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by bcadmin | Oct 16, 2022 | Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Florida, Hurricane, News | 0 |
With the full picture of the widespread fallout and damages Hurricane Ian brought to southwest Florida still coming into focus, the Miami region looks on with a collective sigh of relief: What if that had hit here?
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hurricane, Mexico, News, Nicaragua | 0 |
Authorities in Central America feared the number of dead would increase after the weather system known as Julia left much of the region buried in mud or covered in floods in early October.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Florida, Hurricane, News | 0 |
Father Patrick O’Connor, pastor of Jesús Obrero (Jesus the Worker) Parish, northwest of downtown Fort Myers, orchestrated a familiar operation Oct. 4 as he shuffled about his parish hall stacked high with clothing.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Archdiocese of Miami, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Florida, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
The world heard about Hurricane Ian’s devastation along coastal southwest Florida, but the Catholic Charities network of agencies also will focus on lesser known but equally stricken communities and devastated farmworker enclaves in the region.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Associated Press, Bishop Frank Dewane, Church in the US, Florida, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
With the storm now passed and its devastation abounding, churches across hard-hit Southwest Florida are providing a steadying force in the lives of those plunged into chaos and grief.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 3, 2022 | Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Florida, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
As authorities in Florida continued rescue efforts, Catholic parishes and dioceses in the U.S. moved rapidly to collect aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, and U.S. President Joe Biden said it could take years to rebuild what was destroyed.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2022 | Catholic Extension, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Hurricane, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, News, Puerto Rico | 0 |
Deacon Asterio Velasco, director of Hispanic ministry for the Newark Archdiocese, is concerned about Puerto Rico.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2022 | Bishop Frank J. Dewane, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of St. Petersburg, Hurricane, News | 0 |
Authorities in Florida continued rescue efforts Sept. 30, and Catholic parishes and dioceses in the U.S. moved rapidly to collect aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian as President Joe Biden said it could take years to rebuild what was destroyed.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Florida, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
It’s too early to tell the extent of the damage in the Catholic dioceses of Venice and St. Petersburg in Florida following a direct hit Sept. 28 by Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful hurricanes the state has seen.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Cuba, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
Hurricane Ian made landfall Sept. 27 in Cuba’s western region of Pinar del Rio, with sustained winds of 125 mph that took down the entire island’s electric grid.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Bishop Gregory Parkes, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
As the Tampa Bay area on Florida’s west coast prepared for Hurricane Ian, Bishop Gregory L. Parkes of St. Petersburg invited all in the diocese to pray to God “for the protection of life and property as we face this serious threat.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Archbishop Roberto González Nieves, Caribbean, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of San Jose, Dominican Republic, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News, Puerto Rico | 0 |
Puerto Rico’s archbishop said he has not been in contact with all his priests since Hurricane Fiona knocked out power to the island, and he expressed concern for the hurricane’s impact on the southern and western parts of the island.
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