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Catholics in Connecticut are working to help those impacted by what one lawmaker described as “historic, unprecedented flooding” Aug. 18-19 that took two lives and forced hundreds to flee for safety.

The joyous preparations that typically mark the approach of the feast of the Nativity have taken on a different hue in the city of Bethlehem.

A Harvest Home spokesperson said the organization provides case management, therapy, parenting classes and other services to homeless pregnant women who have nowhere else to turn.

Blessed McGivney’s “constant effort” was “to bring his flock together in Christ,” he said, adding that Knights have the responsibility to continue that.

Courage began in 1980 in New York City under Cardinal Terence Cooke, who saw a need to support Catholics experiencing same-sex attractions and who sought to live chastely in accordance with church teaching on homosexuality.

Dementia is a generic term for the impaired ability to remember, think or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities.

In the letter, Pope Francis “speaks as a shepherd, as a brother” and “expressed once again his complete trust, his full support and also his prayers,” said the secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein.

For those suffering from the deaths of loved ones, the lack of human contact and the inability to feel connected to the larger world, the book is intended to be a compact means of support.