Page 22 - Catholic Extension Magazine - Spring 2016

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IN THIS SPRING ISSUE of Extension magazine we are bringing you many di erent inspiring stories that show how Catholic Extension is building faith and spreading mercy around this country.
Help us make these
SUPPORT PRISON MINISTRY
2015-2016 Lumen Christi
Award nalist Sister Kathleen Atkinson is re ecting
God’s mercy in her ministry with prisoners and others who “fall through the cracks” (page 20). Join us in supporting many Cath- olic prison ministry initiatives throughout the country.
For example, you can help bring the light of faith to prisoners in the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas (photo below). Coordinated by a dedicated group of deacons, this prison ministry reaches inmates in seven prisons. And through the comprehensive prison ministry of the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisi- ana, your generous donations will not only provide Catholic out- reach to prisoners but also to the victims and survivors of violent crime.
PROVIDE A PASTOR FOR A VIBRANT BUT POOR INNER- CITY PARISH IN TEXAS
“ e Samaritans” who visit the elderly, sick and in rm (page 24) are a ministry of San Francisco Javier Mission in Laredo, Texas. Your donations can help provide a salary stipend for its dedicated pastor, Oblate Father Bill Davis. e mission is located in a poor inner-city neighborhood that is known as the “Devil’s Corner” because of its violent crime rate. e mission provides a haven of hope in a very challenging place.
SUPPORT NATIVE AMERICAN MINISTRIES
In addition to our work at
St. Francis Mission on the Rose- bud Reservation in South Dakota (page 28) and at St. Mary Church on the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana (page 18), we provide more than $1 million annually to help Native American ministries in 20 Catholic dioceses.
For example, you can help provide this year’s salary subsi- dies to Franciscan Father Eddie Fronske and his sta at the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona, which is part of the Dio- cese of Gallup. e three parishes there are a model of bringing
the richness of the Catholic faith together with the traditions of the Apache people.