Inside this issue: Special Edition of Washington Weekly; CCUSA President Testifies on Gulf Coast Oil Crisis; President Obama Signs Bill to Extend Unemployment Insurance; Catholic Charities USA Attends Meeting on Family Financial Stability; Senate Committee Advances HUD Spending Bill; Human Trafficking Caucus Hosts Briefing on Human Trafficking; Participate in Catholic Charities Sunday; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!
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Inside this issue: House Committee Approves Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill; Bishop Kicanas Testified on Immigration Reform before House Subcommittee; Congress Sends President Financial Reform Legislation; First Lady Introduces Lets Move Campaign for Healthy Children; Senate Appropriations Committee Cuts President Budget Request; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!
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Your Support is Touching Lives
By Ken Hackett,
President, Catholic Relief Services
Six months ago the earth shook in Haiti for 35 seconds. Thirty five seconds that ended so many lives and changed many more. Let me share with you a story that is very typical of life in Haiti over the last six months.
Elucienne Lampi was at [...]
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Inside this issue: President Obama Speaks on Immigration; Senate Fails to Advance Jobless Benefits; Rep. Carolyn Maloney Introduces Minor Sex Trafficking Legislation; House Committee Holds Hearing on Child Nutrition Reauthorization; Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!
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The Minnesota Catholic Education Association (MCEA) is hosting its 2010 Convention, We Are People of HOPE! in Duluth on August 23-24. The Convention is open to all who participate in Catholic education, whether as a teacher, principal, board member, DRE, youth minister, priest, faith formation leader, lay ecclesial minister, catechist, music minister or parent. MCEA [...]
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As we commemorate our nation’s independence and its values of liberty and justice for all, it is a shocking fact that slavery and human trafficking have been experiencing a dramatic resurgence in recent years.
Trafficking in persons is the coerced use of people as a form of commerce, in slave labor and extreme forms of sexual [...]
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Inside this issue: Senate Fails to Advance Tax Extender and Jobs Bill; Congress Reaches Deal on Financial Reform Legislation; Senator Franken Introduces Legislation to Protect Children During ICE Raids; U.S. Department of State Releases 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!; Join our Online Forum to Reduce Poverty
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EGAN AWARD FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Catholic Relief Services Honors Outstanding Catholic Journalists
Baltimore, MD, June 3, 2010 – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today announced the winners of the 2010 Egan Award for Journalistic Excellence competition at the Catholic Press Association Convention in New Orleans. The award recognizes journalists who have written about humanitarian and social [...]
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From the Director
Oil Spill Tragedy: A Call for Prayer and Contrition
As oil continues to pollute the water and land in Louisiana and beyond, I hope you will join me in reflecting on our own complicity in this tragedy. Our thirst for energy drives our economy but the price can be very steep, as the people [...]
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Governor Candidates Forum – This Monday, May 24th 6:30pm
Join JRLC and Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness on Monday May 24, 2010 for a Governor Candidates Forum. Candidates will be asked to address the basic needs of jobs, affordable housing, healthcare, and other justice issues. Click here for more. We want the candidates to see a [...]
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