Bishop Donald Kettler is asking parishes of the Diocese of St. Cloud to take up a special collection during the next few weeks to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian.
Parishes asked to take up special collection for hurricane victims
Florida senators ask Trump to waive visa requirements for some Bahamians
In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, two Florida Republican senators have asked President Donald Trump to waive or suspend certain visa requirements for Bahamian citizens with relatives residing in the U.S.
Bahamian Catholic school administrator describes current desperation
An interim parish administrator and assistant principal of the St. Francis de Sales Parish and School in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, Bahamas, said his school was in ruins and the island is in a desperate state following Hurricane Dorian.
Catholic organizations in Florida marshaling aid for Dorian victims
In the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s brutal blasting of the Bahamas, Catholic organizations in Florida continued to raise funds to aid victims there.
Death toll in Bahamas likely higher than reported, local resident says
The Bahamanian government’s estimated death toll from Hurricane Dorian is likely to rise if and when members of the Haitian immigrant community are accounted for and when search and rescue operations begin in earnest, said an attorney in the Bahamas.
‘You have to have faith,’ Bahamian resident says of Dorian recovery
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo in a Sept. 4 statement said: “We are extremely mindful of the dire need faced by the community in the Bahamas so devastated by this catastrophic storm.
Florida Catholic Charities officials closely watching Dorian’s path
While it appeared Sept. 3 that Hurricane Dorian would skirt Florida’s east coast, the widespread catastrophic damage to the Bahamas associated with the historically large and powerful storm is not going unnoticed.