$3 million in missions money pledged to hurricane-affected dioceses

Published: 2005-09-20

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops' Committee on Home Missions received approval from the bishops' Administrative Committee to spend more than $3 million from its reserve funds to dioceses dealing with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. The funds will be spent in both mission and nonmission dioceses -- a situation that required approval of the Administrative Committee, which handles the business affairs of the U.S. bishops in between their general meetings. The approval, given during the Administrative Committee's Sept. 14-15 meeting in Washington, allows for aid to be distributed to nonmission dioceses, such as New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, La., and Mobile, Ala., as well as to mission dioceses in the hurricane area, such as Biloxi, Miss., and Houma-Thibodaux, La. Grants will be made to dioceses affected by the hurricane as well as to other dioceses incurring substantial costs in offering relief to hurricane refugees.

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