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      <title>Help Fill The Vans</title>
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      <title>Say "BINGO!" to raise money for Caritas</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;You never know where a donation to Caritas might come from, but in many instances, they still begin with Father Bryon. Click here to learn more about how the Knights of Columbus Holy Infant Council raised money for Caritas because of a friend of a friend!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Jennifer Brinker interviewed several volunteers for Caritas Connections to write an article about the organization for the St. Louis Review, a newspaper published by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The article was featured in their series called &amp;quot;Steadfast in Faith.&amp;quot; &lt;a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archstl.org%2Fcaritas-connections-links-service-organizations-with-the-items-they-need-to-serve-others-9111%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR15EG9pE3L-tLpqtQVr3SXlSagBh9WWUaOeW9u-n2NveTokApUn_gG5bmY&amp;amp;h=AT254uAEdbvWgmE69OmYBcibjL4BMfgkx0Er7KFCGEy08KGGNnvwDvK4ATkRckKV19FfLJQ-H3xmfGdkKtjoQ9Xdw9ZVNRgUg3sJSUmLxXlohHSHwTlaQJEvGt7kiZJeIg&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CmH-R&amp;amp;c[0]=AT3dd6SmhnsTcMwXnxemIl7NgR2RbSDRIsxXXnyDdivsuW6v3ei6SvgixELOSIKyUX5b1uI0MtSbw1A0tu6Bnjc0YH_sjgf7iqyD41iy3OJpcUXgnaRDQU6dF7YivUbwYjFgP_YQ0d5tS3ry47NiF9IxK8c"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read the article!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Students Collect Hundreds of Canned Goods</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;For the fourth year in a row as part of Catholic Schools Week, the students at St. Gerard Majella set about trying to fill the office of Principal Chris Guthrie with donated canned food items. The result? Click here to learn more!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Nerinx Hall Students Deliver Sandwiches</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;A team of several young women from Nerinx Hall High School recently partnered with Caritas to deliver sandwiches to multiple Caritas clients.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Golf Tournament swings back to spring</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Caritas Connections Benefit Golf Tournament tees off on Friday, May 20th at Aberdeen&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Helping area restaurants while helping those in need is a win-win for all involved.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Golf Tournament slated for August tee-off</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Caritas Connections Benefit Golf Tournament now slated for Friday, August 27th at Aberdeen&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Teens help out with canned food drives</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/Portals/0/Service2.jpg" style="float: left; width: 30%; margin-right:20px;" title="" /&gt;Three SGM high school students have recently taken on Caritas food drives as service projects, helping to deliver items for both Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas holidays.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Annual appeal for Caritas Connections is now underway</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Wearing home made mask" src="/Portals/0/Images/News/Cay-Sullivan-wearing-mask.jpg?ver=yD1avmh26Kho5UPpAK2eGw%3d%3d" style="width: 30%; float: left; margin-right: 20px;" title="Wearing home made mask" /&gt;With the need for masks continuing to grow, especially for Caritas volunteers during their pickup and delivery runs, Cay Sullivan decided to pitch in&amp;nbsp;by creating more than 200 masks on her own.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 21:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In February, Caritas Connections began offering assistance to Room at the Inn, an organization started by the Sisters of Divine Providence that is devoted to helping the homeless get back on their feet again. Room at the Inn, which is located in Bridgeton, houses up to 20 homeless individuals at a time during the day. The individuals then spend the night at host churches throughout the St ...&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Donated van keeps Caritas Connections rolling</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="New Caritas van" src="/Portals/0/Images/News/donate-2009-Ford-cargo-van.jpg?ver=Of2bzJVbbhbXzVB_Sop02g%3d%3d" style="margin-right: 20px; float: left; width: 30%;" title="New Caritas van" /&gt; When our long-time client, Caritas Normandy, which was run by the Ladies of Charity, announced they were closing their doors, their board made a unanimous decision to donate their 2009 Ford cargo van to Caritas Connections.&lt;/p&gt;
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