When Catholic Charities’ Unaccompanied Minor Foster Care program called Mary and asked her and her husband to take in a 17-year-old girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she was unsure of what to do.
Father Gary of St. Jerome Catholic Church in Phoenix was moved by the plight of refugees, particularly those from Afghanistan who recently fled their homeland. He wanted the parish to understand what refugees face when they leave everything behind and hope for a brighter future.