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May 22, 2020

Catholic volunteers lend aid to cyclone victims in India

Residents carry tin sheets salvaged from the rubble of a damaged house in a village near Kolkata, India, May 22, 2020, in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan.

BHOPAL, India -- Catholic volunteers provided food and shelter to hundreds of people in coastal eastern India after Cyclone Amphan devastated the region May 20, killing 80 people and destroying thousands of homes.

Published in International
July 9, 2016

Homeless shelter volunteers put wheels in motion

Tom Mayhew tests the brakes on a bicycle in the basement of St. John the Evangelist Church rectory in Green Bay, Wis. Mayhew, a retired dentist, was homeless and turned to the shelter after his practice went bankrupt. Now back on his feet, he says repairing bikes is a way for him to give back to the shelter.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Tom Mayhew spins the rear tire of a bicycle secured firmly on a repair rack.

Published in Features