CRS Church Engagement
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The CRS Church Engagement Team works to anchor the U.S. Church's Catholic identity deeply in global compassion and action. By working closely with key church leaders and partners, we aim to spark transformation through community giving, advocacy, and movement building.
We support bishops, clergy, seminarians, dioceses, and national partners throughout the U.S., engaging them in social justice and solidarity through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. We connect the U.S. Church's love for the world with tangible change!
Opportunities for Engagement, Tools and Resources
Global Fellows Program - Catholic Relief Services’ Global Fellows are a network of priests and deacons who have a love for the global Church and for proclaiming Jesus’ commandment to love our neighbor. They engage Catholics in the United States by witnessing CRS’ lifesaving work and sharing their experiences with their communities. For more information contact us at globalfellows@crs.org
CRS Campaigns — Resources and tools to pray, learn, take action and inspire your community to support our sisters and brothers most in need around the world.
How to Advocate — Resources and tools to help you advocate effectively
CRS Chapters and Clubs — Ask us how you can become part of a CRS Chapter, through which you can take meaningful actions on behalf of our most vulnerable sisters and brothers around the world.
Community Giving - CRS fundraising options to discover ways you and your community can make a difference
CRS Rice Bowl — Through CRS Rice Bowl, faith communities in dioceses throughout the United States put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Global Fellows Program
Six Global Fellows visit a CRS project in Madagascar that helped 348,000 people in the diocese of Moramanga to resolve issues causing wide spread soil erosion and air pollution affecting nearby rice patties and agricultural lands. Photo by Susan Walters/CRS
Church Engagement Team Members
Vivi Iglesias, National Advisor for Partnerships
Vivi leads the effort to build and inspire engagement with US-Based National Catholic Organizations, Ministries, Member Networks, and Publishing Companies. Collaborating closely with our partners to inspire, challenge, and resource their members for engagement in missionary discipleship that calls forth their leaders and networks to becoming prophetic advocates for justice and the common good. She connects partners in key global issues through CRS issue-based campaigns and chapters.
Frances Casey: Clergy Outreach Advisor
Frances Casey engages seminarians, priests and deacons in CRS campaigns and chapters. She works with seminary partners across the country to support the integration of Catholic Social Teaching in their formation. She also encourages Global Fellows to integrate CRS campaigns into their parishes and communities.
Jesus Huerta: Advisor, Diocesan Engagement
Jesus works to cultivate and inspire key diocesan relationships in dioceses already engaged or that have initiated engagement with our issue-based campaigns and/or CRS chapter methodology. In his role, Jesus strives to inspire and encourage diocesan partners to move into a deeper engagement with CRS.