Bishops to name Katrina task force chaired by Archbishop Fiorenza

Published: 2005-09-15

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops are appointing a task force to be chaired by Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston to coordinate the Catholic response to recovery efforts in the devastated regions hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the task force Sept. 14 at the end of a two-day Administrative Committee meeting in Washington. The committee also issued a statement about hurricane relief: "Hurricane Katrina: Reaching Out, Renewal and Recovery in Faith and Solidarity." In the statement, the bishops said Hurricane Katrina "wounded and devastated millions of our sisters and brothers along the Gulf Coast" and also "touched and now tests the rest of us. It tests our faith, our capacity to help and our vision of what kind of nation we are and wish to be."

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