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Blog - Posts from 2016
Aug 25, 2016, 1:12 PM
Rita Marino, CRS Student Ambassador at Villanova University
In life, it is so easy to turn a blind eye to the plight of others. Perhaps our lives appear too hectic or the issues too large. However, despite distance, race or circumstance, we are…
Aug 18, 2016, 3:51 PM
USCCB president, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, recently announced a Day of Prayer for Peace in our Communities, to be celebrated in faith communities across the country on September 9.
In interviewing numerous faith communities in preparation for…
Aug 10, 2016, 7:08 PM
“Families should not see themselves as a refuge from society, but instead go forth from their homes in a spirit of solidarity with others. . . A married couple who experience the power of love know that this love is called to bind the wounds…
Aug 3, 2016, 1:07 PM
Where migrants and refugees are concerned, the Church and her various agencies ought to avoid offering charitable services alone; they are also called to promote real integration in a society where all are active members and responsible for one…
Jul 28, 2016, 10:00 AM
Valeria Fuentes
Last week, the Social Action Summer Institute took place in Chicago. Last summer, I received a grant as an alumnus of the CCHD internship program, to attend the 2015 institute, held in Portland, Oregon. It was an amazing…
Jul 26, 2016, 10:00 AM
Migration has been a constant through human history. In recent years, there is a growing perception among policy makers and states that migration, especially of low skill migrants, is a problem, especially as migration from Central America and…
Jul 21, 2016, 5:18 PM
Bethany J. Welch, Ph.D.
For nearly a year now, I have had the distinct privilege of accompanying two asylum seeking families from the Horn of Africa. When I look back at the appeal letter that I wrote to garner support for their arrival in…
Jul 19, 2016, 10:00 AM
(CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)
The U.S. Bishops said it back in 1979 with “Brothers And Sisters to Us.” Their words continue to have a powerful impact in the Catholic community:
“Racism is a sin, a sin…
Jul 14, 2016, 10:00 AM
Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, (the first Native American Saint and patroness of ecology and the environment). Let us be thankful this day of all life that springs forth from Mother Earth and how the Creator continually…
Jul 11, 2016, 7:20 PM
Ralph McCloud, CCHD
Today, as usual, I stopped by my local coffee shop where the friendly, courteous barista asked me, as she does every day, “How do you feel?”
I blurted out my routine, perfunctory, usual, everyday customary…
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