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Catholic Charities Position Regarding the HHS Mandate

From: Patrick Gareau, President & Chief Executive Officer

CLEVELAND, Ohio – [February 15, 2012] - Recently there has been false information regarding Catholic Charities’ position on the “compromise” regarding the mandate of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding health care coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs...
Click here to read Catholic Charities' Position Regarding the HHS Mandate.

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Patrick Gareau, Secretary of Catholic Charities

Catholic Charities provides direction, governance, integration, management, supervision and leadership within the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland in the ever-changing social and economic environment in which we live.

Our work is accomplished through several entities and we are blessed with competent leaders and skilled employees in all areas of service. We are dedicated to be collaborative and to interact with public and private health and human service organizations at local, diocesan, state and national levels. In this way, we can serve the people of the eight counties of the Diocese in the most effective way.

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Jerry Suminski (Volunteer) appreciates the stability he has had in his life -- a job with the same company for 47 years, a marriage that has lasted 59 years and counting. He also knows he has gotten some lucky breaks along the way,... Plain Dealer article on Jerry


Abdi Nuno works for Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services. Nuno is an African refugee, working as a case worker, who helps other refugees get resettled.

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Tom…Dreams Come Alive!!! It’s 4:30 in the morning and Tom is already up and ready to go to work. Tom is very proud that he is employed and lives in his own house. It wasn’t always this way. When Tom was born 44 years ago, there was little opportunity for a person with a developmental disability. more...

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