March 22 is World Water Day. With two thirds of the earth under water, you might not think we’d need a day to remind us that millions of people don’t have anywhere near enough of it.
On the 22nd, we’ll publish a World Water Day page with stories, video, and other features about the state of [...]
Clay Elmhorst, one of eight seminarians from Mundelein Seminary who traveled with CRS Ethiopia as part of the Global Fellows program, shares final thoughts about his journey.
“What am I doing here?” I thought, driving out of the city of Mekelle, Ethiopia. My thoughts were as random as the people we passed on the street. [...]
A single mother and her daughter receive a cow at a livestock fair in rural Bangladesh. Photo by Laura Sheahen/CRS
I don’t know a lot about cows, or any livestock for that matter. Working for Catholic Relief Services and visiting the rural people we serve has been an ongoing education for me.
A few weeks [...]
March 22 is World Water Day. With two thirds of the earth under water, you might not think we’d need a day to remind us that millions of people don’t have anywhere near enough of it.
On the 22nd, we’ll publish a World Water Day page with stories, video, and other features about the state of [...]
March 22 is World Water Day. With two thirds of the earth under water, you might not think we’d need a day to remind us that millions of people don’t have anywhere near enough of it.
On the 22nd, we’ll publish a World Water Day page with stories, video, and other features about the state of [...]
The graduates clap and ululate as each participant receives her certificate. Photo by Melita Sawyer/CRS
Melita Sawyer, Microfinance Technical Advisor at CRS headquarters in Baltimore, recently attended a graduation ceremony in Sudan.
Graduations are a big deal in Sudan. Not that they go unnoticed in the United States, but here in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, graduations [...]
Father Manny Clavijo is a priest at St. Mary’s in the Diocese of Worester, Massachusetts. He recently joined two other priests and eight Mundelein seminarians on a trip to Ethiopia to visit CRS development projects as part of the Global Fellows program. Here he shares his thoughts as the trip came to an end.
Our visit [...]
CRS staff members reading an opening prayer before a Lenten meal of soup, bread and water at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Photo by David Snyder for CRS
Operation Rice Bowl is not just about putting money in a Rice Bowl during Lent. It combines four equally important components: praying, fasting, learning and giving. The alms are [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Regional technical advisor for emergencies, Holly Inurreta, is helping with the response to the 8.8 earthquake that rattled Chile on February 27. The following is part of her first-hand account of the response in Chile.
In 1985, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Chile and CRS assisted in that response, 25 years later, I’m seeing firsthand the [...]
Regional Technical Advisor for Emergencies, Holly Inurreta, is helping with the response to the 8.8 earthquake that rattled Chile on February 27th. The temblor killed an estimated 700 and displaced around 2 million. Holly is traveling with CRS South America zonal representative, Brian Goonan, visiting different Caritas Chile members, and gives us a first hand [...]
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