CHURCHES WELCOME REFUGEES

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The International Rescue Committee will celebrate 15 years in Abilene with a gathering from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the IRC office, 3305 North Third St., Suite 320.

The public is invited to come for refreshments and to meet some of the refugees. For full details, read Loretta Fulton’s article from the Abilene Reporter-News.

https://www.reporternews.com/story/life/faith/2019/01/18/international-rescue-committee-assists-refugees-making-abilene-home/2585425002/

 


Refugees worship at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in photos at left and at Holy Family Catholic Church in the photo at right. Photos by Loretta Fulton

 

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