Catholic Standard highlights Holy Trinity’s job loss support group in 2 articles

The Catholic Standard, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, recently highlighted Holy Trinity’s job loss support group in two articles:
 

In wake of mass firings of federal government workers, Holy Trinity Parish offers job loss support group

This year, the mission of Holy Trinity Parish in Washington, D.C., to “accompany one another in Christ,” took on a new focus and a new urgency. After a Mass earlier this year, a meeting was held for parishioners at the Jesuit parish in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood, to discuss the impact of the new Trump administration’s policies. Jesuit Father Kevin Gillespie, Holy Trinity’s pastor, said a key concern expressed by that significant turnout of parishioners was how people had been affected by the mass firings and layoffs of federal government workers, which have led to tens of thousands of people in the Washington area and across the country losing their jobs. … (continue reading here)
 

Workers find help and hope in Holy Trinity Parish’s job loss support group

Tom Neeley, a communications consultant working with federal government agencies as clients, found himself in a situation he had never experienced before earlier this year. As a result of the Trump administration’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) wave of federal job and spending cuts, the contracts that his firm had been part of were canceled, and Neeley was furloughed at the end of February and laid off in April. “For the first time, I found myself in need,” Neeley said. “It was a hard transition to make, a hard reality, (and) something very humbling. It was a difficult role to be in, to realize I needed help.”Since moving to Washington, D.C., 16 years ago, the California native had been a member of Holy Trinity Parish in Georgetown. He learned that the parish, in response to the federal job cuts, was starting a job loss support group this spring. The program, titled “Strategies for Survival and Finding Work after Job Loss,” is being led by Dr. Marie Raber, a Holy Trinity parishioner who is the former dean of the National Catholic School of Social Service at The Catholic University of America. … (continue reading here)