Jo Kathryn Quinn

On the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination

A message from Caritas of Austin Executive Director, Jo Kathryn Quinn The civil rights movement led by Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. morphed into the “Poor People’s Campaign” in…

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The Thumbprint of Ending Homelessness

For Caritas of Austin, building wellbeing is a personalized process. Each person we serve comes to us with a life story that is completely unique to them, and that uniqueness…

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A Year After The Executive Order

Two years ago, Caritas of Austin resettled 636 refugees. As a community, we welcomed them as our newest Austinites and helped them rebuild wellbeing and stability in their lives. In…

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2017: A Year In Review

A Look Back at 2017

While we are all settling nicely into 2018, we want to take just one more look back at what you made possible last year in our work to prevent and…

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Karen in front of her home

“It Feels So Wonderful to Have a Home”

Karen had to wait six months until her eighteenth birthday to enlist in the Air Force. Though females in the military were not common in 1963, Karen served proudly as…

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