In honor of Independence Day, we highlight the privilege of supporting ministries that have freedom and belonging at heart. It is the annual renewal of the fiscal year budgets for the remainder of 2021 through June 30 2022, and below we will share the mission of those we support and serve.
Serve one another with the gifts you have received.
-      1 Peter 4:8-11 
Our faith is dead if we ignore others in need.
 
One of the Catholic Social Teachings is Call to Family, Community, and Participation. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops reveal that “The person is not only sacred but also social. How we organize our society -- in economics and politics, in law and policy -- directly affects human dignity and the capacity of individuals to grow in community. Marriage and the family are the central social institutions that must be supported and strengthened, not undermined. We believe people have a right and a duty to participate in society, seeking together the common good and well-being of all, especially the poor and vulnerable.”

     Act justly, love kindness, walk humbly with God.
 
Pope Francis, in On Care for Our Common Home, shows us that we are called to work together. “Local individuals and groups can make a real difference. They are able to instill a greater sense of responsibility, a strong sense of community, a readiness to protect others, a spirit of creativity and a deep love for the land...Social problems must be addressed by community networks and not simply by the sum of individual good deeds.”

     We are one body, individually members one of another.