"We are grateful for these ongoing relationships and for the opportunities they provide to assist in one of the fundamental principles of the gospel—caring for those that may feel like strangers among us,” said Bishop Waddell. “This includes those who have been driven from their homes and find themselves in new and unfamiliar circumstances.” The $1.25 million contribution to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will help welcome and assist newly arrived refugees in 80 diocesan resettlement offices throughout the country. The $750,000 donation to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) will provide similar services for displaced refugee families in their initial months of resettlement in 29 cities across the nation.