UPDATE: Head of Miami Catholic Charities helps coordinate statewide response to Ian

MIAMI (CNS) -- The world heard about Hurricane Ian's devastation along coastal southwest Florida, but the Catholic Charities network of agencies also will focus on lesser known but equally stricken communities and devastated farmworker enclaves in the region.

That was the reassurance given by Miami's director of Catholic Charities following a fact-finding mission he made Oct. 1-2 to the greater Fort Myers region, and following preliminary conversations with seven Catholic Charities agency heads

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