Our services aim to help seniors to remain in their communities and homes as long as possible.
Catholic Housing and Community Services (CHCS) of Catholic Charities of Philadelphia provides support and services to older adults within the five-county region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties). Services include senior centers, senior clubs, in-home support, parish-based support programs, partnerships with health systems, and senior housing communities. Last year, we served nearly 7,000 seniors throughout the Philadelphia region.
10/28/2025
🩺 Now Hiring: Community Nurse in Philadelphia!
We are currently seeking a mission-oriented, dynamic, nurse to lead care, education, and programming across our senior housing and center sites. This is a new position and an exciting opportunity for a collaborative, creative nurse to make a difference in the lives of our seniors. 💛
Join us this morning for the groundbreaking of St. Katharine Drexel Place! Live on Catholic Charities of Philadelphia. 💙
This morning our ministry Catholic Housing and Community Services will hold a special groundbreaking for St. Katharine Drexel Place, an affordable senior housing community in Northeast Philadelphia! 🙏
St. Katharine Drexel Place is adjacent to Archbishop Ryan High School and involves the substantial rehabilitation of the former three-story school friary building as well as the construction of a new three-story addition.
All are invited to join virtually, here on Facebook at 11:00 a.m. for the event. 💙
09/08/2025
We are currently seeking a full-time Social Service Care Manager for two of our affordable housing sites – St. Joseph Place in Collingdale and Fr. Augustus Tolton Place in Southwest Philadelphia!
Responsibilities of this position include:
🔵 Managing a caseload of approximately 95 senior households.
🔵 Connecting residents to appropriate programs and services.
🔵 Assessing residents’ key strengths and barriers to successful aging in place.
🔵Creating and maintaining a community atmosphere that addresses the holistic needs of the residents.
We are seeking applications from individuals with a Master’s degree from an accredited university in Social Work, Gerontology or related field; a minimum of three years’ experience working with seniors; and knowledge of federal and state benefits programs and their eligibility requirements.
08/07/2025
Exciting news! ❤️
We are pleased to announce that as of last Friday, the former Friary next to our school building is now under the ownership of Catholic Housing and Community Services, a ministry of Catholic Charities of Philadelphia. The building will be transitioned into 40 units of affordable senior housing by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and will be known as the Saint Katharine Drexel Residences at Archbishop Ryan High School. We are excited to witness this new chapter on our school’s campus and the repurposing of this building to serve our seniors.
07/03/2025
Big thank you to the special group of volunteers from Catholic HEART Workcamp who spent part of their week at Saint Francis Villa and Nativity BVM Place helping out and spending time with our seniors! ❤️🙏
07/01/2025
From a warm meal to a safe home to family assistance and so much more, Catholic Charities of Philadelphia directly impacted 294,403 individuals across the region in the last year 💙
Happy birthday, Archbishop Nelson Perez! May today be filled with joy and celebration.❤️
06/06/2025
05/02/2025
Catholic Human Services, the umbrella entity for charitable works of mercy performed by the Catholic Church of Philadelphia, officially rebranded to Catholic Charities of Philadelphia May 2, but it continues to deliver the same vital programs across the region.
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The Mission of Catholic Housing and Community Services is rooted in the Mission of the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Catholic Housing and Community Services is committed to excellence in the provision of care because we believe that all people, created in the image and likeness of God, possess an innate dignity and destiny. We believe that human life must be respected at every stage, from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. We respond to the example of Jesus Christ in the Gospels by serving seniors through the provision of physical, psycho-social and spiritual care.
We are committed to the Church’s preferential option to serve the poor, and so we strive to serve those in need with compassion and through responsible stewardship.
History of Catholic Housing and Community Services
Catholic Housing and Community Services (CHCS) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia provides support and services to older adults within the Archdiocese. These services include in-home support, parish-based support programs, geriatric care management, adult day care and senior housing communities. Our services aim to help seniors to remain in their communities and homes as long as possible. Last year, we served 10,000 seniors throughout the Philadelphia region.
