They are changing America by changing the people
This is a story posted at The Catholic Spirit yesterday. St. Bernard’s Parish in St. Paul, Minnesota was dying until the priest encouraged Christian refugees from Myanmar (Burma) to join his flock. It all started a little over a year ago when one Catholic family from the Myanmar state of Karenni heard church bells ringing in the … Continue reading Minnesota: Dying Catholic Parish helps Burmese refugees
This is the beginning of the straight news story about the end of the Advantage program for Ft. Wayne, Indiana refugees: FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A state funded program that assists Burmese refugees coordinate health care needs will end this summer. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s 18-month contract with Advantage Health Solutions … Continue reading Ft. Wayne: health program for Burmese refugees to end
As we have come to learn in recent weeks from Cindy in Bowling Green, KY, or Ellen in Ft. Wayne, IN, or Madeleine in the UK, all refugees arriving here from Myanmar (Burma) or more accurately from camps in Thailand are not all Burmese. In fact, there is quite a bit of hostility between some of … Continue reading Chin, not the same as Burmese refugees
Over the last couple of years we have written fairly often about Ft. Wayne, IN and its refugee overload. Here we have a commenter, Ellen, who is obviously from the Ft. Wayne area and who today expressed her strong views at this post from last summer. We first heard about problems in Ft. Wayne (believed … Continue reading Comment worth noting: Reader not pleased with Ft. Wayne Burmese refugees
This is an article over a month old, but I’m just seeing it now thanks to Madeleine. I’ve written two posts on the difficulties Burmese refugees are having in Pittsburgh with the all-too-familiar twin problems of employment (or lack of it) and lousy living conditions. I wish I had seen this story before I wrote … Continue reading Some Burmese refugees evicted in Pittsburgh