She writes:<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been following the news about the refugee crisis, and have been really disheartened by the amount of fear and hate I\u2019ve been seeing from so many Christians towards them since the attack on Paris. Even some of my pro-life friends in college, who are a lot better people than me and who I know really love Christ, are falling into it. It\u2019s causing me a lot of distress. I can\u2019t even go on to Facebook anymore because I just end up sick when I see another post about stopping the refugees.<\/p>\n
I want to do something to help fight all the darkness I\u2019m seeing, but I don\u2019t know how. So I thought I\u2019d ask if maybe you or your readers know of some charities or organizations that are doing something to help the refugees that I can volunteer with? I don\u2019t have much money to give (college\u2026you know) but I do have time. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m just tired of doing nothing. I keep coming back to Jesus\u2019 words in Matthew 25 and I\u2019m afraid right now I\u2019m with the goats, not the sheep. I don\u2019t want to stay that way.<\/p>\n
Anyways, do you have any suggestions or advice for how a college student like me can help out?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I think the best starting place is to follow the pope\u2019s recommendation that each parish take in one family. At my parish, Blessed Sacrament in Seattle, the Knights of Columbus are going to approach the parish leadership and see what we as a parish can do to help a family find housing and get integrated in to the local community. I don\u2019t see why any other parish can\u2019t do the same. I\u2019d start there.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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