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Purpose of Collection
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Description of Program
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Date of Collection
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| Charity Fund |
This fund regularly supports local charities
such as Catholic Charities, Food Bank, Coal Fund, etc. |
January 4, 2009 |
| Latin America |
Church in Latin America
- Support for various pastoral projects throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean is made possible through the Collection for the Church in Latin
America. Projects are at the continental, regional, diocesan and local
levels, and include the work of evangelization, formation of laity, religious
and seminarians, as well as youth ministry and catechesis. Funding is limited
to programmatic expenses and excludes building construction. |
January 25, 2009 |
| Haiti |
This fund providec financial support and needed
items for our sister parish, Immaculate Conception de Roseaux Parish in
Haiti. |
February 15, 2009 |
| Eastern Europe |
The Office to Aid the Catholic
Church in Central and Eastern Europe provides a focal point for Catholics
of the United States to express our compassion and solidarity with our
brothers and sisters whose faith has endured such great suffering.
This special collection channels aid through the bishops' conferences of
Central and Eastern Europe to meet the needs of rebuilding the Church:
training lay leaders and seminarians, reaching out to young people, reviving
Catholic charities, and renewing programs of catechesis and evangelization. |
February 22, 2009 |
| Black & Native Americans |
Since 1884, proceeds from the Black and Indian Missions Collection
(BIM) are distributed as grants to dioceses supporting and strengthening
evangelization programs, which would otherwise be in danger of disappearing
among the Black, American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleute communities of the
United States. |
March 1, 2009 |
| Catholic Relief Services |
The Catholic Relief Services
Collection supports Catholic Church organizations that carry out international
relief and solidarity efforts. Programs include relief and resettlement
services to the victims of persecution, war, and natural disasters as well
as development projects to improve the living conditions of the poor; advocacy
on behalf of the powerless; peace and reconciliation work for people suffering
from violence; and legal and support services for poor immigrants. |
March 22, 2009 |
| Seminarians |
This fund regularly supports seminarians of our
Diocese. Dustin Collins, of Notre Dame parish, is one of these seminarians. |
March 29, 2009 |
| Charity Fund |
This fund regularly supports local charities
such as Catholic Charities, Food Bank, Coal Fund, etc. |
April 5, 2009 |
| Holy Land/Good Friday |
The Collection for the Holy Land, in the words of Paul VI is “not only
for the Holy Places but above all for those pastoral, charitable, educational,
and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare
of their Christian brethren and of the local communities." |
Good Friday |
| Catholic Home Missions |
Catholic Home Missions, launched
in 1998 - the Appeal strengthens the Catholic Church in the United States
and its territories where resources are thin and priests are few. Grantees
include 90 Latin and Eastern Catholic dioceses in Appalachia, the South,
the Southwest, the Rocky Mountain states, Alaska, and the islands of the
Pacific and Caribbean. The Appeal also supports about 25 organizations
and religious communities engaged in home mission work. The appeal funds
a wide range of pastoral services, including evangelization, religious
education, the maintenance of mission parishes, the training of seminarians
and lay ministers, and ministry with ethnic groups, especially Hispanics. |
April 26, 2009 |
| Catholic Communications |
The essential mission of the CCC
is to contribute to the process of evangelization by fostering activities
in relation to television, radio and other media, and through special projects
of the Catholic press. An annual collection is taken up in the dioceses,
which remit 50% of the funds collected to the National Office. From these
funds, grants are made following recommendations by the USCCB Communication
Committee. The remaining portion of the collection is retained by the dioceses
for use in local communication projects. |
May 24, 2009 |
| Haiti |
This fund helps our sister parish in Haiti, |
May 24, 2009 |
| Seminarians |
This fund regularly supports seminarians of our
Diocese. Dustin Collins, of Notre Dame parish, is one of these seminarians. |
June 14, 2009 |
| Holy Father - Peter's Pence |
The Peter’s Pence Collection
enables the Holy Father to respond with emergency financial assistance
to requests to aid the most needy throughout the world--those who suffer
as a result of war, oppression, and natural disasters. It likewise provides
the faithful with a tangible opportunity to not only empower the weak,
defenseless, and voiceless, but also sustain those who suffer. |
July 5, 2009 |
| Charity Fund |
This fund regularly supports local charities
such as Catholic Charities, Food Bank, Coal Fund, etc. |
July 5, 2009 |
| Solidarity - Church in Africa |
Parish
Solidarity - In addition to the solidarity work of the USCCB and American
dioceses, we encourage individual American parishes to build relationships
with their brothers and sisters in Africa. This form of concrete solidarity
puts a human face on both the great gifts and the vast challenges facing
the Church in Africa. |
July 26, 2009 |
| Haiti |
This fund providec financial support and needed
items for our sister parish, Immaculate Conception de Roseaux Parish in
Haiti. |
August 2009 |
| Seminarians |
This fund regularly supports seminarians of our
Diocese. Dustin Collins, of Notre Dame parish, is one of these seminarians. |
September 2009 |
| Charity Fund |
This fund regularly supports local charities
such as Catholic Charities, Food Bank, Coal Fund, etc. |
October 2009 |
| Campaign for Human Development |
The Catholic Campaign for Human
Development was mandated by the U.S. bishops to address the root causes
of poverty in America through promotion and support of community-controlled,
self-help organizations and transformative education. |
November 18, 2007 |
| Haiti |
This fund providec financial support and needed
items for our sister parish, Immaculate Conception de Roseaux Parish in
Haiti. |
November 2009 |
| Retired Religious Fund |
The Retirement Fund for Religious
(RFR) provides restricted grants to any religious institute in the
U.S. that has an unfunded past service liability. It distributes basic,
supplemental and special assistance retirement grants from the fund to
religious institutes based on a formula and criteria approved by the conferences
of major superiors and bishops. Annual appeal begun in 1988 and approved
through 2007. |
December 2009 |
| Seminarians |
This fund regularly supports seminarians of our
Diocese. Dustin Collins, of Notre Dame parish, is one of these seminarians. |
December 2009 |
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