DISASTER RELIEF
- Central LA Long Term Recovery Group
- Central LA Emergency Response Coalition
- Current Project: Hurrican Ian
- Catholic Disaster Preparedness Program (CDPP)
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Jackson, Mississippi has recently suffered tremendous loss in their area and urgently need our assistance! Please help our sister organization, Catholic Charities of Jackson, support those in need!! Please visit the link below to donate!!
Catholic Disaster Preparedness
Catholic Charities Agencies are involved in both short-term and long-term recovery activities. Short-term assistance may include clean-up kits and other resources that help families get back into their homes and may provide continued assistance to fulfill immediate needs like food and shelter. Long term, through disaster case management services, Catholic Charities Agencies help clients plan and pursue recovery.
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- Catholic individuals and families for disasters and emergencies;
- Catholic parishes so that sacraments and services will be available to those recovering; and
- Catholic members of the community to help all of our neighbors in time of crisis.
A Disaster Preparedness Program for Individuals, Families, Parishes, and the Community
2024 Disaster Assistance
Hurricane Idalia Relief
Disaster Assistance
Serving St. Petersburg, Tampa, Hudson, Dade City, Clearwater
Program you wish to support:
Hurricane Idalia
Disaster Assistance
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Vernon Parish Wildfire Relief Disaster Assistance
Serving 13 civil parishes of Central Louisiana – Natchitoches, Winn, Caldwell, Franklin, Madison, Vernon, Rapides, Grant, LaSalle, Catahoula, Tensas, Concordia, and Avoyelles.
Program you wish to support:
Wildfire Relief
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CLCF Louisiana Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund
The Louisiana Strong Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund is providing financial resources to support the immediate and long-term recovery needs of the people and places affected by the devastating wildfires in Central Louisiana.
To Help, Click Link Below
Get a Game Plan:
Family Preparedness
STEP 1
BUILD AN EMERGENCY KIT
Family Plan: Put Together An Emergency Kit
STEP 2
Family Plan: Make Preparations
The Central Louisiana Emergency Response Coalition (CLERC) is a group of volunteers dedicated to helping their community by preparing for emergency disaster relief.
Central Louisiana Emergency Response Coalition
LOUISIANA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE 2024
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Be Prepared Before Disaster Strikes!
Make a Family plan today.
Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to know which types of disasters could affect your area.
Know how you’ll contact one another and reconnect if separated. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar and easy to find.
FEMA PREPAREDNESS
Severe weather can happen anytime. Know your risks and plan ahead.
Know what disasters and hazards could affect your area, how to get emergency alerts, and where you would go if you and your family needs to evacuate. Make sure your family has a plan and practices it often.
Download the FEMA App to get preparedness strategies, real-time weather and emergency alerts.
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DISASTER RELIEF
Disaster can strike at any time, leaving communities struggling to rebuild.
Catholic Charities is the official domestic relief agency of the U.S. Catholic Church. Our disaster response team, along with the knowledge and expertise of our member agencies, mobilizes quickly and effectively to aid those experiencing or recovering from disasters.
DISASTER RELIEF: HOW WE DO IT
Catholic Charities of Central Louisiana is always there in a time of need. We are committed to helping those affected by disasters, big or small. From hurricanes and floods to house fires, we’re here to offer our support and hope when it’s most needed.
We provide on-the-ground and technical assistance during a disaster to assist local agencies with managing response and recovery efforts. Please donate now and help us provide this critical disaster relief that is so desperately needed.
You may not know this, but Catholic Charities Organizations in Louisiana are some of the key disaster relief providers in the state. We have years of experience responding to emergencies and are always prepared to help those who have lost everything. With your help, we can provide food, water, shelter, and other vital assistance to those who need it most.
You can now play a key role in helping others in times of disaster by clicking on the link below. It is only through your generous donation of time and resources that allows us to continue our work in helping our neighbors in times of great need. Click on the link below to volunteer or donate today.
Hurricane Ian
Catholic Charities of Cenla Delivers!
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We are so pleased to announce that Fr. John Brocato delivered all of the collected hurricane supplies to Ocala, Florida, last week! (around Oct. 3 or 4th, 2022) Because of the enormous generosity of our donors to this cause, Father John was able to deliver five pallets of supplies, such as baby formula, canned goods, hygiene products, pet food, water, protein bars, cereal, and powdered milk.
We also donated $10,000 in monetary donations!
Catholic Charities of Central Louisiana is so thankful for your generosity and support!!!
Please continue to pray for the hurricane victims in Florida!
Florida Needs Your Help Now
Please donate to CCCENLA for hurricane relief. All proceeds go directly to Catholic Charities organizations affected by Ian. Any amount helps provide drinkable water, food, clothing, and other amenities to families devastated by the storm.
Mark 4:37-41
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
PRAYER FOR PROTECTION THIS HURRICANE SEASON
O God, Master of this passing world,
hear the humble voices of your children.
The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude.
You are still the Master of land and sea.
We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control;
the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant,
can awake from its seeming lethargy,
overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land,
and spread chaos and disaster.
During this hurricane season, we turn to You, O loving Father.
Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid
and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time.
O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother,
we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf
so that spared from the calamities common to this area
and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son
to reach the heavenly Jerusalem, where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen.
Composed by Most Rev. Maurice Schexnayder (1895-1981), Second Bishop of Lafayette (1956-1973), following Hurricane Audrey in 1957