Catholics in U.S. Donate Nearly $60 Million to Haiti Relief Effort

Catholic News Agency – April 9, 2010
Washington D.C., Apr 9, 2010 / (CNA) – A collection initiated in January by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to help victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti has raised nearly $60 million dollars to date.
Since Cardinal Francis George and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York made [...]

Tremendous Catholic Response to Haitian Relief Efforts

For His Friends (Diocese of St. Petersburg) – By Bishop Robert Lynch – March 3, 2010
How are We Doing in Haiti?
Thought you might be interested in the following figures for Haiti relief efforts in the five weeks since the earthquake:

$276,000,000 – American Red Cross (includes 6 million from the “Hope for Haiti Telethon)
$3,200,000 – Adventist [...]

The World at Our Door

Good News for the Digital Pews (Diocese of San Bernardino) – By Bishop Gerald Barnes – February 17, 2010
Our faith calls us to be in solidarity with human beings all over the world. It is the essence of the universal church to which we belong. We are one family under God.
Does that idea live [...]

Haiti Quake Shows Need for Christ’s Resurrection, Bishop Wenski Writes

Catholic News Agency – January 19, 2010
Orlando, Fla., Jan 19, 2010 / (CNA) – The disastrous earthquake in Haiti shows that this world is a fallen “valley of tears” and is not a particular judgment on the Haitian people, Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando, Florida wrote on Sunday. He said such a crisis calls to [...]

The Spiritual Side of the Suffering in Haiti

Zenit.org – January 18, 2010 – By Carl Anderson
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, JAN. 18, 2010 (Zenit.org) – All of us have been horrified in recent days by the scenes of death and destruction in Haiti. Millions of us have sought way to alleviate the suffering there. No doubt thousands of homilies will be given in the [...]

Fearful Haiti Quake Survivors Turn to God for Help

Reuters – January 17, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Survivors of Haiti’s devastating earthquake gave thanks to God on Sunday, in churches if they were still standing, or on the street, out of fear of dangerous aftershocks.
“It has been a week for thanking God for protecting us. We are suffering a lot. Praying helps us,” said evangelical [...]

Bishops Request Collections for Haiti in All U.S. Churches

Catholic News Service — By Cindy Wooden — January 14, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Parishes across the United States have been asked to take up a second collection Jan. 16-17 to help ease “the terrible suffering of our brothers and sisters in Haiti” after a magnitude 7 earthquake.
Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the [...]