The Peace and Justice Committee of Blessed Sacrament Church in Buffalo is pleased to announce a talk by Andrew Yates, program coordinator for Catholic Charities Immigrant and Refugee Center, to be held on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 11:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Hall of the church, 1029 Delaware Ave., at West Utica Street. The parish […]
Sister Bridget Connor, a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart and a native of Philadelphia, is hosting her art exhibition and sale for the benefit of the Asylee Women Enterprise of Baltimore. The showing takes place Saturday, Sept. 9 from 3:30-7 p.m. at St. Joseph University Church, 3269 Main St., Buffalo. AWE journeys with asylum […]
The ribbon cutting symbolized opening the doors to opportunity, as well as shelter. The Buffalo House of Hope opened those doors on July 22 to house asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants. Resettlement organizations such as Jericho Road, Jewish Family Services, and International Institute of Buffalo will vet incoming immigrants and refer them to the Buffalo […]
Catholic Charities of Buffalo announced two new leadership appointments within its organization. Jenna Bichler and Michael Murphy both join as senior directors. With a primary focus on programming to strengthen individual and family stability and connectedness, Bichler will be responsible for supporting, coaching and guiding Catholic Charities’ district directors in the seven counties outside of […]
Often books inspire readers to go out into the world to explore and conquer. For an eighth-grader in Orchard Park, a book made her want to help others and invite them in. Inspired by Jasmine Warga’s “Other Words from Home,” Delaney Gradwell started a service club at Nativity of Our Lord School that raises money […]
CRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, the official relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Through CRS Rice Bowl, faith communities in dioceses throughout the U.S. put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Lenten alms donated through CRS Rice Bowl support the […]
Catholic Charities of Buffalo announced Maria Eliza “Apple” Domingo has been named director of immigration and refugee assistance program and Brandon Thurman as director of workforce and education services. “We are grateful to welcome Apple and Brandon to the Catholic Charities team and look forward to the leadership and extensive experiences they will add to their […]
Eva Hassett, executive director, International Institute of Buffalo, introduces members of the Western New York Refugee and Asylee Consortium, who will work to welcome and resettle Afghan evacuees. (Photo by Patrick J. Buechi) An influx of 50,000 Afghan evacuees are expected to be coming into the United States over the next six months. About 350 […]
Today, as I write, is World Refugee Day (June 20). For those of us who are not refugees – nor internally displaced people, migrants, asylum seekers – it is easy to ignore their plight involving fears of harm and death, traveling long and dangerous unknown paths, hunger, thirst, carrying the uncertainty of not knowing if […]
They are deadbeats who want free benefits from our country. They are taking our jobs. They are dangerous criminals who are hurting our people and our country. “They” are the 11 million undocumented migrants living in the U.S. And “they” are overwhelmingly not any of the above. Quite the contrary! Numerous studies confirm that immigrants […]
