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St. Katharine Drexel (Wikimedia Commons) Posted February 25, 2021 Archdiocesan Catholic Social Services will host a webinar on a local saint who devoted her life to the Black and Native American communities. “St. Katharine Drexel – Her Prophetic Mission to Serve and Advocate for Black and Native American Children, and Our Call to Engage in Works of Charity and Justice Today” will take place on March 4 at 12 p.m. via Zoom. Presenters will include CSS director of mission integration Edward Lis; Sister of the Blessed Sacrament Pat Downs, a vowed member of the religious congregation founded by St. Katharine Drexel; and Joyce Hadley, a lay associate leader within the same community. ....
Archdiocesan food giveaway draws hundreds amid bitter cold Religious of the Assumption Sister Gertrude Borres, director of the archdiocesan Office for the Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees, gathers fresh bread for her ministry s clients at a Jan. 30 food distribution hosted by archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services near the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. (Gina Christian) By Gina Christian • Posted February 2, 2021 Archdiocesan staff and volunteers braved last weekend’s freezing temperatures and icy winds to provide hundreds of meals to area families hard hit by COVID. The Jan. 30 food distribution which took place in the parking lot of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, located behind the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was sponsored by Nutritional Development Services (NDS). ....