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December 17, 2018

Catholic social agency needed now more than ever, retiring CFS director says

Denis Costello started with CFS in 1992.

If Denis Costello can take anything away from more than a quarter century with Catholic Family Services Toronto, it’s knowing that the need for the agency has never been greater. 

Published in International
April 20, 2016

Education, trauma counseling key to helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Syrian refugee children stand outside their school in Zahle, Lebanon, in the country's Bekaa Valley April 12. The international Catholic charity Caritas has been instrumental in helping Syrian refugees attend Lebanese public schools to continue their education.

ZAHLE, Lebanon – On a rainy spring day, the misery of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees is compounded as they shelter in dilapidated shanties dotting a long muddy swathe of the verdant Bekaa Valley.

Published in International
January 26, 2015

CNEWA officials look at long-range needs of Lebanon's refugees

Msgr. John Kozar, president of the U.S.-based Catholic Near East Welfare Association, and Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, celebrate Mass at St. Charbel convent in Annaya, Lebanon, Jan. 19. Msgr. Kozar, Bishop Gendron and other officials spoke with Catholic News Service at CNEWA's Beirut office about their Jan. 19-23 visit to Lebanon

BEIRUT - Officials of a pontifical aid agency said they saw much that needed done in Lebanon -- if they could get beyond crisis mode.

Published in International