For St. Joseph's Place regulars, the biggest draw is the three Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet who run the drop-in center. They provide comfort, care and counsel, which are intangible but very much needed.
For St. Joseph's Place regulars, the biggest draw is the three Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet who run the drop-in center. They provide comfort, care and counsel, which are intangible but very much needed.
With President Donald Trump overseeing massive sudden cuts to the United States Agency for International Development, sisters and organizers express grave concern for the global health ramifications.
Working with the Talitha Kum youth ambassadors, Sister of Charity IsaBelle Couillard breaks the silence on human trafficking as it affects migrant farmworkers in the Canadian province of Quebec.
An internal email says CRS is likely to be cut in half this year from Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign assistance. Cuts will "cost people's lives and livelihoods," a former bishops' conference official says.
"We don't go in and build houses. We don't go in and dig ditches. We go in and talk to the Haitian people about what their needs are," said Adrian Dominican Sr. Rosemary Finnegan in a recent interview.
Haiti's problems are seemingly almost never-ending. Advocates — like congregational representatives at the U.N. — say the beleaguered country needs more attention and more support from the global community.
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the U.S. We asked panelists: What does your community do to address the issue of trafficking and exploitation, particularly of vulnerable women and children?
Through programs that include counseling, crisis intervention and and other services, United Stand helps youths across roughly 50 Chicago schools manage and overcome stress, conflict and violence they encounter daily,
