Catholic Charities, the Catholic Relief Service, and other RC organizations have all cylinders clicking in the massive Katrina relief effort. Bishop William Skylstad, president of the United States Catholic Conference, is calling for a national collection for aid (bravo Your Excellency). Much is being done. But there’s much more the Church can do, and I expect will do, as the relief effort plays out. Two suggestions along those lines. The first is that the Bishop’s Conference should formally direct every Catholic parish in America to adopt a dislocated/homeless family and relocate them, house them, pay for the housing for a year, clothe them, furnish and outfit their new home (from pots to clothespins) and even give them a car. It can be done and it should be done (and heck, by every parish or congregation, regardless of creed). The second is to open up the many Church facilities across the country that are deserted/empty. Closed colleges, seminaries, convents, mother houses, parochial schools, etc. – these facilities simply cannot remain unused or underused when millions will need long-term housing (of course, since most dioceses are strapped for funds because of lawsuits, the feds should help pick up the tab). The moment is here for the Church to do something extraordinary, for the sake of doing good, which may help the Church redeem itself after this past terrible decade. This is the moment for renewal.