Reflecting on how he could help promote racial justice and goodwill, an unemployed Minnesota father was inspired to find a way to feed those who are assisting their fellow brothers and sisters.
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Priest donates kidney to help mom lead life she imagines for her family
A priest’s selfless act of donating a kidney has allowed a mother to lead a normal family life.
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Focolare member in Colombia pays it forward by helping fellow migrants
Pandemic or not, the work of providing care and assistance for others continues with members of the Focolare movement helping Venezuelan migrants in Columbia.
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U.S. priest finds his niche working in Bangkok with poorest of the poor
A Redemptorist priest, Father Joe Maier, reflects on his nearly 50 years as a missionary in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Chicago Catholics tend parish gardens, supply pantries during pandemic
Volunteers work in the gardens on Saturday mornings and produce is donated to the local St. Vincent de Paul food pantry.
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Less pizza, more phone calls: Youth ministry after Covid-19
Helping parishes learn how to livestream. Writing letters. Youth ministry has changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Minnesota bishop assembles clergy for anointing coronavirus patients
As they move forward in this ministry, the priests will quarantine themselves, either alone or with other priests on the team, and will pull back from parish ministry. In some cases, they will temporarily change residences.
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Irish Dominican who trained as a doctor is back helping fight COVID-19
An Irish Dominican brother from Belfast who trained as a doctor is using his training to help patients during the pandemic in his hometown.
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School nurses, crafters donate masks to medical professionals in need
Catholic schools in Virginia are finding ways to donate much needed medical supplies to medical professionals in their work against coronavirus.
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Pope Francis appoints a woman for the first time to senior role in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State
The pope has named Francesca Di Giovanni, an Italian lay woman, to be the second undersecretary of the secretariat’s Section for the Relations with States.