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Still looking for a way to honor your earthly mother this Sunday? Here are some Catholic/life-affirming ideas:

Help feed struggling families in her name — The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is giving the local community a chance to honor their mom by giving her “Flowers that Feed.” Moms will get a custom-designed gift/note card [...]

Catholic Relief Services was overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from Catholics across the United States in response to the needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti. The video above shows how CRS put those donations to action in the days immediately following the quake.

Not long after the 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday morning, Caritas flew out their emergency response team from Haiti.
Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations operating in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
“It was an enormous earthquake, so you would expect major damage,” said Alistair Dutton. [...]

Catholic agencies call for rigorous safeguards to protect Haitian children
The heads of five major Catholic agencies outlined measures that should be taken to protect unaccompanied Haitian Children.
These agencies, involved in the Haitian earthquake relief effort, detailed the steps in a Feb. 4 letter sent to three cabinet members, according to a press release from the [...]

Catholic Relief Services honors outstanding Catholic journalists

Our congratulations to this year’s winners of the Catholic Relief Services Eileen Egan Award.
From press release:
The winners of the 2009 Egan Award for Journalistic Excellence competition were announced today at Catholic Relief Services’ Baltimore headquarters. The award recognizes journalists who have written about humanitarian and social justice issues [...]