What’s already been accomplished with your help and what still needs to be done: Fifty years of experience tells CRS that a successful approach to rebuilding efforts in Haiti must follow a coherent strategy for long-term sustainable development. And further, it should include a coordinated effort between different U.S. government agencies and engage faith-based organizations [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) support foreign assistance based on our belief that each person is created in the image of God. Aid to poor people overseas protects human life and dignity by promoting human development and reducing crushing poverty, deadly diseases and malnutrition. We are called [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Migration has been a consistent aspect of the human experience throughout history and continues to be a defining characteristic of the United States. Migration is closely linked to economic, social and political realities that influence the decision, and often the necessity, for people to migrate. Currently close to 200 million people live outside their country [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Please join the next Catholics Confront Global Poverty webcast – Peace in the Holy Land: New Possibilities next Wednesday, May 26 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This Catholics Confront Global Poverty webcast will explore the prospect for Holy Land peace in the current political context and how Catholics in the United States can make a difference. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is blessed with vast mineral resources including coltan, a critical component for the production of cell phones, laptops, and other electronics. Instead of fostering human development, however, the extraction of this and other minerals is fueling instability, displacement, conflict, and sexual violence in the Eastern DRC. Armed groups are [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The delegation is at the end of a whirlwind of a morning. They’ve done 4 meetings and dropped by one congressional office. They seem thrilled at their accomplishment and energized by the feedback they received. It was almost all positive and supportive. The delegation is proud of what it has done even though they repeat [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sherelyn and Jerry Ernst are parishioners at Saint Camillus. Jerry is the driving engine behind this delegation. He’s an unassuming man, soft-spoken and humble. But he keeps everybody on task and on time. He’s really well-organized and driven by what he knows is happening to women in the DRC. Sherelyn and Jerry also have a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »All the members of the delegation are so inspiring and bring their unique perspective and experience to the conflict in the Congo. Several of them immigrated to the United States from the DRC and convey a very personal message during their meetings with the congressional offices. Dr. George Alula ran for president of his native [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A large delegation made up of parishioners of Saint Camillus parish in Silver Spring, MD, several of their friends and neighbors huddled together at 9:15 a.m. in the Senate Hart Office Building on a gloomy, rainy day in Washington, DC. They were intently listening to the leader of their delegation—Father Jacek Orzechowski, OFM—talking them through [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A delegation from St. Camillus parish in Silver Spring, MD, will meet with three members of Congress from Maryland on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 to discuss the crucial need for passage of bills dealing with minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war zones. One of the most ethnically diverse parishes in the Archdiocese [...]
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