Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo

08/17/2026

A big thank you to Knight Insurance Group for supplying back packs and school supplies to all of the children being served at our La Posada Family Emergency Shelter and through our Permanent Supportive Housing ministries.

The Knight Insurance Group selected Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo as their charity of the year for 2026. "We're proud to support their mission and the important work they do in our community." All fundraising efforts for the year will go to support Catholic Charities ministries.

Catholic Charities offers a wide range of support and resources to individuals and families who come to us in need, regardless of faith or background, including crisis navigation and financial education, feeding programs and food pantries, shelter and housing services, disaster relief, and other life-transforming ministries.

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07/24/2026

Groups of volunteers are needed TODAY, Friday, July 24, from 1 - 3 p.m. to get supplies ready to take outside and take down tables and chairs from the dining room and stage them for access. Sign up https://www.signupgenius.com/.../5080F4EA5AA2BA1F85... to volunteer the day of the event on Saturday, June 25! Both adults and teens (who must be accompanied by an adult) are needed Saturday morning! Thank you!!!

Groups of volunteers are needed on Saturday, July 25, from Noon - 2 p.m. for teardown, which includes taking down tents, taking tables and chairs back down to the dining room and putting all leftover supplies into the buildings. To help out at these times, please call the Helping Hands of St. Louis Office at 419.691.0613.

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07/23/2026

Thousands of surviving family members continue to search for the bodies of loved ones buried in the rubble -- in the aftermath of two back-to-back earthquakes that struck their homeland one month ago. Officially the death toll is 5,278, but the Venezuela government has said it could be as high as 10,000. Hundreds of thousands are now homeless suffering from the widespread destruction wrought by the deadliest quakes to hit the country since 1900.

As in past disasters, Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo is collecting and forwarding donations dollar for dollar to Catholic Relief Services for this international humanitarian relief effort. You may donate to Venezuela Earthquake Relief on our secure website: www.catholiccharitiesnwo.org Or make your check out to Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo, noting Venezuela Earthquake Relief. Please mail checks to Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo, One SeaGate, Suite 2300, Toledo, OH 43604. Thank you for generously supporting those in need.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is working through Caritas Venezuela to respond to urgent humanitarian needs in providing emergency safe shelter, food, water, medical care and emergency supplies to those in affected areas.

After Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, Winder and Deivi Delfín dug every day for 26 days to find the bodies of their mother, brother and grandmother.

07/23/2026

07/15/2026

IT'S TIME!!!! Start cleaning out those closets, decluttering, and purging the old! Our THIRD annual Catholic Charities of Williams County Garage Sale will be here before we know it! Get ready to bring in those donations and then come back to shop for some new treasures!

07/09/2026

Curious what seminarians do over their summer break? Yesterday was a day of service for Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo. Our seminarians in their propaedeutic year spent the day at Helping Hands of St. Louis.

07/08/2026

Kerstin Pakka was eight years old when she stepped into a cathedral in Istanbul and felt something she had never known before. The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit rose around her—vast and dim, its marble columns stretching upward. Candles flickered in the shadows. Ornate reliquaries housing the bones of saints sat on display. The space was completely unfamiliar and unmistakably solemn. In short, it was decidedly not designed with children in mind. But Kerstin did not feel overwhelmed or afraid. She felt a stillness and peace that she recognized, even at such a young age. “It was this incredible feeling of love,” she recalled. That feeling imprinted onto Kerstin's heart. She carried it for many years and many thousands of miles.

Keep reading in this powerful story through abortion, grief, finding forgiveness, and helping others do the same in the latest issue of the Diocese of Toledo's magazine, Graceful Living: https://issuu.com/gracefulliving/docs/graceful_living_book_summer_2026_40_pg_final_6.18./14

Project Rachel is a ministry of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Toledo.

If you have experienced abortion, you are loved, and God's mercy is endless. Please reach out to Respect Life Ministry of Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo to begin your healing journey.

06/25/2026

Our prayers go out to the people of Venezuela. Hundreds have lost their lives and thousands have been injured in recent back-to-back earthquakes. The death toll is expected to rise as residents and rescuers search for survivors trapped in the rubble across the South American country. Hundreds of thousands are now homeless suffering from the widespread destruction wrought by the deadliest quakes to hit the country since 1900.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is working through Caritas Venezuela to respond to urgent humanitarian needs in providing emergency safe shelter, food, water, medical care and emergency supplies to those in affected areas.

As in past disasters, Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo is collecting and forwarding donations dollar for dollar to Catholic Relief Services for this international humanitarian relief effort.

You may donate to Venezuela Earthquake Relief on our secure website: www.catholiccharitiesnwo.org Or make your check out to Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo, noting Venezuela Earthquake Relief. Please mail checks to Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo, One SeaGate, Suite 2300, Toledo, OH 43604.

Thank you for generously supporting those in need.

Back-to-back earthquakes left at least 188 dead and injured more than 1,500 people, the authorities said. Residents of the port city of La Guaira estimated that hundreds of people were trapped in rubble.