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						<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_14168" style="max-width: 650px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img data-attachment-id="14168" data-permalink="https://cnstopstories.com/2017/08/29/usccb-leader-invites-bishops-to-take-up-collection-for-storm-recovery/hurricane-harvey-texas-3/" data-orig-file="https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg" data-orig-size="5184,3456" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;CNS photo\/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cases of bottled water surround an image of St. John Paul II at an evacuee shelter Aug. 28 for people displaced by Tropical Storm Harvey at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe, Texas. The north Houston parish opened its doors when the massive storm crippled the Galveston-Houston region with continuous rains, causing rivers to overflow their banks and prompting mandatory evacuations. (CNS photo\/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald) See HARVEY-PARISHIONERS-SHOCKED Aug. 28, 2017.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1503950022&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;James Ramos&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;HURRICANE HARVEY TEXAS&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="HURRICANE HARVEY TEXAS" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Cases of bottled water surround an image of St. John Paul II at an evacuee shelter Aug. 28 for people displaced by Tropical Storm Harvey at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe, Texas. The north Houston parish opened its doors when the massive storm crippled the Galveston-Houston region with continuous rains, causing rivers to overflow their banks and prompting mandatory evacuations. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald) See HARVEY-PARISHIONERS-SHOCKED Aug. 28, 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=640&#038;h=427" class="size-large wp-image-14168" src="https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=640&#038;h=427" alt="Cases of bottled water surround an image of St. John Paul II at an evacuee shelter Aug. 28 for people displaced by Tropical Storm Harvey at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe, Texas. The north Houston parish opened its doors when the massive storm crippled the Galveston-Houston region with continuous rains, causing rivers to overflow and prompting mandatory evacuations. (CNS/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald) " width="640" height="427" srcset="https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=640&amp;h=427 640w, https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=1280&amp;h=854 1280w, https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w, https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https://jmltestblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/20170829t0850-11247-cns-harvey-parishioners-shocked.jpg?w=800&amp;h=533 800w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Cases of bottled water surround an image of St. John Paul II at an evacuee shelter Aug. 28 for people displaced by Tropical Storm Harvey at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe, Texas. The north Houston parish opened its doors when the massive storm crippled the Galveston-Houston region with continuous rains, causing rivers to overflow and prompting mandatory evacuations. (CNS/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)</p></div>
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<p>WASHINGTON (CNS) &#8212; Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, asked bishops across the country to consider a special collection to assist victims of Hurricane Harvey along the Gulf Coast.</p>
<p>He suggested in an Aug. 28 letter to bishops that the collection be taken during Masses the weekend of Sept. 2-3 or Sept. 9-10.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our hearts and prayers go out to the families that have lost loved ones and to all who have lost homes and businesses along with their sense of normalcy. We also stand with our brother bishops in the region who have the difficult task of providing pastoral care in these most trying times while managing their own losses. Our prayerful and financial support is urgently needed,&#8221; he wrote.<span id="more-14167"></span></p>
<p>Funds collected will support emergency aid and recovery efforts under Catholic Charities USA and pastoral and rebuilding support to the affected dioceses through the bishops&#8217; conference.</p>
<p>The storm has dumped as much as four feet of rain on some areas of Texas and Louisiana, weather observers have reported. Thousands of people have evacuated flooded homes and communities and remained in emergency shelters across the region.</p>
<p>Among the most affected areas are the Diocese of Victoria and the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, which Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, USCCB president, oversees. Numerous parishes and schools have been flooded while others have offered facilities as shelter. Parishes have also helped distribute food and emergency supplies to storm victims.</p>
<p>&#8220;Together with Cardinal DiNardo and the bishops throughout the affected region, I express deep gratitude to the first responders and countless volunteers who are assisting the Gulf Coast region in countless ways,&#8221; Archbishop Gomez wrote.</p>
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