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Research confirms the unparalleled beneficial social impact of churches

How parishes strengthen society

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Revitalization project extends across five dioceses and over 600 Catholic churches and schools

San Juan Cathedral groundbreaking marks beginning of major recovery project across Puerto Rico

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Rebuilding hundreds of churches in the island's poorest communities set to begin

Puerto Rico's mountain parishes save lives

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Early life and priesthood in rural West Texas prepared Archbishop Joe. S. Vásquez to lead 1.7 million Catholics

Galveston-Houston's new shepherd has humble roots in Extension-built churches

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Father Carlos Collazo is a force of good in a diocese beset by multiple catastrophes

Puerto Rican priest uses military training to guide his people through unthinkable disasters

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2023-2024 Lumen Christi Award finalist: Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

From the war frontlines, Ukrainian nuns brave ongoing battles to aid families

2023-2024 Lumen Christi Award finalist: Carmen Alicia Rodríguez Echevarría from the Diocese of Ponce, Puerto Rico

At earthquake-damaged school, students flourish under unflappable principal’s leadership

2023-2024 Lumen Christi Award finalist: Sister Catherine Nagl from the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska

Castaway children thrive thanks to this Catholic sister

2023-2024 Lumen Christi Award finalist: Father Olin Pierre-Louis from the Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Haitian refugees arriving in rickety boats find shelter at this priest’s poor parish

2023-2024 Lumen Christ Award finalist Brother Dale Mooney, FSC from the Diocese of Helena, Montana

Graduation rates soar among Native American children thanks to his ministry

Catholic Extension Society program leads Latino young adults to lives of service

‘A leap of faith’: Engineering graduate embarks on path to religious life

Extension program graduate courageously puts her skills to use in Mexico

Dodging the cartels and kidnappers, Sister “Tere” teaches the faith

Rebuilding their church means everything to Native American faith community

A fire consumed their church. 6 years later, Ojibwe Catholics rejoice at new parish home.

Faith and family are a priority for cattle ranchers in Nebraska Sandhills

How a 5,000-square-mile parish remains a tight-knit community

After-school center empowers children and families through counseling, educational and recreational opportunities

Resilience with a smile: Dominican nuns bring blessings and social change in Puerto Rico’s struggling communities

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