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In living by the words and actions of our namesake, Sr. Catherine McAuley, CMC works to help individuals achieve independence, confidence and self-sufficiency through education. ...

To our CMC community, As you may have seen in the news last week, the Catherine McAuley Center has been making plans for our future! ...

The Catherine McAuley Center’s (CMC) Adult Basic Education Program tutored over four hundred active students last year and while we have a committed group of ...

Each August, residents of the Catherine McAuley Center’s Transitional Housing Program, past and present, have welcomed the community to the Center’s lawn for a celebration ...

By Caleb S. Gates, Refugee Case Manager & Advocacy Specialist Legacy. I reflected on that word as I returned to Iowa from a visit out ...

This growing season, Daniel and Rachel are finding belonging and hope in the Catherine McAuley Center’s (CMC) community garden, where they will work side by ...

“I don’t understand the news about what’s happening at the border.” “I am saddened and sickened by all of this.” “I am ready to help!” ...

By Caleb S. Gates, Case Manager & Advocacy Specialist Burundian drummers performing on Iowa City’s Pentacrest in honor of World Refugee Day. Home. A place ...

“So, my purpose was to come to Postville for four days, interview a couple people, go back to New York and put all those interviews ...

We’re glad you’re a student at CMC, Ai! Thanks for telling us about your native country. Question: Where are you from? Answer: I was born ...

March 2018 marked the 7-year anniversary of the start of the Syrian Civil War, now one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world. Altogether, ...

Caleb Gates, Refugee Case Manager & Advocacy Specialist We here at the Catherine McAuley Center (CMC) lament the signing into law of SF481, the so-called ...