With an increase of migrants arriving at La Frontera, a shelter run by Catholic Charities in Laredo, Texas, Notre Dame sisters find ways to accommodate this influx as they recruit more volunteers.
Throughout her life as a Scalabrinian, Sr. Lidia Mara Silva de Souza has been entrusted with missions that have allowed her to meet migrants from all over Latin America, and also have made her a migrant herself.
More than 250 people from 59 U.S. Catholic charitable agencies participated in Catholic Charities USA's Applied Institute for Disaster Excellence training Dec. 5-9.