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Showing Up, Building Hope

The Catholic Charities network, with 169 agencies across the United States, invites you to discover the transformative power of Christian service. Because when you faithfully serve as a neighbor, the life you change may be your own.

An Invitation from the Catholic Charities Network

Kerry Alys Robinson, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, invites you to visit the People of Hope Museum. Find us in a community near you!

About the
Mobile Museum

Step into an immersive storytelling experience as it travels the country, inviting you to imagine the lives of your neighbors who struggle with poverty and offering you the opportunity to act, enriching your life and theirs.

Tour Stops Near You

Encounter Stories of Hope

Moving first-person accounts of what it means to serve someone in need of help at their darkest hour.

Dive into the Data

Better understand the facts of poverty in your state and how it hits children, seniors, veterans and others.

Walk in Their Shoes

Take a turn in the poverty simulator and experience what it’s like to live on the margins.

Testimonial

“God gives us all talents and opportunities to use them to serve others. We get to be light in a world of darkness.”

Shelly, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge

tell me a story

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Real stories of the impact of acts of service, rooted in kindness and performed with faith.

How Will You Show Love?

A woman answers the invitation to serve and experiences the privilege of seeing the face of God in a vulnerable neighbor.

In His Shoes

Answering Christ’s call to truly see people and seize the opportunity to make a difference in a stranger’s life.

Offering What We Can

Two brothers, too young to know their own family’s dire need, offer food to the person helping them.

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by the numbers

For many of our neighbors, poverty is a daily fact of life. Whether it’s children, seniors, veterans or families living with high debt, the grinding reality of going without diminishes us all.

30%

more American children live in poverty than in economically similar countries.

771,480

People counted as homeless in 2024, a record-high number.

29%

of adults say they are worse off today than they were a year ago.

41.6M

Americans relied on SNAP to get enough to eat in 2024.

$22,344

Average annual Social Security benefit for seniors in 2024.

Learn More about Poverty in America

What They’re Saying

Learn more about the bestselling authors whose work enriches the People of Hope Museum’s Learning Library.

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“The People of Hope Museum reminds us that happiness is something we build together, and that it grows from love. When we invest in our neighbors and strengthen the bonds between us, we create meaning—which in turn helps us solve big problems. Best of all, meaning is the surest path to a happier, more enriching life.”

Arthur C. Brooks, co-author (with Oprah Winfrey) of Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

Photo Credit: Jenny Sherman