75 new refugees make their home in Arkansas

Published on November 8, 2024

The Refugee Resettlement Program under Catholic Charities of Arkansas completed its first year as an “affiliate office” for the Migration and Refugee Services Office for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on September 30. 

“It is a privilege for us to be able to ‘welcome the stranger,’ which would not be possible without the generous support that we receive in multiple ways,” she said. 

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