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-- Posted: 9/2/2005, 12:28 p.m. Central Time
Bishop asks prayers, money
for hurricane survivors
Special collection scheduled Sept. 10-11
By Renae Bauer
Assistant Director of Communications
Catholics throughout the Diocese of Green Bay will be asked at Masses the weekend of Sept. 10 and 11 to give financial assistance to survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
In addition, Bp. David Zubik is asking that diocesan Catholics remember in prayer all those affected by the hurricane at all Masses the weekend of Sept. 3-4. Full story ...
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Trip shows a different reality
Campus minister hopes students can share experience
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ON A JOURNEY: Laurie Svatek, diocesan Director of Campus Ministry, and Catholic Campus Minister at the Ecumenical Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, visited with Latin American children during a recent trip to Peru and Bolivia, sponsored by the Maryknoll Missioners. (Submitted photo)
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By Heather Chrudimsky
Compass Correspondent
Extreme poverty, civil protests and dedicated students, are just some of what Laurie Svatek witnessed on a recent mission trip to South America.
Svatek, diocesan Director of Campus Ministry, and Catholic Campus Minister at the Ecumenical Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, said she is "not the same person I was before my travels."
Svatek visited Peru and Bolivia on a trip for U.S. campus ministers sponsored by Maryknoll Missioners. The program seeks to raise awareness of Latin American reality, develop a greater sense of solidarity with the people of these countries and foster the sort of inter-American cooperation among Catholics called for by the Synod of America.
The idea for the trip began last November after a meeting between diocesan campus ministers and student representatives from the five colleges and universities in the diocese.
"We asked students what was important about their faith and how we in campus ministry might better be of service to them in light of this," Svatek said. They learned "that college students are very interested in social justice and service as well as international travel." Full story ...
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• Gifts top $4 million to support 2005 Bishop's Appeal (Apr. 29, 2005)
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