Support the Long-term Unemployed as They Search for Decent Work!

Take Action Now! 

Over one million jobless Americans lost a vital source of support at the end of 2013 when Congress failed to extend the Emergency Unemployment program.

Unless Congress extends emergency unemployment, millions more will lose this financial lifeline over the course of the year. Call your Senators and Representative and ask them to protect extend this vital assistance.

Blessed John Paul II, in Laborem Exercens, called unemployment an evil and said during times of economic pain and high unemployment, there is a moral obligation to ensure unemployed workers and their families have a basic level of security.

Last month Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, commended Congress for reaching a bipartisan agreement to relieve a certain amount of the sequestration budget cuts. He expressed disappointment that emergency unemployment was not included in the final agreement, adding, "The recent welcome decline in unemployment levels hides the reality that millions of long-term unemployed workers continue to suffer from an economy that does not produce enough decent work. For most of these families, jobless benefits are the only source of support." (http://www.usccb.org/news/2013/13-242.cfm )

Call your Senators and Representative to protect long-term unemployed workers and their families by funding Emergency Unemployment Compensation!

Migrants and Refugees:
 Towards a Better World

Sunday Eucharist

Celebrated by Most Reverend Richard Lennon

All are welcome to celebrate!

January 19, 2014

11:00 a.m.

St. Coleman Church

2027 W 65th St · Cleveland

Reception in the parish hall to follow Mass