hurricane relief

Catholic Charities USA recently sent a letter to Bishop Patrick Neary, thanking the diocese for its support for the victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The diocese sent a total of $269,236.49 donated through special collections.

Catholic Charities agency made an urgent request for supplies and assistance to several organizations for donations to hurricane relief.

The community will be fed April 5-8 from 11 a.m. “until the food is gone” and that they would be serving Cajun takeout food “for all in the community at no charge.”

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions announced Dec. 30, 2020, that it has awarded Catholic Extension a $1.5M grant to help support a large-scale effort toward disaster recovery for the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico.

In Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, California and Mexico City, recovery was slow and deep pain remained from a string of natural disasters as 2017 ended.

Catholic schools across the diocese are helping those affected by the hurricanes that rocked the southern part of the country.

Bishop Donald Kettler is asking parishes of the Diocese of St. Cloud to take up a special collection on the weekend of Sept. 23-24 to assist victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and the southeastern region of the United States.

Catholic Charities USA presented a $2 million check Sept. 4 representing donations received to date for immediate emergency assistance for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey and its catastrophic flooding.