Jeffry Korgen

Jeffry Korgen

Jeffry Korgen is a lay ecclesial minister who has served in several ministries proximate to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, including as a community organizer, secretary of the Roundtable Association of Diocesan Social Action Directors, author of Beyond Empowerment: A Pilgrimage with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (Orbis, 2016), and provider of grants evaluation services.

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The US Catholic bishops should stand up and protect their anti-poverty group

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development promotes the U.S. bishops' teaching Catholics political responsibilities in a way no church document can. The prelates shouldn't abandon their decadeslong commitment to the program.

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