An Update From CCF-LA | April 14, 2020
From the Archbishop

After months of spiritual preparation for Easter and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Catholic schools are on break this week.

Our students, teachers and staff will benefit from this time off to grow spiritually, just as they have been growing academically through “distance learning.”

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, our schools have continued to provide an excellent character-building and faith-based education for each student, even those in our most vulnerable, urban areas.
It is our responsibility as a Catholic community that school salaries and benefits continue to be paid, especially at this time, when families are suffering from the loss of jobs and are unable to pay any tuition.

We are working with each school, so please contact our superintendent, Paul Escala, at [email protected] to find out ways that you can help.

-- The Most Reverend José H. Gomez
Dear Clients and Friends,

There is no time better than now to make a grant from a Donor-Advised Fund. Just think about the power that one person has in making one grant while being connected with the broader impact of over 200 funds that CCF-LA manages.

That’s the exponential power of a community foundation. We bring like-minded individuals and organizations together to make a big charitable and social impact in our world. Faith and values-based organizations need your support to bring social services, education, healthcare, food, and shelter to those most in need.

In these days of social distancing and isolation in our homes, it is easy to forget the people we see every day on our commutes—the homeless, the children walking to school, the healthcare providers on their way to medical buildings, the housekeepers, gardeners, barbers, and restaurant workers on their way to do meaningful jobs, the peace officers and ambulance drivers, and the delivery-truck drivers… these are the people who need our help now.

Our world has changed. Let us not leave the forgotten behind as we adjust to a new normal.

Most sincerely,
Kathy Anderson
President and Executive Director
Students from St. Joseph's School in Hawthorne are participating in distance learning in new and unique ways - see how schools across the Los Angeles Archdiocese are flourishing during distance learning in the latest article from The Angelus
The Catholic Community in Action
The disruption of COVID-19 has offered an opportunity for our community to come together in faith and service. CCF-LA agency clients, who represent some of the largest and most significant faith-based and social-service organizations in Los Angeles, are working every day to keep Angelenos safe, healthy, and engaged.

  • Catholic Charities of Los Angeles remains critical and essential in providing shelter, food, utility assistance, and outreach to the elderly homebound. Executive Director Msgr. Greg Cox is "inspired by our staff who are working in the field so that Catholic Charities can be a ray of hope to those in the darkness."


  • The Catholic Association of Latino Leaders is "creating more frequent connection for members and is in continuous prayer for healing and relief," says Executive Director Delila Vasquez. CALL offers its virtual Stations of the Cross to all.


  • The Archdiocese is mobilizing volunteers to staff a hotline to assist those in need. "In this unprecedented time of uncertainty, we see wonderful acts of kindness emerging,” says Kathleen Domingo, senior director of the Office of Life, Justice and Peace.
From Our CFO Arnulfo Cueva, Jr.
The cycles that the markets take us through are all too familiar. But we know from experience that difficult situations always resolve. The drastic downward trend in asset values that were seen from February 20 through March 20 appear to have leveled off. 

In the last week of March and the first week of April, significant volatility was still registered, but the lows of those two weeks have not approached the levels of March 20. So, there is reason for optimism in the short run; for the longer term, prudent long-term management remains the rule. In God we trust.
Contact Arnulfo with your questions at (213) 426-1202 or via email.
Voices of CCF-LA | The Latest From Our Blog
Watching Mass on Facebook, drive-through blessings, and choir practice via video chat. Development assistant Bernadette shares her experience of community from home.

Despite the disruption and isolation of social distancing and remote work, editor Louise challenges us to find new perspective and appreciation for the life around us.
The CCF-LA staff is in Week 5 of remote operations. Like so many others, our CFO Arnulfo and Development Manager Maggie have had to make some adjustments.
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