Catholic Charities. Providing Help. Creating Hope.
VISION: Believing in the presence of God in our midst, we proclaim the sanctity of human life and the dignity of the person by sharing in the mission of Jesus given to the Church. To this end, Catholic Charities works with individuals, families, and communities to help them meet their needs, address their issues, eliminate oppression, and build a just and compassionate society.
MISSION: Rooted in the Mission of the Diocese of Youngstown "to minister to the people in the six counties of northeastern Ohio . . .(and) to the world community", we are called to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures, and to call the entire Church and other people of good will to do the same.
GOALS: Catholic Charities is devoted to helping meet basic human needs, strengthening families, building communities and empowering low-income people. Working to reduce poverty in half by 2020.
KEY VALUE: Hospitality
WHAT WE DO: Organizing Love. "As a community, the Church must practise love. Love thus needs to be organized if it is to be an ordered service to the community" (Deus Caritas Est, par. 20)
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Catholic Charities http://www.ccdoy.org continues to be an agent of the Church in building up the Kingdom of God. We witness, in good times and bad, about the cry of the poor to all leaders and decision makers, reminding them of Jesus’ love for each of us and His special concern with those who are hungry, naked, sick, in prison, homeless, thirsty and a stranger. We remind our cultural and political leaders that respect for all human life is essential, from conception to natural death. We try the best we can to witness to the Truth -- the Truth revealed in the Word made flesh, Jesus the Christ -- the first priority. Sometimes that witness to the Truth may upset people; but we are sure in our call to be faithful witnesses to the Gospel and to the Church in all we advocate and in how we serve.
Reflection from Church Documents and Official Statements
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ABP FISICHELLA: WE NEED NEW EVANGELIZERS
(Vatican Radio)
“We cannot conduct a new evangelisation without new evangelizers”, said
Archbishop Rino Fisichella Thursday as he opened a three day conference
on New Evangelisation in down town Sydney, Australia.
As
keynote speaker at Proclaim 2012, the President of the Vatican Council
for New Evangelisation spoke of the decline of the faith in Europe and
western societies, which, he said, cannot be stemmed by a “reform of
structures” but only by a personal encounter with the Risen Christ. He
also urged “new relationships of esteem, of trust and of welcome of
people’s various gifts” within the Church.
“To
be an evangelizer is a vocation so that all people may be able to hear
the Gospel of Jesus, believe in him and call upon him. That vocation is
born on the very day of our baptism and it is a vocation to every
believer in Christ to make of himself or herself a credible bearer of
the good news encapsulated in his teaching. To be sent, then, is
intrinsic to the baptismal vocation; this implies for all Christians
that they assume this responsibility, each one in their own person,
without any possibility of delegating it to others. The proclamation of
the Gospel cannot be delegated to others; rather, it requires the
awareness specific to the believer that he or she is to be a bearer of
Christ wherever they go”.
Below the full text of Archbishop Fisichella’s intervention at Proclaim 2012 http://www.annusfidei.va/content/novaevangelizatio/en/news/09-08-2012.html
Some important date(s) this week:
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/ByDate.aspxSee website for biographies of Saints and Blessed celebrated this week.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. St Andrew the Apostle
The first Apostle. Fisherman by trade. Brother of Simon Peter. Follower of John the Baptist. Andrew went through life leading people to Jesus, both before and after the Crucifixion. Missionary in Asia Minor and Greece, and possibly areas in modern Russia and Poland. Martyred on an saltire (x-shaped) cross, he is said to have preached for two days from it.
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For Daily Readings http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
CHARITIES NEWSBYTES
Disaster Relief: Hurricane Sandy Help support @CCharitiesUSA disaster relief efforts http://ow.ly/eSux3
PAPAL INTENTIONS: November 2012
General Intention: Ministers of the Gospel. That bishops, priests, and all ministers of the Gospel may bear the courageous witness of fidelity to the crucified and risen Lord.
Missionary Intention: Pilgrim Church. That the pilgrim Church on earth may shine as a light to the nations.
Corporal Works of Mercy: The seven practices of charity toward our neighbor
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