World Food Day: Many Meaningful Ways to Help
A friend cares for a woman injured in the Haiti earthquake. CRS delivered food, clothing and medical supplies donated from Catholics in the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince’s oldest hospital, St. Francois de Sales. Photo by Sara A. Fajardo/CRS
World Food Day, October 16, will remind us of how many people in the world face daily, grinding hunger.
Taken in one glance, the problems can overwhelm. Can I possibly bring meaningful help to a problem of this magnitude?
Yes, in lots of ways, actually. All of them offer the opportunity to deliver maximum help for a single person, family or parish or community. And they’re all acts of faith:
Food Fast: A hunger retreat.
Fair Trade: Coffee, craft, chocolate.
Advocacy Legisative action.
Operation Rice Bowl: Lenten reflection.
Footsteps in Faith: Monthly donors.
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October 14th, 2011 at 10:02 am
[...] As we noted here, you can have an effective role in solving massive emergencies such as this drought. [...]
October 16th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Also chosing a vegan diet makes a big difference in the amount of resources used to produce our diet… My Catholic faith informed this choice 5 years ago… And I hope other people of faith will consider this move too
November 29th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
After our Homeless Awareness 5K, our community has become more aware of the hungry, the homeless and the very poor. We are taking up donations at least four times a year. Together, we can make an impact.
Peace.