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Social Justice Newsflash
“I want a Church which is poor and for the poor.”
— Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium
USCCB POVERTY AWARENESS MONTH - January is Poverty Awareness Month! During Poverty Awareness Month, join the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and the Catholic community in the United States in taking up Pope Francis’ challenge to live in solidarity with the poor! Go to this webpage to find a calendar of daily ways to learn about poverty in America and access longer daily reflections: https://www.usccb.org/committees/catholic-campaign-human-development/poverty-awareness-month. Also visit
http://www.povertyusa.org/ for ways to take action, resources for prayer, education on economic justice, and to find groups supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development near you. The USCCB also has a YouTube video on the Web of Poverty, which can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lztAodWjMmw&t=191s. During Poverty Awareness Month, please make a contribution to the Poor Box and/or check the Little Food Pantry and contribute needed items.
ST. MARY’S MEALS UPDATE AND NEED - St. James is responsible for a meal at St. Mary’s the fourth Friday of the even months (February, April, June, August, October, and December). Prior to the pandemic, meals were prepared and served at St. Mary’s by St. James volunteers for 100-120 of our neighbors. Since April of 2020, sixty to-go bagged meals have been prepared in the St. James kitchen by St. James volunteers and provided to St. Mary’s for distribution by St. Mary’s volunteers. After 15 years of dedicated and loving service to the St. Mary’s Meals ministry, Kathy Cardos and Renee Billow have decided to step aside as co-chairs. We are in search of a new chairperson or co-chairpeople to organize this ministry. Anyone interested leading this important ministry or who has questions about the ministry can contact Kathy (kvdunn51@gmail.com) and Renee (billowtalk@gmail.com) through their emails. A new chairperson or co-chairpeople need to be in place well ahead of the meal in February 2022. You can also contact Jeannette List if you have any questions or are interested in volunteering at 717-626-1715 or blist@dejazzd.com. We thank Kathy and Renee for their years of service and devotion to the St. Mary’s Meals ministry, its volunteers, and our neighbors in need.