Survivors need listening ears

Here are ways Catholics can assist in hurricane recovery efforts:

• Contribute financially to Catholic Charities USA online at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org or by mailing checks to the Diocese of Green Bay, P.O. Box 1506, Green Bay, WI  54305-1506. Checks should be issued to the "Diocese of Green Bay" and noted in the memo "Hurricane Katrina." Catholics in the diocese have given $446,846.12 for relief efforts.

• Parishes who would like to help parishes devastated by the hurricanes to rebuild can take part in a parish partnership program sponsored by Catholic Charities USA. Information is at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/parishpartnership.

• Students in religious education or Catholic schools can give a dollar to the National Catholic Educational Association's Child to Child Program to buy school supplies or support other educational needs of students in the hurricane-stricken Gulf Coast states.

Because of a licensing agreement with Catholic News Service, The Compass Web site may archive CNS news stories for only 30 days. Therefore, the CNS article that was on this page has been removed: Survivors need listening ears.

A related story was published in the September 30, 2005 print edition of The Compass. See also the sidebar at right for ways to help in hurricane recovery efforts.