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Patricia Zapor

Patricia Zapor is a Maryland-based freelance writer and editor. As an award-winning reporter for Catholic News Service, she covered federal government, including the White House, the Supreme Court and various agencies, with a particular expertise in immigration issues.

Addressing effects of slavery calls for looking ahead, panelists say

May 5, 2021
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

The work of Georgetown University and the Jesuits in reckoning with the history of owning and selling enslaved people may hold lessons for the rest of the Catholic Church and American society, said several panelists at an April 29 discussion at the university.

Maryland legislators increase BOOST funding, pass bills expanding prenatal care grants and giving pandemic relief

April 14, 2021
By Patricia Zapor
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News, Schools

In a packed last few days of the 2021 session of the Maryland General Assembly, legislators increased funding for the BOOST (Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today) scholarship program and approved several types of support related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stimulus check donations would be welcomed by Maryland charities dealing with pandemic-related demands

April 12, 2021
By Patricia Zapor
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore

As the latest federal stimulus checks hit bank accounts, charitable organizations are hoping recipients whose incomes were unscathed during the pandemic will donate funds to support those who have been hit by unemployment, reduced wages and medical crises

Two bills that would limit Maryland’s role in immigration enforcement get final push by advocates

April 7, 2021
By Patricia Zapor
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Uncategorized

With just five days to go in the Maryland legislative session, advocates for immigrants are pushing hard for the state Senate to approve two bills: one would require warrants for federal immigration enforcement agents to obtain information from state databases and the other would prohibit state and local governments from being in the business of immigration detention.

La “Pastoral Migratoria” llevará capacitación en justicia social y servicio comunitario a cuatro parroquias

January 13, 2021
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic Review
Filed Under: En Español, Hispanic Ministry

Una nueva iniciativa de evangelización como parte del proceso del V Encuentro traerá a la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore un modelo de gran éxito para difundir la enseñanza social católica en la comunidad inmigrante latinoamericana. Comienza en línea para cuatro parroquias el 16 de enero.

‘Pastoral Migratoria’ will bring social justice and community service training to four parishes

January 11, 2021
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News, Social Justice

A new initiative on evangelization as part of the V Encuentro process will bring to the Archdiocese of Baltimore a highly successful model for incorporating Catholic social teaching into the Latin-American immigrant community.

Bicentennial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s death to be marked with special events Jan. 4

December 22, 2020
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News

It’s not what was intended a year ago, but the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the death of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Jan. 4 could well be bigger than might have been possible before the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed in-person events and made people comfortable with online gatherings.

Siguiendo el ejemplo de los países de origen de los inmigrantes, los mensajes sobre COVID-19 llevados a los vecindarios más afectados

October 19, 2020
By Patricia Zapor
Filed Under: En Español, Hispanic Ministry

Esos y otros lemas en inglés y español sobre la prevención de la propagación del COVID-19, y dónde obtener ayuda si está enfermo o cree que podría haber sido infectado, sonarán en la sección de Baltimore.

Taking a cue from immigrants’ home countries, messages about COVID-19 taken into hard-hit neighborhoods

October 19, 2020
By Patricia Zapor
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Bishop Lewandowski, Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News

With infection rates rising around Maryland, as elsewhere in the country, the timing couldn’t be better for the sound truck’s launch. As of Oct. 19, the 21224 ZIP code had 2,117 reported cases of COVID-19, second only in the state to the Silver Spring/Langley Park ZIP code, another area densely populated by immigrants.

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