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As a grant recipient, students and faculty from Chaminade University of Honolulu School of Nursing and Health Professions held a Parish Health event at St. Theresa's Co-Cathedral in Honolulu on Sunday, April 24, 2022, to provide health education on COVID-19 vaccines, boosters, and self-test kits.

Read about ways to support you and your loved ones struggling with mental health during the ongoing pandemic. We have compiled a list of Catholic-based and general resources. Remember that you are not alone & God is with you!

Watch our pre-recorded webinar on Conscience: A Conversation About Forming Your Conscience During The Pandemic! Sara Marks, Don McCrabb, and Meg Scharle share lessons and experiences of discerning information with God's help, specifically regarding COVID-19.

We are calling you to use the graphics and captions from our social media toolkit to increase vaccine confidence in both Spanish & English! Read more about the campaign here.

In our April podcast, Sara Marks talks with Meg Scharle on founding her Parish's vaccine outreach program in Oregon. Listen here to learn more about how to disseminate important information and harness the power of your church community to save lives!

Education & access to vaccines is crucial in achieving vaccine equity. Read this article from Jesuit Refugee Service USA to learn about the work they are doing to vaccinate the globe!

Dr. Jennifer Stanley writes about faith-based ways to support your mental health as the pandemic continues, as well as how to combat pandemic fatigue and burnout.

Artistic creativity and vaccination efforts are not often two words associated with each other; but that was not the case with the efforts of Elisabeth Román and her Hispanic and Ethnic Ministry team in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois. In the summer of 2021, Elisabeth and her team hired an artist to create promotional materials for a wrestling match, La Máscara vs. Corona Delta.

Dr. Donald R. McCrabb accepted the Non-Profit of the Year Award on behalf of the Catholic Cares Coalition from the Nonprofit Alliance this past Thursday. Congratulations and thank you to all the members of the Coalition for their important work!

In this article, Mark Pattison interviews leaders in the Catholic Cares Coalition on the work they have done to increase vaccine equity and confidence. A huge thank you to Leila Nimatallah (Catholic Relief Services), Lucas Swanepoel (Catholic Health Association), Mary Beth Powers (Catholic Medical Mission Board), and Don McCrabb (US Catholic Mission Association)!

Read this inspiring story about our Sisters in Ghana that are educating their community on COVID-19 vaccines and increasing vaccine confidence.

Members of Catholic Cares Coalition are calling on Congress to address vaccine inequity and provide robust funding for purchasing production, delivery, and outreach efforts for COVID-19 vaccines around the world. Join our Tweetstorm this Friday, 2/18 from 12pm - 1pm (ET) to help amplify this message. Share the below social media posts on your organization's Twitter and other accounts using #FaithInAGlobalVaccine and #CatholicCares hashtags.

In this inaugural podcast, Don McCrabb, a leader of the Catholic Cares Coalition, is interviewed by Sara Marks, who assists the coalition with their microgrants program. Don McCrabb is the executive director of the United States Catholic Mission Association and a founding member of the Catholic Cares coalition. Listen here to learn more about the coalition and the amazing work that has been done over the past year.

All the time, and as we begin Black History Month, we must educate and advocate for health equity. Black communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 due to systemic racism and social determinants of health. Here are some resources and articles, specifically around health and vaccine equity.

The COVID-19 crisis has taken an especially harsh toll on the well-being of health care workers. For two years, hospital staff across the Catholic health ministry have treated wave after wave of seriously ill and dying patients, with little or no time to process their grief or regain their personal equilibrium.

In order to end the pandemic here, we must end it everywhere. Tell Congress to act now!

Catholic Cares Coalition was featured in Crux.

As health advocates seek equity in providing vaccines, many people refuse to get inoculated.

Much has been written, and publicized, by a sliver of the Catholic community saying that there should be an exemption from the current vaccines because the ones presently available in the United States have a connection with abortions that occurred decades ago.

Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, CM, is president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. In this piece, Rev. Holstchneider discusses how Catholic universities mandated vaccinations because they want to protect the vulnerable.