It’s nice to know people care.\u00a0 I’m not talking about people who care about me.\u00a0 Two weeks we had major flooding in the southeast corner of our diocese from the remnants of Hurricane Lee.\u00a0 The Diocese of Rochester in which I live and serve covers a twelve county area.\u00a0 Only three counties (Chemung, Tioga, and Tompkins) were severely affected by flooding with Tioga receiving the worst damage.\u00a0 Broome County in the Syracuse diocese and the neighboring counties in Pennsylvania were also greatly affected.<\/p>\n
People have lost homes.\u00a0 Some businesses aren’t sure if they will ever reopen.\u00a0 People are in need and people in the surrounding area have been donating money and goods.\u00a0 Some are forming volunteer work groups to help.\u00a0 Jesus calls us to care and help and people are doing just that.<\/p>\n
Our Bishop, Matthew Clark, has called for all our parishes to take up a second collection.\u00a0 You can read more about that at http:\/\/www.dor.org\/index.cfm\/news\/news-docs\/second-collection-for-flood-victims\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Bishop wrote this week in his column <\/a>and was going to join the local parish community this past week for Sunday Mass.<\/p>\n If you would like to read more about the effects of the flooding check out the local\u00a0media coverage.<\/p>\n \u00a0Be mindful of people in need because the Lord hears the cry of the poor.<\/p>\n Peace,<\/p>\n Fr. Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s nice to know people care.\u00a0 I’m not talking about people who care about me.\u00a0 Two weeks we had major flooding in the southeast corner of our diocese from the remnants of Hurricane Lee.\u00a0 The Diocese of Rochester in which I live and serve covers a twelve county area.\u00a0 Only three counties (Chemung, Tioga, and …<\/p>\n\n