Peace and Social Justice

To do all the good you can... By all the means you can...
In all the ways you can...In all the places you can...
At all the times you can... To all the people you can...
​As long as ever you can.
― John Wesley

MORE WAYS TO HELP AFGHAN REFUGEES IN OUR AREA

NOVA Catholic Community, with generous donations from our members, has sent contributions to six organizations supporting newly arrived Afghan refugees. Some of these groups have requests for volunteers and individual donations. We urge you to consider:
 
-- Homes Not Borders, which requests purchases through Amazon for bedding and household items.
 
-- Team Rubicon, which has a wishlist on Amazon for refugees at Fort Pickett (for abayas, school supplies, underwear, baby food etc.).
 
-- NOVA RAFT, which updates its needs on this Facebook page.
HOMES NOT BORDERS
Eric is a volunteer at this organization.  
​Here he is building a railing in the storage place so no one falls off when climbing up there.
Below he is teaching carpentry to some of refugees. 
The NOVA Community allocates as much of its resources to social action activities as possible, while respecting the appropriate needs of other functions within the community. In responding to the imperative to “Love One’s Neighbor”, the social action activities have been widely diverse: e.g. liturgies focused on service, educational components to inform the community on issues, hands-on work, political action, financial aid and assistance to local, regional and global organizations.