October 14, 2022

Inside this issue

• CCUSA Presents the Washington Weekly
• Faith and the Common Good
• Trivia
• Connections

  CCUSA Presents the Washington Weekly  
 
Overview: Members of Congress, for the most part, remained in their home districts focused on the upcoming midterm elections. CCUSA's disaster team continues to help those affected by recent hurricanes. Here is a  link for donations that you can share.

Economy: In the week ending October 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial [unemployment] claims was 228,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 219,000. The 4-week moving average was 211,500, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 206,250.

Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, walk near the border wall in El Paso, Texas, after crossing the Rio Bravo Sept. 11, 2022. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Immigration: The Department of Homeland Security announced a new policy on October 12 to parole up to 24,000 Venezuelans into the U.S. under a new program modeled after the Uniting for Ukraine parole program. The new program will require Venezuelans to apply online for parole in advance, and once approved, will be allowed, on a case-by-case basis, to travel by air to the United States. Once in the U.S., they will be eligible to apply for employment authorization. Venezuelan nationals who bypass the new parole process and attempt to enter the U.S. without authorization will be returned to Mexico. Additional information about the program and its implementation will be available in the coming days. 

Child nutrition-baby formula:  The Agriculture Department announced on October 13 that it is extending a waiver that allows government aid recipients to purchase more brands of baby formula through December, as empty shelves continue to plague parents.  It will continue to cover states' costs to allow recipients of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children to buy formula outside existing company contracts. The  program was set to lapse at the end of October.
 
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  Faith and the Common Good  
 
In honor of St. Teresa of Avila's feast day tomorrow (Oct. 15), we present one of her well-known writings for your reflection:

Men are pictured in a file photo eating a free meal in the cafeteria of a Franciscan-run soup kitchen in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, N.Y. The U.N.'s celebration of World Food Day is Oct. 16. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which is to look out
Christ's compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless all now.
 
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  Trivia  
 
Q. Saint Teresa of Avila is one of four women to be given what title by the Catholic Church?

Please send your answers to [email protected]. 

Last week's question and answer:

Q. What epic poem describes the naval battle connected to the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary?

A. Thanks to Msgr. Fitzgerald from the Diocese of Salt Lake City for being first with the correct answer: "Lepanto," by G. K. Chesterton.
 
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  Connections  
 
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