Shelter Services
You can help care for women in need: Women’s Care Project launches
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
Maintaining dignity starts with the basics—fresh and clean undergarments. Catholic Charities has launched the Women’s Care Project to show the women we serve in our shelters and programs that we…
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Catholic Charities welcomes mom with open arms
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Faces of Hope, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
Looking back, Tinasia describes her brief stint with homelessness as a blessing in disguise. If the pregnant mom of three did not face challenges, she wouldn’t have experienced the life-transforming…
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Shelter employee inspires hope in others
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Faces of Hope, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
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…
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With Samaritan House, mom finds new start for her family
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Faces of Hope, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
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…
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Faces of Hope: Kelly
Categories: Charity-Works, Faces of Hope, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
Kelly just keeps moving forward. She sees her time at Samaritan House 48th as one stop along her destination to stable living. “I’m here for now but this is not…
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Faces of Hope: Lauree
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Faces of Hope, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
You can find Lauree on the corner of 22nd and Larimer streets on most mornings steaming up espresso and talking to neighbors in the community. This is the same block where she learned…
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Donor: ‘We’re really here to show we care’
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Donor Spotlight, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
Within minutes, women eagerly formed a long line inside Samaritan House 48th in Denver where a group of volunteers unveiled a Christmas surprise for them—brand new shoes. “Welcome to the shoe…
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VIDEO: Catholic Charities distributes 40,000 pounds of food for needy families before Thanksgiving holiday
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
Tragedy turned into generosity by former football player John Griffin and his partnership with LDS church Catholic Charities of Denver and volunteers are quickly distributing 40,000 pounds of food to…
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Faces of Hope: Mariana
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Faces of Hope, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
Mariana came to Samaritan House 48th for support after another Denver shelter referred her to us. She’s experienced homelessness since a teenager and recently had gallbladder surgery. She is looking…
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Samaritan House celebrates expanded spaces with ribbon cutting, blessing
Categories: Charity-Works, Charity-Works-Page, Home-Stories, Shelter Services, Testimony
Samaritan House in Denver celebrated the expansion of services for women seeking shelter, nutritious meals and support services with a blessing and ribbon-cutting by Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodríguez of the…
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