Habitat for Humanity

2025 CATHOLIC BUILD

The Catholic Build began in 1998, when the Dioceses of Austin, under the leadership of Bishop John McCarthy, recognized the need for affordable in our city and committed to sponsoring a home with Austin Habitat for Humanity. This was the beginning of what became the longest-running partnership in Austin Habitat for Humanity history. In 1999, the Dioceses of Austin sponsored two homes in southeast Austin. During the first two years, on any given Saturday, the Catholic volunteers were from a single parish. Starting in 2000, volunteers came from across the Dioceses, and that is when the real beauty of the Catholic community began to shine. Catholic sisters and brothers from different parishes working together to help end substandard housing, beginning deep friendships with fellow Catholics across the Dioceses becoming the hands and feet of Christ. In 2025, the Catholic community will build its 29th home with Austin Habitat for Humanity. During this 27-year partnership, Catholic volunteers have met and married, shared joy and emotional connection with homeowners, and learned new ways to express their faith. We couldn’t build affordable homes and brighter futures with the support from the Catholic community!

If you wish to participate in the Spring Catholic Build please go to the following link to sign-up. Thank you for joining H4H and all Catholics as we build strong, stable and self-reliant communities!

We'll kick off this build March 1st, and will wrap up end of May. 
 

Location: 6304 Farrell Glen Drive, Austin TX - new construction

Volunteer Here

Please note, when volunteering start the process by clicking on the "Volunteer Here" button above and review the Volunteer Orientation materials. Be sure to print, fill out, and sign the Release of Liability and bring it to the site. This Release of Liability must be resubmitted every calendar year. Additionally, Austin HFH requires ALL Volunteers to complete the HFHI approved Lockton On-Line Safety Training titled "Volunteering on a Habitat Job Site" (Access Code: W8NAEBTG). It takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Please join us again to continue success of the annual Catholic Build! 

Help is NEEDED in the following areas:

Lunches: If you or a group that you are a part of at St. Thomas More Catholic Church would like to help with lunches on any of the Saturdays that would be GREATLY appreciated. On the first weekend we typically have a small army of about 50+ folks working. The rest of the weekends it goes down a bit to between 30 and 40. If you would like to volunteer to bring lunch, please contact Sheila Kuhn.

**STM Knights will be providing lunch on Saturday, April 12th

Fund raising: This year we need to raise approximately $100,000.
Donate online

More Information: Please visit the Facebook group we have for our builds at https://www.facebook.com/AustinHabitatforHumanity