A special collection will be taken up at all the Masses Jan. 16-17 to support the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic Church, will use these funds to respond to immediate emergency needs such as “water, food, shelter and medical care, as well as to the long-term need to rebuild after widespread destruction, and to the pastoral and reconstruction needs of the Catholic Church in Haiti.” Haiti, which is 80-percent Catholic, is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Donations can also be sent directly to Haiti Earthquake Relief, Diocese of Little Rock, P.O. Box 7565, Little Rock, AR 72217-7565. For more information, visit Catholic Relief Services at www.crs.org.
Please also join the diocese in prayer: “For our sisters and brothers in Haiti in their time of terrible suffering, that they will not despair in the midst of so much devastation. May they experience the hope of Christ in the outpouring of love and support from all who care for their survival and recovery.”
Catholic aid agencies collecting donations for Haiti
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The following international aid agencies are working with partner agencies and local religious leaders in Haiti and are accepting donations for victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ international relief and development agency, is accepting donations by phone at (800) 736-3467; online at www.crs.org; or by mail to CRS, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203-7090.
The Salesians are accepting donations by phone at (914) 633-8344; online at www.salesianmissions.org; or by mail to Salesian Disaster Relief, Salesian Missions, P.O. Box 30, New Rochelle, NY 10802-0030.
The Archdiocese of Miami, which has a large Haitian population, has set up a place to donate online at www.newmiamiarch.org.
Caritas Internationalis is accepting donations for Haiti at www.caritas.org.
Food for the Poor is also accepting donations at www.foodforthepoor.org.
Catholic Medical Mission Board is accepting monetary donations by mail to CMMB, 10 West 17th St., New York, New York 10011; by phone at (800) 678-5659; or online at http://support.cmmb.org/Haiti. Medicines and medical supplies may be donated by calling CMMB’s Kathy Tebbett at (212) 242 7757.
Jesuit Refugee Service is accepting donations at www.jrsusa.org; click on “Donate Now” box on right of page.
