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Sisters of Charity Federation: Responding to the Needs of Migrants and Refugees
Poverty, hunger and other forms of violence cause many migrants and refugees to flee their homelands and seek a better life elsewhere. Sadly, not all immigrants and refugees of today find a welcome on our shores. Many families suffer separation, worker exploitation...
United Nations Observes International Day of Peace
The United Nations in New York is bustling with world leaders, their entourages, and security teams as the 72nd UN General Assembly is underway. Fittingly, as vital issues are hashed out in conference rooms and assembly halls today, the world observes International...
Looking at the United States from the Outside • A Call to Action
The world watches the response of the United States to the worldwide crisis of refugees. What's going on on your country? Here's a piece from SSVP Canada. As one of my duties as chair of our national social justice committee, I take part in monthly conference calls...
Pope’s message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees is released
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis' message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees was released by the Vatican on Monday. In the message the Holy Father says that providing aid to migrants and refugees is a "great responsibility, which the Church intends to share with...
A Worthwhile Book to Read Spotlighting the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Recently author Melissa Fleming spoke to UN News about her book, “A Hope More Powerful than the Sea.” Ms. Fleming is a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees. She travels to war zones to illuminate the realities of people who have become refugees. In...
Women On The Move: St. John’s Celebrates International Women’s Day with Spotlight on Women Refugees and Migrants
All around the world, women move not only themselves and their families to safer locations but they move their communities to overcome injustice. Commemorating International Women’s Day, the St. John’s CRS Global Campus Committee organized a panel of experts focusing...
Mike Says, “Welcoming Refugees is the Lord’s Work”
"Have you ever had a moment when you just knew the Holy Spirit was at work right in front of you? When your spine tingles and your eyes grow wide?" So writes our friend, Mike Jordan Laskey. "I experienced one of those sacred encounters in a Catholic school basement in...
Syria: The SSVP At The Heart Of A War Without End
Six years after the uprising against the regime of Bachar El Assad in 2011 was answered with force, thus plunging the country into complete chaos, the ICRC states today that there are 6.3 million people displaced within the country, 5 million people live in besieged...
