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With a new executive director taking over for the first time in more than three decades, now, traditionally, would be the time to consider new directions that Catholic Charities might take.
But Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, who chairs the board that oversees the organization, is planning to take an “if it ain’t broke …” approach as William J. McCarthy Jr., former Sun Trust Bank Greater Baltimore president, succeeds Harold A. “Hal” Smith as executive director.
“I don’t think that there’s a Catholic Charities program throughout the country to match ours,” says O’Brien, spiritual leader of the area’s 500,000 Catholics. "In my first two months here, I spent a few days every week traveling throughout the archdiocese, and every human need is being met with tremendous dedication, not just by the programs, but by the people that I met who are administering those programs.
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With a new executive director taking over for the first time in more than three decades, now, traditionally, would be the time to consider new directions that Catholic Charities might take.
But Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, who chairs the board that oversees the organization, is planning to take an “if it ain’t broke …” approach as William J. McCarthy Jr., former Sun Trust Bank Greater Baltimore president, succeeds Harold A. “Hal” Smith as executive director.
“I don’t think that there’s a Catholic Charities program throughout the country to match ours,” says O’Brien, spiritual leader of the area’s 500,000 Catholics. "In my first two months here, I spent a few days every week traveling throughout the archdiocese, and every human need is being met with tremendous dedication, not just by the programs, but by the people that I met who are administering those programs.
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