Natural disasters Archives

Fund helps displaced Bahamas students, teachers after Hurricane Dorian

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Nov 13, 2019

Two months after Hurricane Dorian upended life in the northern Bahamas, a newly launched fund will support hundreds of Catholic school students displaced by the storm.

Caritas Manila issues appeal for Philippine earthquake victims

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
Oct 30, 2019

The social action arm of Archdiocese of Manila was among organizations responding in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that struck the southern Philippine region of Mindanao Oct. 29.

Getty Fire impacts a Catholic university, schools and retired sisters

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 30, 2019

The Getty Fire that began whipping through mountain communities west of Los Angeles during the early hours of Oct. 28 caused the closure of several local Catholic schools, the evacuation of students and staff at Mount St. Mary’s University and a call for the retired sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet to shelter in place.

Catholic school students in Bahamas show resiliency after Dorian

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Oct 19, 2019

While many public schools in Grand Bahama remain closed some five weeks after Hurricane Dorian’s landfall, Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Academy is back in session with a new daily schedule and newly refurbished spaces.

L.A. Archdiocese expands fund for Southern California wildfire victims

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 16, 2019

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is expanding a fund established last year for victims of wildfires in California to victims of the current wildfires burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Typhoon Hagibis aftermath unlikely to affect Pope Francis’s November plans

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
Oct 15, 2019

A devastating typhoon that hit Japan over the weekend is unlikely to change the program of Pope Francis, who is scheduled to visit the country next month.