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Saturday of the first week of Lent, 2023

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Prayer & Reflection - March 4, 2023 - “Behold, now is a very good time, behold, now is the day of salvation.” This verse, read before today’s Gospel at Mass, might be a wake-up call for us, if we’ve yet to focus on our plans for Lent. What could be more beneficial for our ministry than to remember that our salvation is at…

Thursday of the fourth week of Advent, 2022

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Prayer & Reflection - December 22, 2022 - Many people come to Catholic Charities seeking a reversal of their lives’ realities. What hungry person wouldn’t want a full refrigerator, or what homeless person wouldn’t want their own house — not for just for today but forever? Sometimes their expectations weigh us down and their pent-up frustrations or despair overwhelm us. We know that…

Friday of the third week of Advent, 2022

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Prayer & Reflection - December 16, 2022 - For my house shall be calleda house of prayer for all peoples.Thus says the Lord GOD,who gathers the dispersed of Israel:Others will I gather to himbesides those already gathered. (Isaiah 56: 7b-8) “We don’t serve people because they are Catholic; we serve them because we are.” (Proclaimed and modeled by any number of Catholic Charities…

Friday of the second week of Advent, 2022

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Prayer & Reflection - December 9, 2022 - “I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you on the way you should go.” Have you ever spoken with a truly transformed person? Many times a truly transformed person is someone who has experienced great trials of adversity, disease, harm to themselves, or harm they caused to another…

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, 2022

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Prayer & Reflection - April 13, 2022 - Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Readings of the Day“All is gift.” St. Ignatius of Loyola is known for saying this, and Ignatian spirituality carries this message forward, inviting us to find God in all things. Everything around us, both beauty and suffering, can speak of God. At first this seems untrue. How can suffering…

Prayer for the care of creation

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Prayer & Reflection - March 30, 2017 - Opening Prayer God of all creation, your goodness and glory shine forth through everything you have made. Through the light of faith, help us to see this world, our common home, not as a resource to dominate and exploit, but as a gift to be cherished by all generations. Prompted by your Spirit, we ask…

Opening Prayer: Bury the dead

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Prayer & Reflection - December 8, 2016 - Opening Prayer Almighty ever-living God, you rule both the living and the dead and are merciful to all. We humbly beseech you, that those for whom we pour out our prayers may obtain pardon for their sins through your tender mercy. May they rejoice together, be blessed in your sight, and praise you without end.…

Year of Mercy: Bury the dead

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Prayer & Reflection - November 16, 2016 - Opening Prayer Almighty ever-living God, you rule both the living and the dead and are merciful to all. We humbly beseech you, that those for whom we pour out our prayers may obtain pardon for their sins through your tender mercy. May they rejoice together, be blessed in your sight, and praise you without end.…

CCUSA letter on FY23 Senate agriculture appropriations

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News - June 8, 2022 - The Honorable Tammy Baldwin, Chair Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable John Hoeven, Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chair…

CCUSA letter on FY23 labor, health and human services, education appropriations bill

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News - May 13, 2022 - The Honorable Patty Murray Chairman Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Roy Blunt Ranking Member Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Murray and Ranking Member Blunt: As you engage in discussions concerning the…

CCUSA sends letter to Senate on increased funding for USDA programs

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News - July 19, 2021 - The Honorable Patrick Leahy, ChairmanCommittee on AppropriationsUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Richard Shelby, Vice ChairmanCommittee on AppropriationsUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Leahy and Vice Chairman Shelby: We write on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic…

CCUSA letter to Congress on increased funding for USDA programs

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News - July 19, 2021 - United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative: We write on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, and Catholic Rural Life. Our Catholic organizations work with Congress every year on a range…