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Apr 7, 2016, 2:41 PM
Tom Dwyer, National Voice of the Poor Committee Chair, Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
That one of my sons-in-law is a Muslim is only one reason why the new Vincentian Family Statement in Support of Our Muslim Brothers and Sisters is so…
Mar 31, 2016, 12:00 PM
Don Bosco's Gonzalo Cruz with Cardinal Dolan
Wage theft is not only an urban problem. Don Bosco Workers began as a parish program at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Westchester County in 2000. The program was in response to the growing…
Mar 22, 2016, 12:00 PM
Last night I dreamed of rows of machetes emerging from a farmer’s field, point first, like the tips of corn stalks. I saw many machetes during my recent trip to Rwanda – sharpened steel used to trim back vegetation and cut paths through…
Mar 21, 2016, 10:00 AM
On the evening of February 20, 2015 Catholic Relief Services hosted a 40th Anniversary Rice Bowl event at the The Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia, MD. Featured at the event were Nationally acclaimed Spirit and Song singers ValLimar Jansen…
Mar 17, 2016, 2:15 PM
Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C.
Pope Francis is calling all to be missionary disciples, to go out and draw others into relationship with Jesus Christ, not simply by words, but by deeds. During Lent, particularly on Fridays, he is witnessing to all how…
Mar 14, 2016, 10:00 AM
Photo by Heidi Yanulis for Catholic Relief Services
Vaviroa is a smart, hardworking woman — with four children to feed. Though she had been raising her children alone for many years, their family was doing very well. They ate crops…
Mar 9, 2016, 11:00 AM
I was blessed to be able to join “Pope Francis VIPs” as they attended a Mass on the United States-Mexico border.
These VIPs were not CEOs, VPs, or celebrities. Rather these VIPs were, as defined by Pope Francis, migrants, undocumented…
Mar 9, 2016, 11:00 AM
Tuve la bendición de poder acompañar a las “VIPs del papa Francisco” cuando asistieron a una Misa en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.
Estas VIPs (personas muy importantes) no eran directores generales, vicepresidentes o celebridades. Más…
Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM
Mayra Martinez, 11, and her grandmother Lucía Mancía, 62, showing her math and language diplomas from the Peer to Peer Tutoring program given by her tutor, Elías Fabricio. Photo by Oscar Leiva/Silverlight for Catholic Relief…
Mar 3, 2016, 11:00 AM
Each time we encounter a suffering person, we encounter Jesus in disguise. The Catholic Relief Services Collection (CRSC) funds six Catholic agencies that serve the disguised Jesus in our suffering brothers and sisters around the world. His disguise…
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