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Poverty, wealth and toilets

March 7, 2018 by Cross Catholic Blog

Today I come to you with my greatest interior struggle between poverty and wealth. I came to Cross through a mission trip to Santa Rosa, Guatemala and after returning I have struggled to find my place in our society.

Filed Under: From the Field Tagged With: Cross Catholic, Ethiopia, Lazarus, toliets

This Child Could Only Crawl. Now Watch Her Walk!

November 18, 2015 by Cross Catholic Blog

Six-year-old Mekdes Tesfaye, who suffers from cerebral palsy, takes joyful steps thanks to free therapy and an orthotic device provided through the Brothers of Good Works’ Community-Based Rehabilitation program in Addis Ababa.

Filed Under: From the Field Tagged With: Africa, cerebral palsy, children, Ethiopia, medical

A Word for the New Year

January 3, 2014 by Cross Catholic Blog

What’s your “word” for the New Year? Did you know you’re supposed to have one? In keeping with the current trend of compressing every thought into a Twitter-sized soundbite, some have decided that traditional New Year’s resolutions just won’t do. Instead, you can opt for a New Year’s word.

Filed Under: Africa, Haiti Tagged With: 2014, Ethiopia, new year

New Home = Free Heart

July 18, 2012 by Cross Catholic Blog

Last year we funded a housing project in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. This year we got to visit the beneficiaries of those new homes. One of them, 56-year-old Berhane, was especially grateful. Until Sr. Abeba of the Daughters of Charity helped her, she had been living in the streets.

Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: Ethiopia

His sheep shall not want

July 7, 2011 by Cross Catholic Blog

Assfu Halfon is one of the women chosen to receive a newly constructed house this year through Cross Catholic and the Daughters of Charity in Ethiopia.

Filed Under: Africa, Housing Tagged With: Ethiopia, Housing

With a thankful heart

November 23, 2010 by Cross Catholic Blog

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. ~ Psalm 107:8-9

Filed Under: prayer, thank you, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Bolivia, Ethiopia, Haiti, thank you, Thanksgiving, Vietnam

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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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