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Eliminate Hunger: Improve the Economy

Eliminating hunger is good for the economy, according to a recent study. The analysts of The Perryman Group studied the economic cost of hunger and found that: “In addition to enormous human costs, hunger imposes severe costs on the economy. Not having sufficient food leads to a numbe
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November 16, 2015
by Hill
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end hunger, feed the hungry, feed the poor, food security, food security partnership, hunger, PASS, Pennsylvania agricultural surplus program, poverty, SFPP, state food purchase program

Run Forth to Meet Christ

Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God, the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ. Christmas is coming; the race is on – shopping, baking, cleaning, decorating, socializing. Most of us run around a lot this time of year; but toward whom are we running – the Christ child or the
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December 01, 2014
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advent, advocacy, Christmas, common good, matthew 25, poverty, Social Justice

Health Care for ½ Million More Pennsylvanians with Healthy PA Approval

Governor Tom Corbett’s Healthy Pennsylvania plan received federal approval this week meaning as many as 600,000 more Pennsylvanians will be able to access quality, affordable health care through the private insurance market. The plan is being described as an innovative way to use the
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August 29, 2014
by Hill
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access to health care, Corbett, health care insurance, health care reform, healthy pa, medicaid, Medicaid expansion PA, poverty, uninsured

PCC & PCHA Applaud Expansion of Health Insurance Coverage

The Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA) and the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) issued this statement today applauding the federal approval of Governor Tom Corbett’s Healthy Pennsylvania, a plan that will allow hundreds of thousands more Pennsylvanians access to nec
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August 29, 2014
by Hill
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access to health care, Corbett, health care insurance, health care reform, healthy pa, medicaid, Medicaid expansion PA, poverty, uninsured

Gateways Out of Poverty

Approximately 1.5 million Pennsylvanians live below the federal poverty level – more than 12 percent of the overall population. One group of state legislators wants to do something about it. Representative Dave Reed (R-Indiana) and the House Majority Policy Committee initiated a proce
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July 16, 2013
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Catholic Charities, concern for the poor, people in need, poverty, services to poor, social concerns

More than 46 million Americans live in Poverty in the USA

Americans families were having a difficult time making ends meet before the recession. With continuing unemployment and increasing costs of living, more and more families have to choose between necessities like health care, child care, and even food.
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September 07, 2012
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poor, poverty, poverty statistics, povertyUSA, Service to the Poor, USCCB

What Child Homelessness Is Costing Us

Every night in Pennsylvania thousands of children sleep in homeless shelters. Can we measure what the awful experience of being homeless can do to a child? Perhaps not, but we can see what it is costing us in dollars, which is quite a bit more than it would cost to simply provide hous
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August 01, 2012
by Hill
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Catholic Charities, homeless children, homelessness, poverty, services to poor

Journey with Haiti, earthquake response continues

Signs of progress are evident in Port-au-Prince: Beauty supply stores and small food kiosks flourish in the tarp-covered camps, the mountains of rubble are eroding under the constant tap of pickax-wielding crews, and the Haitian government has made headway in crafting a long-term stra
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April 12, 2010
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CRS, disaster relief, earthquake, global poverty, haiti, international, poverty

Be one in a million, confront global poverty

When Pope Benedict XVI said we must be “personally outraged by the injustices in the world” to end the marginalization of the world’s poor, he was issuing a challenge to Catholics everywhere: Let’s put global poverty on the map.
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March 23, 2010
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catholic relief services, CRS, global poverty, poor, poverty

Catholic Charities radio interview

How is the troubled economy affecting our Catholic Charities? Listen to PCC Communications Director Amy Hill interview Mark Totaro, Executive Director of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Harrisburg about how the demand for services are up while donations and government and other
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May 13, 2009
by Hill
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Catholic Charities, economy, poor, poverty, state funding, volunteer opportunities
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