Natural Disasters

“The love and community was built at camp, but exists beyond camp.” Source: California Wildfires Destroy Beloved Jewish Summer Camp – The Forward

More than 200 tons of building supplies, will be donated to Rockport, TX residents Friday, September 29. With all the natural disasters that hit in September, it can be easy to lose track of all the towns victimized. With a population of just over 10,000...

FAITH GROUPS PROVIDE AID TO LOUISIANA FLOOD VICTIMS.Nobody can really tell why natural disasters take place. Science can tell us how, but for those who are devastated by such incidents the questions remain. Why? Why us? Why did we deserve this? Why our...

Residents of Montecristi say the survival of the centuries-old Our Mother of Monserrate, even as the basilica cracked and crumbled around it, is a miracle. Source: Virgin Mary Statue, Intact Among Ecuador’s Quake Ruins, Becomes a Beacon of Hope - The New...

The festival of Dashain brings thousands of goats to Kathmandu — for dinner, sacrificed to honor a Hindu goddess. Despite current unrest and post-earthquake trauma, the holiday will go on. Source: It's Nepal's Biggest Holiday And Goats Are Not Happy About...

"I’ve been a Buddhist for a number of years, and I chant every day, and one of the things that I strongly believe in is that moment of silence, of reflection, for everybody to sit down and be still for a second." More → Source: Terence Blanchard on "This...

"We got to know our neighbors in the surrounding community in a way we probably wouldn’t have otherwise, because we did all have to work through it together. And so in these last 10 years I would say we have been much more part of the community where we...

Author: Rose French Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/blogs/113302224.html A number of religious groups in the Twin Cities and beyond are renewing their efforts to help aid Haiti in light of the first anniversary of the...

Author: Ingrid Peritz Source: The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/haitian-diaspora-sp… The stairs leading to Rolanda Delerme’s basement open onto a dazzling tableau: Pink and...

Author: Staff Writer Source: New Zealand Herald Wire Service: AP http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=30… Partiers, pilgrims and profit-seekers flocked to a sacred Haitian waterfall yesterday where Voodoo...