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test of our own progress will be how we treat
those in our own community, what we do to
promote economic justice, and what we do to
evidence our care and concern for the poor and
needy within our own country and locality.”
Bishop Howard
Hubbard, “Poverty in the Diocese of Albany: A
Threat to the Common Good”
Catholic
Charities’ major public policy efforts are
directed at the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in
America, a Catholic Charities USA initiative to
cut poverty in half by 2020.
Read “Poverty
in the Diocese of Albany: A Threat to the Common
Good”
Rummage through
the poverty toolbox to find activities for
children, teens and adults; a sample homily; and
parish bulletin items.
Catholic Charities’ public policy office:
Provides
resources on poverty within the 14 counties
of the diocese
Offers
presentations about poverty in the diocese,
suggestions for policies that will help our
most vulnerable neighbors and ideas for
involving your parish, committee or group;
Provides an
easy way for you to contact your state and
federal legislators on timely legislation
related to poverty.
Action Alerts
Please visit our new Action Alert Center!
Sign up to
become a member of the diocesan Campaign to
Reduce Poverty!
As a member of
the diocesan Campaign, you receive:
- No more than
one alert a month on state or federal
legislation that addresses the needs of our
most vulnerable neighbors
- A quarterly
e-newsletter on diocesan advocacy efforts
- Invitations to
up to 4 informational programs a year
- A summary at
the end of the state legislative session on
the results of our advocacy efforts
- Timely alerts
on successes with federal legislation
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For more
information, please call 453-6650.
To join advocacy
efforts on other issues critical to our Catholic
faith, such as life and education issues, visit
the New York State Catholic Conference website
at
www.nyscatholicconference.org
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