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Legacy Club Mass
In December Catholic
Extension President
Father Jack Wall will
celebrate a Mass
for the intentions of
Legacy Club members.
The annual Mass is
one of the benefits for
club members, who
have designated a gift
to Catholic Extension
in their will. “We are
enormously thankful
for our Legacy Club
members and their
loyalty to our mission,”
said Father Wall.
“We remember you in
our prayers.” Transformative encounter on the border

TV Mass In September, through Catholic Extension’s Pastor Immersion
Please join us for our Program, 18 priests traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to experi-
Weekly TV Mass at
catholicextension.org/ ence firsthand the hardships that immigrants and refugees face
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and how the Church serves them.

They were deeply moved by visits to migrant shelters, the
Humanitarian Respite Center, the Human Development Proj-

ect, an historic border church and other ministries that Catholic
Extension supports.

The pastors, from Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Louisville, Provi-
dence and Cleveland, encountered a completely different side of

the Church than the urban areas they serve.
Above, the priests gather at the Rio Grande in Los Ebanos,

Texas, to pray for the safety and welfare of the immigrants.