Catholic Charities of St. Louis responding to Joplin tornado

Submitted on May 23, 2011
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By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@stlouisreview.com
A bare tree stripped of its branches and leaves is seen near St. John's Regional Medical Center May 23 after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Mo. At least 89 people died and thousands of structures wiped out in a monster tornado that left a path of dest ruction nearly a mile wide through the heart of the city in southwestern Missouri.
A bare tree stripped of its branches and leaves is seen near St. John's Regional Medical Center May 23 after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Mo. At least 89 people died and thousands of structures wiped out in a monster tornado that left a path of dest ruction nearly a mile wide through the heart of the city in southwestern Missouri.
CNS photo/Mike Stone, Reuters
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Catholic Charities of St. Louis is seeking donations to be distributed to disaster response agencies currently working to help tornado victims in Joplin, Mo. By May 24, at least 116 people in the Joplin area were confirmed dead from the May 22 tornado. Some 2,000 buildings were damaged in the southwestern Missouri city. The tornado destroyed the church, school and rectory of one of two Catholic parishes in Joplin and seriously damaged a Catholic hospital there.

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