Catholics aid tsunami victims.Toronto/Ottawa -- Canadian Catholics stepped up to the plate with financial aid for the victims of the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , adding their own contributions to the national efforts on behalf of all Canadians including Catholics. On Feb. 10, 2005, Cardinal Ambrozic of Toronto announced that the Catholics of the Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc had already collected $3.5 million,
principally through the ShareLife collection. ShareLife co-operates with
the nationally-based Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and
Peace, which in turn contributes to Caritas, the international Catholic
relief organization. Local Caritas workers were on the scene in India,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. , Indonesia and Thailand within hours of the disaster.
A recent release from Development and Peace shows that the Canadian Catholic total has now risen to $18.6 million from across the country. Development and Peace is expecting matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money from the federal government. Vatican sources report that, worldwide, Catholics have contributed $350 million, to be distributed by Caritas. |
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