How to help Gaza relief efforts
August 14, 2025 at 9:59 a.m.
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. has shared the following advisory for those who wish to help with relief efforts in Gaza:
Our Church mourns the terrible suffering of Christians and other innocent victims of violence in Gaza and surrounding areas who are struggling to survive, protect their children, and live with dignity in dire conditions. The Holy Father continues to call for a cease fire and for aid to enter the territory, noting with great sorrow that “Gaza is starving.”
Please consider donating to provide humanitarian relief and pastoral support for our affected brothers and sisters in Gaza and surrounding areas in the Middle East and send donated funds to Catholic Near East Welfare Association or Catholic Relief Services. Both organizations have well-established partnerships with the Catholic Church in the region which allow them to respond quickly and efficiently. The situation in Gaza and across the Middle East cries out for the assistance of the Catholic community of the United States.
Donations by check: Catholic Near East Welfare Association Gaza Emergency Relief, 220 East 42nd Street 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017. To donate online, go to cnewa.org/what-we-do/support-emergency-relief-in-the-holy-land/
Donations by check: Catholic Relief Services Holy Land Response, P.O. Box 5278, Tipton, IA 52772-0517. To donate online, visit crs.org
Palestinians collect aid parcels that were airdropped July 31, 2025, in Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip amid a hunger crisis. Jennifer Poidatz, acting representative for Catholic Relief Services in Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza, told OSV News July 31 that Gaza-based CRS staff are working to bring high-calorie, high-protein food to residents amid destroyed agricultural lands, fuel and energy deficits, high prices, danger and disease. OSV News photo/Hatem Khaled, Reuters
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Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. has shared the following advisory for those who wish to help with relief efforts in Gaza:
Our Church mourns the terrible suffering of Christians and other innocent victims of violence in Gaza and surrounding areas who are struggling to survive, protect their children, and live with dignity in dire conditions. The Holy Father continues to call for a cease fire and for aid to enter the territory, noting with great sorrow that “Gaza is starving.”
Please consider donating to provide humanitarian relief and pastoral support for our affected brothers and sisters in Gaza and surrounding areas in the Middle East and send donated funds to Catholic Near East Welfare Association or Catholic Relief Services. Both organizations have well-established partnerships with the Catholic Church in the region which allow them to respond quickly and efficiently. The situation in Gaza and across the Middle East cries out for the assistance of the Catholic community of the United States.
Donations by check: Catholic Near East Welfare Association Gaza Emergency Relief, 220 East 42nd Street 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017. To donate online, go to cnewa.org/what-we-do/support-emergency-relief-in-the-holy-land/
Donations by check: Catholic Relief Services Holy Land Response, P.O. Box 5278, Tipton, IA 52772-0517. To donate online, visit crs.org
Palestinians collect aid parcels that were airdropped July 31, 2025, in Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip amid a hunger crisis. Jennifer Poidatz, acting representative for Catholic Relief Services in Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza, told OSV News July 31 that Gaza-based CRS staff are working to bring high-calorie, high-protein food to residents amid destroyed agricultural lands, fuel and energy deficits, high prices, danger and disease. OSV News photo/Hatem Khaled, Reuters