charities Samaritan House this week as a group of high school students from Plano, Texas, shared a special performance with residents and staff. The students, members of the youth choir at Custer Road United Methodist Church, traveled to Denver as part of a service-focused summer trip. … Read more
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Ashley and Jordan's journey
When the couple lost their daughter to protective services, Ashley and Jordan were devastated. They went to Samaritan House for help to achieve sobriety, regain stability and start anew. Watch this video about their story.
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Teenager starts small business for good cause
When Avery Newland didn’t make the basketball team this past fall, she knew God had a different plan for her free time after school. Combined with a passion for crafts and the Divine Mercy, Avery started her own business at 15 years old. The business? Prayer in the form of gemstone rosaries. Prayer has always … Read more
In gratitude, grandmother returns to Little Flower and gives back
About 6 months ago, Joan came to Little Flower Assistance Center when her shelves were running empty. “It was a great time in need,” she shared outside the food bank in Aurora. Now she returned with a car packed with children’s clothes and surplus food to donate. Little Flower provides clothing, nutritious food and resources … Read more
Mother of three Tinasia advocates her way to independence
Looking back, Tinasia describes her brief experience with homelessness as a blessing in disguise. If the pregnant mom of three did not face some of the challenges she faced, she wouldn’t have opened herself to the life-transforming help at Samaritan House. “I feel like things were able to work in my favor,” she shared from … Read more
Shelter employee inspires hope in others
Sandra arranges a bed with fresh sheets to ensure the next woman to walk through the doors of Samaritan House 48th feels comfort from the smell of laundry detergent from the sheets when she lays her head down. As Sandra continues her daily duties as shelter associate at the women’s shelter, she thinks to herself: … Read more
With Samaritan House, mom finds new start for her family
The mother stacks a folding stroller-her last belonging-in the trunk of her black Kia parked outside Samaritan House. “We’re going to go see our new apartment,” she exclaims to her young son. She straps her daughter into a car seat as her son jumps inside the backseat. With their belongings in tow, she drives away … Read more
Marisol Homes alumna Tara looks to help others
In November of 2010, Tara and two of her children started a trek to regain independence, gathering what little they had for a stay at Marisol Homes (then known as the Father Ed Judy House), a temporary home for single women and children run by Catholic Charities of Denver. At the time, she had been … Read more
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