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We’re thrilled to announce that the Catherine McAuley Center has reached a major milestone – its 35th Anniversary! We’ve got big plans to celebrate CMC’s ...

Catherine McAuley’s legacy of offering compassionate and caring services to vulnerable populations continues on through the CMC mission. Today, a new generation of women, adult ...

Meet Elyse Keefer, Women’s Services Intern Elyse is a senior in the Social Work program at Mount Mercy University, and she’s been at CMC since ...

Meet Ron Rohrssen, English & Citizenship Tutor Ron has been volunteering at CMC for almost seven years. Now retired from the IT field, he continues ...

Meet Sue Erbes, Online English Tutor After Sue retired as Operations Manager at TrueNorth at the end of 2019, she wanted to volunteer. She came ...

Meet Rosemary Biderman, English & Citizenship Tutor Rosemary was a special education teacher for more than 20 years, and her volunteering experience goes back to ...

Meet Karen Matthews, Office & Technology Volunteer Karen started volunteering at CMC after transitioning from full-time work at Transamerica to part-time, with the goal of ...

To bring you closer to the heart of the Catherine McAuley Center, we’re excited to introduce you to some of the passionate individuals who are ...

“We need so much to talk with other people so that we can know each other.” – Mumena, CMC Client At the Catherine McAuley Center ...

Halfway around the world, two centuries ago – the values of community, mercy, learning, and empowerment that guide CMC’s mission today, were inspired by one ...

Vinh and Linh Nguyen moved to Cedar Rapids in 2007 when Vinh accepted a position at Coe College. Linh started learning English at CMC, where ...

The scope of Women’s Services programs is often misunderstood on the street, program graduate says Life took a dark turn for Wynona when her two ...