WASHINGTON (CNS) The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, forest fires, hurricanes, wars and other events this year have hit the world s economies hard, leaving many unemployed and unable to pay for rent and even food.
As Catholic organizations try to address this overwhelming need, their own resources strained, some people have indicated they would like to help those in need.
While you also may wish to assist local charities, here s a list of nationally and internationally focused agencies to get you started. This list is not all-inclusive, and the organizations are not listed in any particular order:
At MISSIO.org, the online giving platform of the Pontifical Mission Societies, choose from more than 300 projects in over 50 countries around the world, knowing 100% of your donation goes directly to the project you choose. https://bit.ly/344kFLe. As Christmas approaches, you can also add a child in the pope s missions to your gift-giving list, assisting them with this MISSIO project:
Around the Diocese
Friday, Dec. 18, 2020
Christmas Mass The Cathedral of the Madeleine, 309 E. South Temple, SLC, will celebrate the Christmas Mass at Night at 10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24. Social distancing requirements will be observed. The Mass will be livestreamed on the cathedral’s YouTube channel, cotmtv. Check your parish for Mass times.
Pastoral Center Closed For the Christmas holiday, the Diocese of Salt Lake City Pastoral Center will be closed Dec. 24-28. It will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 29. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Pastoral Center Closed For the New Year’s holiday, the Diocese of Salt Lake City Pastoral Center will be closed Dec. 31-Jan. 4. It will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5. We wish everyone a Happy New Year.
Dec. 11, 2020 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, forest fires, hurricanes, wars and other events this year have hit the world s economies hard, leaving many unemployed and unable to pay for rent and even food. As Catholic organizations try to address this overwhelming need, their own resources strained, some people have indicated they would like to help those in need. Here s a list to get you started. This list is not all-inclusive, and the organizations are not listed in any particular order: At MISSIO.org, the online giving platform of the Pontifical Mission Societies, choose from more than 300 projects in over 50 countries around the world, knowing 100% of your donation goes directly to the project you choose. https://bit.ly/344kFLe. As Christmas approaches, you can also add a child in the pope s missions to your gift-giving list, assisting them with this MISSIO project: https://bit.ly/3nnfopu.
A little boy on the Mexican side of the border fence peers into in El Paso, Texas, on the U.S. side in this November 2017 photo. (CNS/Rich Kalonick, Courtesy of Catholic Extension)
Life teaches us that some things just take time. Six years into my formation as a Sister of Providence, for example, there are truths that have deepened in me about God that I simply couldn t internalize in my first year or two. After 18 years of speaking Spanish in different contexts, I have an ease in speaking that was not possible when I cracked open my first high school language books. Throughout our lives, we learn by experience the goodness of waiting that produces fruit. We learn that God s work might be slow, but it is constant.