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March 16, 2022

Priest awarded Meritorious Service Medal for bringing eyecare to developing nations

Above, Fr. Pierre Labine sorts through boxes of eyeglasses with volunteers at a clinic in Romania. Below, Labine conducts an initial eye exam with one of the hundreds of people who come to the clinic.

For over 20 years, Canadian priest Fr. Pierre Labine has been bringing the gift of sight to people in need all over the world.

Published in Call to Service
September 28, 2018

Grow Hope banking on ecumenical harvest to provide for the world's hungry

In Austin, Manitoba, 139 antique threshing machines set a new world record in support of the Foodgrains Bank in 2016.

It’s harvest time across Canada, and the back-breaking labour on some farms will be supporting people around the world with emergency food supplies and long-term food security.

Published in Canada
August 7, 2016

Refugee crisis is in world’s developing nations, not Europe

The world’s refugee crisis affects poor nations far greater than the rich West, said Jesuit Father Tom Smolich.

There is a global refugee crisis, but it’s not in the rich west, the international director of the Jesuit Refugee Service told The Catholic Register in an e-mail.

Published in International