Our hearts are full of gratitude and joy to see how Orphan Sunday and Stand Sunday reached into every corner of the world in 2021. This year took special significance also as we commemorated the 20th observance of this call to the Church to care for vulnerable children.. (2021 Participating Countries) Orphan Sunday was celebrated […]

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A letter arrived at CAFO’s main office in northern Virginia. It contained a check, which – to our surprise – had been issued by the State of California.  Alongside the check was a hand-written note.  It read: To Whom It May Concern, I write this letter so I can introduce myself. My name is G—.  […]

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“Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.”      –Elizabeth Barrett Browning They’re all over the place if you look: marvelous little pennies, hidden in nooks and crannies along every path you’ll walk this week. […]

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The term “orphan” is rarely used in relation to children in the US today.  But last week, the journal Pediatrics released a pre-publication paper estimating the number of children orphaned by COVID-19 and COVID-related factors in the U.S. The paper, “COVID-19-Associated Orphanhood and Caregiver Death in the United States,” projects that from April 2020 through June […]

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