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Empowering African Communities Through Water and Workshops

March 12, 2021 by Cross Catholic Blog

Providing water and sanitation relief along with hygiene education and relevant training can help usher at-risk communities across Africa along the road to self-sufficiency.

Filed Under: Africa, Water Tagged With: Showcase

Nomads No More

June 20, 2018 by Cross Catholic Blog

In Kenya’s Rift Valley, the Maasai tribe has been living a nomadic lifestyle for generations. Father John Fortune is evangelizing the Maasai through education and spiritual formation in the village of Ewuaso Kedong. Because of the school, both children and adults have been baptized into the Catholic faith.

Filed Under: Africa, children, education, Food

Nutrition situation in drought-hit areas of Kenya has improved

May 2, 2018 by Cross Catholic Blog

Good news out of Kenya. According to the Food Security Steering Group, nutrition in drought-hit areas has improved considerably due to an increase in food supplies. However, it is no time to be complacent. The situation remains at critical levels in key rural areas.

Filed Under: Africa, Disaster Relief, Hunger and Feeding, In the News

Weak, Hurting, Wasting Away…and Thankful

October 21, 2015 by Cross Catholic Blog

My recent bout of the stomach flu has made me grateful for some things: A comfortable bed. A toilet inside my home. Clean water when I’m dehydrated. Money for a doctor (and a vehicle to get to the clinic).

Filed Under: Africa, Haiti, Water Tagged With: Haiti, Kenya, water

Learning from the Poor

March 18, 2014 by Cross Catholic Blog

When Pope Francis exhorts us to see the face of Jesus in the suffering poor, that doesn’t mean poverty automatically makes a person Christ-like. Even so, those who are lowly in the world’s eyes are often just the sort of people God uses to humble the high and mighty by demonstrating a life rich in faith.

Filed Under: Africa, education Tagged With: Kenya

St. Thomas Aquinas

January 28, 2014 by Cross Catholic Blog

A renowned scholar, Saint Thomas Aquinas (1224-1275) is often referred to as the Third Entry of Aristotle into the world.  As a Dominican friar, he basically took much of the philosophical method of Aristotle and “Christianized” it, thus preparing the way for a “Natural Theology” to be based upon deductive reasoning.

Filed Under: Africa, Saint Tagged With: Kenya, Saint Thomas Aquinas

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Cross Catholic Outreach

Our mission is to mobilize the global Catholic Church to transform the poor and their communities materially and spiritually for the glory of Jesus Christ. Your gift empowers us to serve the poorest of the poor by channeling life-changing aid through an international network of dioceses, parishes and Catholic missionaries. This cost-effective approach helps break the cycle of poverty and advance Catholic evangelization.

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Fundraising & Administrative Expenses 4.62%
More than 95 percent of all organizational expenses, including donated goods, went directly to programs that help the poor.
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Cross Catholic Outreach is a 501(c)(3) | EIN 65-1156061

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