Latest News

What's new at Catholic Relief Services will appear on this page, along with easy access to news updates, upcoming events and links to feature stories on the CRS main website. Also, new resource links and the latest issue of the Partner mailer and other announcements will appear in this section.

Emergency News Releases

When disaster strikes around the world, Catholic Relief Services and our partners move quickly to provide life-saving assistance to those in need. It is our goal to link you to the latest emergency press releases.

Announcements

Events and Important Dates for 2009

View upcoming events and important dates for 2009.

Webcast Calendar for 2009-2010

View the CRS Webcast calendar for 2009-2010.

Global Solidarity Network Calendar of Upcoming Sessions 2009-2010

Global Solidarity Network (GSN) a Study e-Broad Program for Higher Education allows CRS and Catholic universities and colleges to share their common concerns for social justice and peace and global responsibility through information and communications technology tools. Read more about GSN.

Interactive Webinar on Integrating CST into the Curriculum—October 28, 2009

Catholic Relief Services and the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) are collaborating with Education for Justice to offer an interactive cross-curricular webinar for high school teachers to learn about Catholic social teaching and its integration into school curriculum. Instructors from all academic disciplines are encouraged to participate in the webinar to maximize the formation of new ideas, projects, templates and resources to move cross-curricular integration from theory to practice in schools. Register for the webinar at http://www.educationforjustice.org/Webinar. Please contact Ted Miles at tmiles@crs.org for more information.

Fashion Me a People gathering in Orlando, FL—January 7-9, 2010

This year's theme is The Word of God for All Ages. The Fashion Me a People conference this year will provide leaders from all ministry areas an opportunity to explore the possibilities for engaging learners of all ages in the study of Scripture, the message of the gospel and workshops relevant to social ministry.

Public Policy and Advocacy

New Public Policy and Advocacy web pages on issues such as global hunger, conflict and peace, global health, migration, and global poverty are now available for viewing.

Special Offer for "Prayer Without Borders" Book

Our "Prayer Without Borders" book, which unites prayers, stories and reflections from more than 20 countries around the world where CRS works is being offered at a special discount. Please view the printable full page and half page flyers on this special offer and share them with the parishes and communities in your diocese. The flyer information is also available on the Additional Resources page of this site.

Faith, Hope and Treatment: The Catholic Church and HIV and AIDS

Faith, Hope and Treatment: Global HIV and the Catholic Church is a video series reflecting on the Church's approach to responding to HIV and AIDS. View five out of a seven part video series on the agency's CRS College website. The series is currently not available on DVD. For additional information please contact Kevin Kostic, CRS' university relations manager at kkostic@crs.org.

Partner Mailer goes online in 2009!

The Partner Mailer is now online. All the enclosures you received with previous mailers will still be available with each issue via a downloadable document. To request new resources or hard copies of newsletters, past or present, you can:

Send an email to resources@crs.org and place Partner Mailer in the subject line
Call the U.S. Operations Call Center 1-866-608-5978.

If you are not currently receiving a copy of the bi-monthly Partner Mailer please send an email to resources@crs.org.

You can view all mailers in the Partner Mailer Library.

Workshops available from CRS West for 2009-2010

New workshops are now available in the CRS West region for presentations at conference workshops, ministry formation programs and continuing education series for ministry staff, clergy or leadership. All workshops can be tailored to the needs or interests of a specific gathering and they are available in both English and Spanish.

JustFaith

CRS works in partnership with CCHD and CCUSA on JustFaith programs. JustFaith assists individuals with developing a passion and thirst for justice, especially as it relates to the poor and vulnerable of the world. The JustSkills: Practices and Tools for Parish Social Ministry program offers leadership development to assist with social ministry work within parishes.

Young Neighbors in Action

This is an exciting, integrated service-learning experience for parish and school teams of older youth and adults. Young Neighbors is more than a week of service. It is an extended program that provides the experiences, skills and learning needed to make change possible.