Name___________________________ Row___ Christ’s Mission Continues in the Church

_____ Unit 3 The Church is a Mystery

Date_____________________________Per.___ 20 Video Worksheet: CRS & CCUSA

Directions: Carefully listen to each of these programs and fill in the missing information. The web address for each
of the videos is provided here for your convenience.

Context: Christ enriches us through participation in the life of the Church. Each of us, through Baptism,
is called to the Church, to be Christ for others. And, once knowing Christ, we are sent out into the world as disciples, with the help
of the Holy Spirit. Being a disciple means being a part of Christ’s mission and sharing our God-given talents for the sake of others.

Video 1: “Catholic Relief Services: General Awareness Video”

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQECXbWLV-0

1. CRS is devoted to embracing God’s poorest, most vulnerable people

around the _____________. CRS provides lifesaving food, shelter and
medicine, regardless of their race, ________________ or nationality.

2. CRS is committed to breaking the cycle of _____________ … It touches

nearly 130 million lives in more than 100 _________________.

3. How? It comes down to two big factors. First, and foremost, CRS is
supported by ____________ throughout the US. More than _____ %+
of CRS expenditures go directly to programs that benefit the poor
overseas.

4. The second key is our __________________: … such as schools

opened for girls and women who have found the rights and opportunities
for an ___________________ so elusive, … as well as the Afghanistan
National Association of the ___________.

5. CRS was created in 1943 as “________ Relief Services.” Catholics across America gave thousands of Polish refugees a new
home and a new life in ___________________. Since then, CRS has helped millions during calamities like famine,
earthquakes, floods, and _________.

6. CRS does more than just save lives. It helps people get back on their fee, help communities to sustain themselves, and build
a ___________________ life for their children.

7. CRS has a three-part strategy of emergency response: (a) save lives and _________________ necessities,
(b) create opportunity for jobs, schools and the rhythms of _____________ to resume, and (c) help communities to rebuild
the foundation for a bright ___________________.

8. One of the highest priorities of CRS is to respond to the ___________________ caused by HIV/AIDS, to help them care for
themselves and others through a comprehensive continuum of _____________.

9. Millions of compassionate Catholics are living their faith by participating in CRS programs like Operation
_______________________, to assist our brothers and sisters overseas through the Lenten traditions of praying, fasting,
learning, and ___________________.

10. The CRS fair trade network guarantees fair _____________ to artisans, farmers, and workers and provides the technical and
financial assistance rarely available.
11. Inspired by Catholic social teaching, CRS engages Americans to examine _____________ that dramatically affect the
wellbeing of poor and vulnerable people ______________________.

12. Easy ways to live your faith through CRS: pray, ______________, act, and give in support of the gospel mission.

13. Doreen Kahigwa says that the people of the USA and CRS “put a hope and it grew; now there’s a ____________ in my life
and it shines. You are our heroes. You have done it all. You are our _______________.”

Video 2: “About Catholic Charities USA”

● https://youtu.be/wxfFmZm-sEA

14. One hundred years ago, amid profound political, social and economic
________________, 400 delegates from twenty-four _____________
gathered in Washington, D.C. to establish what would become CCUSA.
There mission was to join in solidarity and to meet the ______________ of
the poor.

15. Miss Imelda needed a home, but she also needed an ____________________. CCUSA is that voice, striving to continually
improve how the country provides for those in ___________________.

16. CCUSA helped to drive landmark legislation like the national ___________________ acts of 1934 and 1949.

17. CCUSA was there with 31 million dollars of critical assistance in the wake of _________ and 150 million to communities
affected by Hurricane _________________. With the experience of providing transformational assistance rather than
momentary relief, CCUSA has become a national leader in _________________ response.

18. Of 22 million Americans suffering with an addiction, only 3 million will receive _________________. The lack of access to
quality affordable health care remains one of the underlying causes of _________________.

19. Beyond delivering a wide range of health care services, CCUSA puts those in need on a path back to
self-___________________, one day at a time.

20. More than providing treatment, CCUSA provides a new _____________ to those who thought hope was gone.

21. One disastrous event like the Gulf oil spill or a national economic _____________, can keep an otherwise self-sufficient
family from feeding their children. For others, poverty is an ongoing _____________.

22. In May of 2010, a record 40.8 million Americans received food stamps but even more still struggle to _________ their
families. Without the help of CCUSA local food programs, families would be on their _________.

23. CCUSA is uniting organizations across the country to find ways that ensure all struggling families are back on their
____________ even faster.