KEOTA — In a few weeks, new college graduate Maggie VanRoekel will head to Bolivia to help provide educational opportunities to marginalized citizens. As a volunteer with Franciscan Mission Services, she will spend two years living in solidarity with students at Unidad Academica Campesina in Carmen Pampa, teaching English and participating in ministerial work.
At its fall meeting, the USCCB set December 12, 2016, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe aside as a National Day of Prayer with a focus on the plight of refugees and immigrants. In their press release the Bishops note that “It will be a time to place before a merciful God the hopes, fears, and needs of all those families who have come to the U.S. seeking a better life.” Please open the full story for resources... beyond December 12.
Filing fees for a wide assortment of immigration applications and related paperwork will increase under final rules released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Oct. 24. The increases take effect Dec. 23. Click link to learn more.
Since 2006, the Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa, have worked to bring safe water to villages in Tanzania and Honduras through its Sister Water Project. With support from Safe Water for Life and Dignity (SWLD), the Congregation of the Humility of Mary in Davenport, Holy Spirit Sisters, Salvatorian Missions, Dubuque Rotary Club and many donors, the Sister Water Project has completed or restored more than 125 well projects in Tanzania and 10 water systems in Honduras.