About Us

Catholic Charities USA is the national office for 167 Catholic Charities member agencies throughout the United States and its territories. The mission of Catholic Charities is to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures, and to call the entire Church and other people of good will to do the same. The national office represents the Catholic Charities ministry to the federal government, provides a number of professional services to its member agencies, manages grants and other funding sources that are passed on to member agencies, and through its disaster services helps member agencies prepare for and respond to natural disasters. The national office also disburses relief funds to member agencies that are operating in communities affected by disasters.

For more information, visit www.CatholicCharitiesUSA.org.

Photographic Use Policy

These photos are available for members of Catholic Charities USA only. Catholic Charities USA encourages use of photographs in publications and public displays of local Catholic Charities agencies.

Copies of the photographic images that are used in materials other than advertisements must credit Catholic Charities USA and its photographer on the copyright page OR in another part of the publication that refers back to the pictures, OR on the photo, OR in a caption near the photo.

Examples of credit:

In another part of publication: Photos on page xx, above, etc, through out document, courtesy of [Photographer Name]/Catholic Charities USA, Alexandria, VA

If credit placed on the photo (in 6 pt type minimum): [Photographer Name]/Catholic Charities USA

Caption: Courtesy [Photographer Name]/Catholic Charities USA, Alexandria, VA

Each photograph in the gallery contains the photographer's initials as the last two letters of its file name. For example, A004-02LS was taken by Laura Sikes.

Key:

FM: Frank Methe

JH: Jack Hollingsworth

LS: Laura Sikes

LC: Lauren Chelec

RT: Ricardo Thomas

SP: Alexandra Peeler

XX: Photographer unknown-- just credit Catholic Charities USA

How to Order Photos

For questions or to order high-resolution image files, e-mail photos@catholiccharitiesusa.org. Be sure to provide the image number located under each image. Please allow at least 24 hours for your photo request to be completed.

All photos copyright © 2018 Catholic Charities USA