| CCOP joins
Global Solidarity Initiative
By Voice staff
Deborah Katina, founder and director of Yang’at
which brought fresh water to villagers in West Pokot, Kenya, will help
kick off the year-long Global Solidarity Initiative at the Catholic Community
of Pleasanton. She will speak Oct. 4 at the 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. youth
and family liturgies at St. Elizabeth Seton Church.
Katina is the winner of Kenya’s 2008 Head of State Commendation
for her work.
Father Jerry Kennedy, parochial vicar at CCOP, will underscore main points
of the initiative at every Mass Oct. 3-4 at both St. Elizabeth and St.
Augustine churches which make up the parish community.
The Global Solidarity Initiative, a joint effort between the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, is calling
upon one million Catholics in the U.S. to confront global poverty, hunger,
disease, conflict and other issues that affect the lives of people all
over the world.
As part of its involvement in the Initiative, CCOP has reached out in
solidarity with the people of Malawi. Working together with Church World
Service, the community has begun to provide funds to help in the building
of water wells.
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