CMC Blog

Women’s history (or HERstory) is an important topic here at the Catherine McAuley Center. An extraordinary group of women, the Sisters of Mercy, founded our ...

Recently, CMC has seen a large increase in adults with limited first language literacy seeking educational assistance, a group that faces distinct challenges in ...

Cold winter weather is in full swing, but the outcomes of last summer’s community garden project, reported in the video below have us looking forward ...

Guest post by Kelsey Kuester of Mount Mercy University Enactus Mount Mercy University’s Enactus team continued their career readiness workshop, titled EmpowHer, with the Catherine ...

Last week, the Catherine McAuley Center (CMC) was proud to stand with the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission and other local leaders to receive a ...

Last night, Catherine McAuley Center (CMC) staff, residents, supporters, and other community members gathered in remembrance of National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day at the sites ...

Mount Mercy Enactus, a local chapter of a worldwide student entrepreneurship club, has renewed and expanded their partnership with the Transtional Housing Program (THP) at ...

By Erin Zaputil of the Hiawatha Public Library The Hiawatha Public Library has been a proud partner with the Catherine McAuley Center since 2014 to ...

Each year, the Transitional Housing Program (THP) at the Catherine McAuley Center hosts a retreat away from the Center’s main facility for program residents and ...

As Transitional Housing Program manager, Jennifer Tibbetts, shared at the 19th Annual Catherine’s Tea: “The women of Catherine McAuley Center’s Transitional Housing Program come from ...

On Sunday, October 11, guests at the 19th Annual Catherine’s Tea were privileged to hear firsthand the words of Mu Ruo, a student from Burma ...

CMC is blessed with volunteers who are active across the community, and we love it when they find ways to spread the word about our ...