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Last week, 13 young adults left their homes in the Diocese of Phoenix and their comforts of modern technology for a 12-day mission trip to Haiti. Today, more Phoenix missionaries are crossing international lines in the name of the Gospel. Eleven young adults from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral are headed to South Africa through [...]

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.

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 [...]

Last issue, we featured some local efforts to help Haitians after the devastating January earthquake rocked the Caribbean country. Today I received an email from Karen Kohl, who is featured in this week’s piece and is involved with Haitian Disaster Relief of Arizona. She reports 8,000 square feet of warehouse space were donated to the [...]