Catholic Charities News and Notes

When he fled Afghanistan last year along with his parents and siblings, Shakib Qadri had no clear plan for the future. And that uncertainty didn’t suddenly go away upon arriving in the U.S. “In my mind I thought ‘What if there is no one there to meet us, to help us? What will we do?’ I was a little scared for my family,” he said. But looking back now, Qadri added, it’s clear it all served a purpose: It made him that much more suited for what he’s doing today.

Sequoyah County Times - August 3, 2022 - What at one time may have been an en­joyable endeavor has oftentimes become a dreaded venture of necessity in today's stressful economic times. For instance, a trip to the neighborhood grocery store these days - once an oppor­tunity to fill a shopping cart with a wide va­riety of items to provide nutritional meals as a labor of love for the family- is a cruel re­minder of how far a dollar no longer stretch­es.