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Volunteers from St. Francis Builds find people “filled with hope and faith” in Puerto Rico

Volunteers from St. Francis Builds find people “filled with hope and faith” in Puerto Rico

The Catholic Standard caught up with a group of 19 volunteers from St. Francis Builds — a project of St. Camillus Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland — to hear about their experience working the Fuller Center Global Builders in the area of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, where they found there is much work left to do […]

Fuller Center to begin work in one of Puerto Rico’s hardest-hit areas — and you can help

Fuller Center to begin work in one of Puerto Rico’s hardest-hit areas — and you can help

Though it was more than six months ago that Hurricane Maria bashed Puerto Rico as a strong Category 4 storm, many parts of the island look like they were just struck yesterday. More than 100,000 residents remain without electricity. One of the hardest-hit areas was the southeastern portion of the island, across the mid-island mountains […]