1. Esperanza Center eNews: September
Esperanza Center to me 9/12/13
eNews from the
September 2013
Inspired by the Gospel mandates to love,
serve, and teach, Catholic Charities
provides care and services to improve the
lives of Marylanders in need.
Warmth in the Winter
Friday, September 27
2pm to 5pm ("open house" format)
at Esperanza Center
Bring donations that help keep people
warm in the winter, and help make easy,
no-sew fleece blankets for our clients!
Come , or check out our
for this day.
Join Esperanza for a
Commemorative Mass
Sunday, September 15
12:30pm
at Sacred Heart of Jesus in
Highlandtown
Celebrate our
50th Anniversary
on September 16!
Do you know the date Esperanza Center (formerly the Hispanic
Apostolate) opened its doors? If you guessed September 16, 1963 --
you are correct!
This month, we celebrate 50 years of welcoming and serving the
immigrant population in Maryland.
Join the Esperanza community (including staff, volunteers, family,
friends, clients, community organizations, and more) on Monday,
September 16 from 5:30-7pm at Esperanza Center for a celebration
entitled . We will honor how
history and hope have tied together this 'family' in the past fifty years.
Bring a friend and join us for a “re”- unveiling of the Hispanic
immigration mural, together with a short presentation on Esperanza’s
history. You won't want to miss it!
The event is free, but please by September 12. Light
refreshments will be served.
Monday at the
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Join Most Reverend Bishop Mitchell T.
Rozanski in celebrating Mass in honor of
Esperanza Center's 50th Anniversary. All
are welcome.
Commemorative Masses
in the Baltimore region
Catholic churches throughout the
Baltimore region will also be saying Mass
in honor of Esperanza's 50th Anniversary
and praying for our work. If you are
involved with one of these churches,
please attend and thank the priest for their
support of Esperanza!
Participating Churches:
All Masses are on Sunday, September 15
unless otherwise noted.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
Baltimore, MD
10:45 AM
Catholic Community at Relay; Halethorpe,
MD
10:00 AM
Catholic Community of Saint Francis
Xavier; Hunt Valley, MD
9:30 AM
Sacred Heart; Glyndon, MD
1:30 PM
Sacred Heart of Jesus; Highlandtown, MD
12:30 PM
Saint Anthony of Padua; Baltimore, MD
11:30 AM
Saint Clement; Baltimore, MD
6:00 PM on Saturday, September 14
Saint Dominic; Baltimore, MD
10:30 AM
Saint Francis of Assisi; Baltimore, MD
11:30 AM
Saint Ignatius; Baltimore, MD
10:30 AM
Saint John the Evangelist; Columbia, MD
Movies
continues!
Please join us on Monday, September 23 from 5:30-7pm for the next
installment of our free documentary and discussion series. The
Esperanza Center, in partnership with Community Conversations,
presents:
“30 Days: Immigration” (part of the series created by Morgan
Spurlock). An anti-immigrant Cuban-American lives with an
undocumented family in California for 30 days.
RSVP to Ouranitsa Abbas at or 443.825.3421.
You're invited to
learn about ESL!
Friday, October 11
1-3pm
at Esperanza Center
Join us for our ESL Lunch & Learn, to discover the process of learning
English as a Second Language (ESL) -- including discussions focused
on techniques, challenges, and opportunities!
For questions about this event, please contact Diana Siemer at
or 443-825-3425.
Save the Date: November 18!
Our big culmination of the 50th Anniversary -- a celebration of the 50
years we've served the immigrant population in Maryland! The event
will thank those who have contributed to our 50th Anniversary
Campaign.
Please contact Beth Awalt at or 443-825-3433 with
questions.
Successes at Esperanza Center
Recently, our program furthered the
development of the 8-week rotating curriculum. Thanks to Phil Rivera,
our Ignatian Volunteer Corps member, and all the volunteers who
assisted this summer! Registration has already begun for the fall
semester. If the first day is any indication of how the semester will be, it
certainly will be packed! Volunteer-Teacher will be held on
Sunday, September 29 from 1-5pm.
In our program, the highlight of August was a visit from
the Honduran consulate. 203 people came between the hours of 8
AM and 4 PM one Saturday, to obtain assistance from the consulate on
various matters. On a daily basis, the Client Services staff and
volunteers stay busy with school registration questions, translation
oabbas@cc-md.org
dlsiemer@cc-md.org
bawalt@cc-md.org
English as a Second Language
Training
Client Services

3. 12:00 PM
Saint Joseph; Cockeysville, MD
7:00 PM on Saturday, September 14
Saint Matthew; Baltimore, MD
11:00 AM
Saint Michael; Baltimore, MD
11:30 AM
The Most Precious Blood; Baltimore, MD
10:00 AM
Contact Francisco at
or 443-825-3423 if you have questions.
Wanted: Spanish
interpreters!
We are creating an email list of fluent
Spanish­speakers who might be available
to interpret/translate. Often times, we have
unexpected, last­minute needs for a
volunteer to translate with a client, possibly
even outside of normal office hours, and
we would love to have a group of people
who we could ask, first­come, first­serve,
for assistance.
Email Beth at to join the
email list!
needs, and other community referrals.
had an exciting summer.
First, the Clinic became a (The Access Partnership) site: a
primary care facility that refers clients residing in specific zip codes to
specialty care through Johns Hopkins. Thanks to a wonderful donor,
Esperanza Center Volunteer Medical Director Dr. Pablo Dibos, we
were able to purchase a beautiful television, to show patient education
movies in the waiting room.
We would like to extend a huge thank-you to Adec, who donated two
sets of brand-new dental chairs (and related equipment) this August.
This donation was also made possible through the efforts of Dr. Michael
Kenney and Dr. Michael Belenky.
Interested in supporting the mission of Esperanza Center in a similar
way? Peruse our today!
(ILS) had a successful past few months,
including many clinics to assist clients with
naturalization. have also assisted with a few pro
bono cases -- we cannot thank them enough! Staff on the
Eastern Shore this summer about Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals.
ILS hosted a Roundtable in June to discuss best practices for creating
trust among immigrant crime survivors.
continue to stay a large part of Esperanza's mission. Last
year, we had 624 volunteers who served almost 20,000 hours! We
are grateful for all the interns and volunteers who donated their time to
provide English tutoring, translations, triage recommendations, basic
medical tasks, legal research, client interpretations, and administrative
support.
Know someone looking to give back? We are always
!
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