Catholic Charities celebrates the life and legacy of Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, whose visionary leadership created a new way to provide help to those in need in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Archbishop Hannan founded and secured funding for many programs of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans beginning in the earliest days of his assignment in New Orleans. During a walk through the Desire Housing Project in late 1965, Archbishop Hannan was inspired to create the first Summer Witness camp, which ran for ten weeks during the summer of 1966.

He is pictured here in 2008 with Summer Witness campers from Washington Parish.

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Registration for our fall English as a Second Language (ESL) and Citizenship classes begins August 15. Classes begin September 6 and will be held at various locations across the metro area and have been lined up to accommodate varied schedules. Please check out our ESL flyer in English or Spanish for more information.

Our Summer Witness summer day camp program began today at our Hispanic Counseling and Tutoring Center in Metairie for ESL elementary and middle school students.

In honor of the first day, and as a welcome to our campers, everyone planted a painted hand in the color of his or her choice on our summer tree wall.

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Catholic Charities Hispanic Apostolate Community Services ESL classes will resume in August.

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Class sites are:
Tulane University in Uptown New Orleans
St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Marrero
Church of Christ in Mid City New Orleans
Esperanza Charter School in Mid City New Orleans
Atonement Lutheran in Metairie
Causeway Branch Library in Mandeville