Churches Step Up Social Services During Economy’s Downturn
October 27, 2008
Churches in the metropolitan Washington area find themselves doing more than providing spiritual guidance, adding financial and foreclosure workshops and hunger relief to their services, reports The Washington Post.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington says that requests for food and assistance with rent and utility bills have increased threefold while similar requests at the archdiocese’s seven Catholic Charities offices rose by 25 percent.
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