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The new cardinals
… a different American bishop talking about how an island serves as protection against the flood waters of secularization. Cardinal Cupich called attention not to the isolation of an …
How the earthly and divine came together on the walls of a Basque church
… cavernous space for what would become “Pinturas Para La Vida” or "Paintings for Life." Images flooded his mind and notebooks. His idea was to join 50-foot-high by 25-foot-wide walls into a …
COP22 gets underway with cautious statements about Trump's climate ideas
… climate impacts, including longer droughts, more intense heat waves and forest fires, and flooding of coastal areas due to rising sea levels. As COP22 began Nov. 7, 103 nations …
Parish roundup: outreach in San Francisco, prison ministry, Louisiana floods
… La. , have developed a Home Starter Kit that can help families devastated by the historic flooding in southwest Louisiana. Modeled in part after the St. Vincent de Paul Society's national … on circumstances, no cost. The Baton Rouge diocese has been deeply involved with outreach to flood victims . [Dan Morris-Young is NCR 's West Coast correspondent. His email is …
Personal responsibility must be combined with social responsibility
… the failure to protect the wellbeing of the families who used to live in the valley that was flooded. … 'Stupid deaths' … Farmer is also an outspoken critic of those who argue that it is not …
Baton Rouge diocese helps Louisiana flood victims cope with loss
… was familiar and dear to them in southwest Louisiana. The Baton Rouge diocese has been helping flood victims deal with the stress of "letting go" and adjusting to a "new normal" so they can recover materially, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. … Related: "Historic flooding in Louisiana has changed region forever, many say" … (Aug. 26, 2016) That was the focus …
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… change is already affecting millions who live on the edge, causing widespread hunger and floods and other natural disasters. Preachers and planners who hesitate to address such issues …
A struggling Cleveland parish digs deep to help Haitian mission
… of Haiti. It is accessible only via a rocky dirt road that, like the town, is vulnerable to flooding. Subsistence farming barely sustains the local economy that was given a small boost by a …
World Food Prize winners receiving award for efforts to biofortify foods
… Potato Center. She worked over 20 years; her earliest efforts began in response to flooding in Mozambique in 2000. However, she quickly realized that areas of the country also …
Catholic Charities agencies assess damage, begin helping storm victims
… damage and the historic Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine in St. Augustine experienced flooding, preventing Mass from being celebrated indoors the weekend of Oct. 8-9. One Catholic … by the storm or worried about potential flooding continue to recover from the historical floods that swamped the state a year ago, she said. "We're working with over 2,000 clients just on the flood stuff. Now in addition we have to handle everything from Hurricane Matthew," Kaminski told …
Aid slowly makes way to thousands of Haitians displaced by hurricane
… that in Cuba, a bridge and two main roads leading into Baracoa collapsed or buckled because of flooding and mudslides. He said it took Bishop Wilfredo Pino Estevez of Guantanamo-Baracoa 16 …
Miami archdiocese calls for prayers, prepares to help hurricane victims
… the Miami archdiocese. Although the island avoided a direct hit, Jamaica experienced serious flooding caused by Matthew's outer bands. Haiti, meanwhile, felt the full impact of the storm. It …
Sisters in Haiti focus on Hurricane Matthew, earthquake recovery during election season
… elections, Haiti is once again digging out from a disaster. Hurricane Matthew caused massive flooding this week in the southwest part of the country, prompting Mourad Wahba, the United … Nearly 2,000 homes are gone, as is a major bridge, because of torrential rains and flood waters. …
Philippine church marks anniversary amid typhoon recovery
… to NASSA, in 2013, the Philippines was hit by eight typhoons (including Haiyan), five floods or landslides, and one earthquake that affected a total of 26.6 million people. The road …
Oldest parish created by African-Americans celebrates 175 years
… Its effect on St. Augustine was immense. The church suffered wind damage but was not flooded. Its pastor at the time, Verbite Fr. Jerome LeDoux, stayed at the church in the days …
Candidates, party platforms differ on need for climate change action
… Dennis Sadowski … Catholic News Service … August's torrential rains that caused catastrophic flooding in southern Louisiana have convinced Robert Gorman that it's time to think about being ready the next time the floods hit. Gorman, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Houma-Thibodaux, La., diocese … by the storm, which dropped up to 31 inches of rain in some locales. More: " … Louisiana floods called worst U.S. natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy … " (Aug. 25, 2016) Louisiana is …
Links for 09/23/16
… harm to the Church, the Republic or both, like Austen Ruse and Richard Viguerie. I wish Angela Flood had been identified by her current job, and not as a "Former Director, Secretariat for …
Georgia parish's Disaster Relief Ministry ready when needed
… way. The group helps Catholic and non-Catholics, and the parish has sent out teams to assist flood victims in South Carolina as well as tornadoes in Oklahoma. Reilly, a native New Englander, …
Mass in American Sign Language accessed from near and far
… small southeast African nation, they helped distribute relief supplies to areas devastated by flooding. While there , they were contacted by a social worker in the northern part of the … St. Agnes Council 4449 reached out to first responders as well as victims of the recent heavy flooding in their area. Members prepared box lunches for relief workers and donated $3,200 to …
With deepest gratitude
… is a lot like owning a house. Just when you think you have things sorted out, the basement floods or the refrigerator stops working, or, in the case of NCR , the website starts to exceed …