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To understand how the Catholic Campaign for Human Development program helps people break out of the cycle of poverty, meet Mary.
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Three Catholic priests share stories
of how CCHD has helped transform their ministry

Fr. John Tapp, Diocese of St. Petersburg

Fr. John Tapp, pastor of Holy Family Church in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL, discusses his parish’s work with FAST (Faith and Action for Strength Together), a group funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. This work, Fr. Tapp says, helps parishioners live out the call to “love and serve the Lord” that we hear at the conclusion of the Eucharistic liturgy.
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Msgr. Charles
Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Msgr. Charles Pope, pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, shares how involvement in faith-based community organizing has helped his parish proclaim the good news and make “the word become flesh” in the neighborhood.
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Fr. Toribio “Toby” Guerrero, Diocese of Laredo

Fr. Toby Guerrero, pastor of Saint Peter the Apostle Church in the Diocese of Laredo, TX, discusses how working with community organizations like COPS (Communities Organized for Public Service) in San Antonio, a group that has received funding from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, has helped him gain valuable skills to evangelize the neighborhood and to empower and develop leaders in his parish.
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Padre Toribio Guerrero, Diócesis de Laredo

El Padre Toribio Guerrero, pastor de la Iglesia San Pedro Apóstol en la Diócesis de Laredo, Texas, explica cómo trabajar con organizaciones comunitarias como COPS (Comunidades Organizadas para el Servicio Público) en San Antonio, le ha ayudado a desarrollar líderes en su parroquia para aumentar la capacidad de evangelizar y resolver problemas comunitarios. COPS es un grupo que recibe fondos de la Campaña Católica para el Desarrollo Humano.
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After a tornado ravaged East Jackson, TN, low-income people came together to seek rebuilding funding for their community.

When wages were unjustly withheld from Chinese garment worker in New York City, the workers took legal action—and set a precedent for greater respect for workers’ rights in the future.

In Boston, MA, low-income seniors and disabled persons organized to maintain funding for programs essential to the health and well-being of housing development residents.

Portraits of Hope:
How Catholic Funds Help Break the Cycle of Poverty

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Janine Carreiro Organizes Communities to Fight Poverty

Nominate a Catholic Young Adult for the 2011 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award! Deadline July 31.