Sunday, March 27, 2011

Social Concerns Column for April 10, 2011

Livermore Public Library
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.  Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.  --Psalm 82:3-4

Next English Tutor Training is April 30th.  We have partnered with the Livermore Public Library’s excellent and popular program to help adults improve their spoken English skills.  If you speak English, you have all the skills you need to tutor.  You do not need to be bilingual.  You will be paired with a St. Michael parishioner who is eager to improve their spoken English.  We ask for two hours of your time per week, scheduled at your convenience. Contact Joanne Angvick, 443-1422, joangvick@sbcglobal.net.

Operation Rice Bowl is Online.  Each Lent, nearly 13,000 faith communities across the U.S. participate in Operation Rice Bowl to demonstrate solidarity with the poor around the world. Sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, 75 percent of Operation Rice Bowl donations go to help fund  increased food security around the world. Twenty-five percent support hunger and poverty alleviation in the USA. For information: http://orb.crs.org

For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.  --Psalm 107:9
Thank You, St. Michael Parish, for Supporting Livermore Homeless Refuge.   Volunteers at the LHR are busy, literally working every day.  Thanks to support from people like you, they were able to remain open seven days a week.  Bob and Donna McKenzie, LHS Materials & Supplies Coordinators, says, “We cannot express in words alone how grateful we are for all the supplies and clothing we received from St. Michael parish.  All the homeless are benefiting from St. Michael's generous giving.  Thank you for helping us help the people who are struggling.  We continue to be humbled every day.”  In addition to providing shelter, the LHS volunteers are able to speak on behalf of the homeless in Livermore.  They have little, or no, voice in our community.  Thank you, St. Michael!  Learn more at: http://www.livermorehomelessrefuge.org/

Learn more about the St. Michael Parish Social Concerns Ministry at http://www.saintmichaelliv.org/pages/social.html

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