CRS in the News

Read some of the great articles that have highlighted our 75 years of service.

Jane

Our Sunday Visitor

Catholic Relief Spans 75 years

The first aid provided by Catholic Relief Services lives on in memory of a former refugee from Poland. Link to full article
Mike

EWTN

Polish Refugee Revisits Catholic Shelter He Called Home as a Child

Julek Plowy, a Polish refugee, visits a Catholic shelter where he took refuge after escaping a Russian gulag. Julek, along with his mother and sister, lived in a Mexican refugee settlement for 4 years before immigrating to the United States. Link to full article
John

WYPR-FM

75 Years of Service

Catholic Relief Services, whose humanitarian aid stretches across the globe, was founded to help the dispossessed after World War II. With a new podcast, CRS is highlighting some of the colorful characters and memorable events that make up its history. Link to full article
Jane

Catholic News Service

Cardinal Tagle Says Everyone Has a Little Migrant in their Soul

Cardinal Tagle talks about Share the Journey. The campaign, introduced in September 2017, by Pope Francis, invites people of faith to interact with and welcome migrants and forcibly displaced people who are struggling to survive in the face of economic and social oppression, war and criminal violence. Link to full article
Mike

Catholic News Agency

In Haiti, Catholic Relief Services Builds Hospital to Last

CRS works with the local community in Haiti to rebuild a hospital after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Link to full article
John

Our Sunday Visitor

Life-Giving Sacrifice in Lent

For over 40 years, Rice Bowl has made a powerful difference by connecting us with the world’s hungry. Link to full article
Jane

MASN

Orioles Partner With Catholic Relief Services to Host the “75,000 Meal Challenge” to Fight Hunger

To celebrate our 75th anniversary, CRS is partnering with the Baltimore Orioles to package 75,000 meals to send to Burkina Faso, West Africa. Link to full article
Mike

The Tablet

Eileen Egan: A Woman of Uncompromising Faith

Eileen Egan, who in 1943, was the first woman to go overseas for War Relief Services (later renamed Catholic Relief Services, or CRS), ministered to refugees from World War II, victims of the Holocaust and displaced people. Link to full article
John

The Buffalo News

Another Voice: Mexican-U.S. History Has Lessons on Handling Immigration

Catholic Relief Services saw its first action as a charity helping the Polish refugees in Mexico with medical care and education at Colonia Santa Rosa. Link to full article
Jane

Our Sunday Visitor

Legacy of the 'Noodle Priest'

It all started when Monsignor Romaniello noticed that U.S. government flour that CRS was distributing in Hong Kong wasn’t in the form people could use. That was in 1955, when the Maryknoll priest came to head up CRS work there.  Link to full article
Mike

CRS/Catholic Mom

Catholic Relief Services' 75th Anniversary: Faith in God and Humanity

Catholic Relief Services provided aid during World War II to Polish refugees in Mexico in many forms, including clothing, food, education, toys and medical aid. Link to full article
John

CRS/Catholic Mom

They Said It Couldn’t be Done

CRS’ alliance with churches in local communities provided a team of community workers who reached out to desperately poor patients and helped address myths and stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS patients. Link to full article
Jane

Our Sunday Visitor

Women at the Heart of Our Work

From the beginning, women have held a central place in both doing and benefitting from the humanitarian work of Catholic Relief Services.  Link to full article
Mike

The Catholic Commentator

Rice Bowl Funds Assisting Needy Families to Stay Warm

The CRS Rice Bowl program helps fund relief programs locally through the Catholic Charities Social and Community Responsibility Department. The fund helps low-income families during times of crisis. Link to full article
John

Our Sunday Visitor

Tragedy on the 79th Floor 

Catholic Relief Services’ early days at World War II’s end saw destruction, miracles, heroism and faith. Link to full article
Jane

Salt and Light Media

The Pope’s Lambo Sold!

Cardinal Tagle congratulates CRS on celebrating 75 years in humanitarian aid by saying CRS has touched so many lives and been touched by so many lives. Link to full article
Mike

Salt and Light Media

The Difficult Task Ahead for the Pope in Chile and Peru - Perspectives Daily

CRS, founded in 1943, shares how they have become a catalyst for change by transforming lives around the world. Link to full article
John

Northwest Catholic

Catholic Relief Services Celebrates 75 Years of Helping the ‘Poorest of the Poor’ 

CRS’ regional office in Seattle gathers to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency. Link to full article
Jane

Our Sunday Visitor

Communities Unlock Their Dignity

CRS Savings and Internal Lending Communities help the poorest of the poor build their futures together. Link to full article
Mike

Catholic News Service

Onetime Polish War refugee Collects History So the World Won’t Forget

The Poles were the first people aided by the fledgling War Relief Services, which was started in 1943 by the National Catholic Welfare Council of the United States bishops in response to the human suffering wrought by war. Link to full article
John

Catholic News Agency

How CRS Is Changing Life For Disabled Children In Vietnam 

Life used to be very isolated for Ho Ngoc Linh, an 11-year-old girl living in central Vietnam. But Linh’s world shifted this year when she became one of the more than 5,400 children to benefit from Catholic Relief Services’ programs for children and adults with disabilities in Vietnam. Link to full article
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