Catholic Media Journal

This weekend several national and regional Catholic print, broadcast and online journalists will meet in Biloxi, Mississippi, to begin a week-long reporting trip to many of the areas devasted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans. It’s been two months since hurricane Katrina hit land, and the needs of the people in those areas are still significant - and will be for a long time. We’re going to the area to meet the people and experience, at least briefly, conditions in the wake of these hurricanes. The Catholic Church faces new challenges and opportunities, and many individuals and Catholic relief organizations are keeping people - and hope - alive. As members of the Catholic media, we want to share their stories as widely as we can.

- Jim Coyle, Communications, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio