As the 2011-2012 legislative session comes to a close this month, some are already looking to next session and hoping for legislative victories on issues of importance. But, as the saying goes, to get where you’re going, you’ve got to know where you’ve been.  So, before we turn the ca

Thanks to your advocacy, issues of concern to Catholics received more attention this year than in recent memory. Now that state legislators have returned to their home districts for the summer, here is a quick recap:

Bishop Joseph McFadden, who serves as Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg and PCC President, wrote an op-ed in today’s Patriot News about concern for the poor in the state budget. Here is an excerpt: Catholic Charities, which serves people of all faiths and of no faith, recently

Pennsylvania has long supported programs that help those in dire need, providing a sound, reasonable safety net for its citizens. As the state budget is debated in Harrisburg, there are three basic programs that should receive funding because of the important work they do in assisting

We know that the Gospel instructs us to care for the poor in our community. In fact, Catholics are renowned for their service to low- or no- income Pennsylvanians, assisting hundreds of thousands of our needy brothers and sisters each year through our charities. What we may not consid