Catholic Charities, Diocese of Arlington

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Arlington Catholic Charities serves vulnerable women, men and families who live within the 21 counties and seven cities of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington. Health
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We assist anyone in need, regardless of faith. http://www.ccda.net Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington serves poor and vulnerable neighbors throughout the the 21 counties and seven cities of the diocese, which includes Northern, Northwestern, and central Virginia and the Northern Neck of VA. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington consists of 15 service programs under 5 areas of need:
1. Crisis Response
2. Immigrants and Refugees
4. Dignity of Life
5. Transformational Housing

06/08/2026

See you this Saturday, June 13, at the Catholic Diocese of Arlington Faith and Freedom Festival!
• Clarke County Fairgrounds
• Exhibit Hours 2–9 PM

Be sure to register for the upcoming Diocesan Festival this Saturday! We are excited to be host to Catholic Charities US...
06/08/2026

Be sure to register for the upcoming Diocesan Festival this Saturday! We are excited to be host to Catholic Charities USA and the People of Hope Mobile Museum during the event. The interactive museum invites you to imagine the lives of your neighbors who struggle with poverty and offering you the opportunity to act, enriching your life and theirs.

Hope to see you there!

Registration: https://secure4.arlingtondiocese.org/Diocesan_Family_Festival/Diocesan_Family_Festival/Register.aspx

We are grateful for your support of over 30,000 pounds of food! Thank you all for the yearly support and for helping us ...
06/08/2026

We are grateful for your support of over 30,000 pounds of food! Thank you all for the yearly support and for helping us combat food insecurity.

One great teacher can change a life. Most of us can remember someone whose encouragement, expectations, or clarity helpe...
06/02/2026

One great teacher can change a life. Most of us can remember someone whose encouragement, expectations, or clarity helped us learn and grow.

In that spirit, Volunteer Coordinator Sadeka Haque thoughtfully planned, and hosted, our annual Volunteer Teacher Appreciation Dinner. More than 30 volunteers, family members, and staff from our Education Workforce Development Ministry gathered for an evening of gratitude, fellowship, and celebration.

“Mr. Lee” as he is called, has faithfully supported our adult education program for 10 years. Volunteer teachers like Mr. Lee are at the heart of our ministry, empowering students with the skills, confidence, and encouragement needed to pursue new opportunities and greater self-sufficiency.

We are deeply grateful for our EWD volunteers and staff, whose compassion, generosity, and commitment continue to create opportunities for hope, growth, and belonging.
Deen Lateef
Charles J Colgan High School, Class of 2029
English Teacher - Jennifer Simpson

We also wish to recognize one of our youth volunteers, whose poem was recently selected for publication in an anthology of the National High School Poets after winning a national poetry competition. His achievement is a wonderful reminder of the many gifts and talents shared by those who serve our community. Please take a moment and read his poem below.

"The Unlikely Scholars"

In that room, I’m teacher and student.
Many earthlings come around one table—
Guam beside Guatemala,
Senegal beside Seoul.
We trade dreams, while practicing diction,
grammar rules are kinder than immigration laws.
A young woman learns the word hope,
she boldly writes it on paper
and makes a promise to her future.
A grandfather laughs as he stumbles over sentences:
the sound of starting over.
There, language is a metaphor for belonging,
we do not just learn English.
We conjure courage.
We learn that home is not an address or a country,
It is where I can be who I am.

The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation through their Community Assistance Grant provided $5,000 grant to St. Lucy Fo...
06/02/2026

The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation through their Community Assistance Grant provided $5,000 grant to St. Lucy Food Project. This funding will cover fuel, vehicle maintenance, and essential delivery supplies (boxes and tape) for Loaves and Fishes mobile pantry and Manassas warehouse trucks, ensuring the reliable transport and distribution of 48,000 pounds of nutritious food to partner pantries and households across Culpeper, Fauquier, and Rappahannock Counties.

Thank you all for a great food drive!
05/27/2026

Thank you all for a great food drive!

Rev Andrew Heintz, parochial Vicar of St. Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul's Hague, Virginia stands between pantry manag...
05/26/2026

Rev Andrew Heintz, parochial Vicar of St. Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul's Hague, Virginia stands between pantry managers Lucia Bustamonte (left) and Flavio Garcia (right) as they were presented a Certificate of Appreciation by Cople Elementary school in Westmoreland County for their assistance to the school food program.

Pantry managers provided food monthly through the St Lucy Food Project "Feed My Lambs" Program as well as other small items the children can carry home to eat.

Bishop O'Connell High School students had a wonderful and fruitful day of service at the Christ House Kitchen and Clothi...
05/19/2026

Bishop O'Connell High School students had a wonderful and fruitful day of service at the Christ House Kitchen and Clothing Closet last week!

They enjoyed making PBJ sandwiches, Banana-Bread pudding and tuna salad for our evening meal guests. They also planted flowers in front of our Clothing Closet, and organized the clothes and cleaned the area.

They joyfully worked behind the scenes to assist others. Thank you and God bless you!

President and CEO Stephen Carattini participated in the Director of Youth and Campus Ministry Annual Meeting for the Cat...
05/15/2026

President and CEO Stephen Carattini participated in the Director of Youth and Campus Ministry Annual Meeting for the Catholic Diocese of Arlington. The 3-day event happens each Spring and is a combination of retreat and conference and was being held this year at Loyola on the Potomac Retreat Center in Faulkner, MD from May 12-14.

Stephen’s presentation was on Catholic Social Teaching, which is a part of the 24-course Certificate of Youth Ministry studies offered by the Diocese and accredited by Franciscan University of Steubenville. He gave a wonderful overview of the seven principles of Catholic Social Teaching, explained how Catholic Charities offers programs and resources which address each of these principles, and then the 40 participants “workshopped” ideas on how they can live out each of these principles with the young people in their parishes and College Campus Ministries.

Thank you Bishop O'Connell High School for helping at our St. Martin De Porres Senior Center with our CEO Stephen Caratt...
05/15/2026

Thank you Bishop O'Connell High School for helping at our St. Martin De Porres Senior Center with our CEO Stephen Carattini today! The students had a focus on intergenerational activities today, and spent quality time with our seniors this morning.

Thank you all!

Address

200 N Glebe Road Ste 250
Arlington, VA
22203

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+17038413838

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