Tag: development
CRS World Report: A Strong Start to Help Kids’ Development in Lesotho
September 25, 2012
Rosa Maria Rametsi, a grandmother in her seventies in Lesotho, was having a hard time caring for her six orphaned grandchildren, especially the two youngest ones. Then she heard about the CRS-supported Early Childhood Care and Development program in her village. Listen to her story by clicking the media player below.
CRS President to Address Notre Dame Business School Graduation
April 23, 2012
Dr. Carolyn Woo, president & CEO of Catholic Relief Services, will be the featured speaker at this year’s graduate commencement of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she served as dean before joining CRS. Dr. Woo will also be presented with an honorary degree at the general commencement, along [...]
CRS Featured in the ONE Blog: Using Tech for Development
April 17, 2012
Helen Blakesley, CRS’ regional information officer for West Africa, recently attend a CRS information and communications technology summit in Rwanda and writes this dispatch, which is featured today on the ONE Blog. ONE is the antipoverty advocacy organization co-founded by U2 lead singer and humanitarian Bono. Speed Dating in Rwanda: Technology Meets Development Guest blog [...]
Brother, Can You Spare $150?
February 14, 2012
Scott Alessi of U.S. Catholic blogs from this week’s Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, D.C. on one part of CRS President Carolyn Woo’s speech that caught his attention: Hey, a dime doesn’t go as far as it used to. But when it comes to understanding the realities of global poverty, it can be hard [...]
Pope Benedict Links Eucharist and Social Development
September 12, 2011
From the Zenit news service: ANCONA, Italy, SEPT. 11, 2011 (Zenit.org).- A person who can kneel before the Eucharist and receive Christ in Communion must be attentive to the needs of his neighbor and ready to share his goods with others, says Benedict XVI. The Pope affirmed this today when he presented the Eucharist as [...]