Monsignor John Enzler has been president and CEO of Catholic Charities of D.C. for the past 12 years. The Post spoke with him before he steps down this spring.
, which serves some 167,000 people each year in the District and several Maryland counties and is one of the biggest social-services providers in the area. It is also one of the largest of Catholic Charities’ 167 branches around the country.the region’s population, a nosedive in the stature of institutional religion — including that of the Catholic Church — and a swelling of the gap between rich and poor.
Q: You grew up in this area, with 12 siblings. So much of the region, religion and social services have changed. A: I grew up in Bethesda, which at that point was definitely upper-middle class — it wasn’t rich, but very comfortable — in a house that cost $37,000 in 1947 and just sold for $3.7 million. There are a whole lot of struggles now. Eleven percent of Washington is hungry for part of the year. We serve a lot of meals; we served 5 million meals during [the height of]
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