CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
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Provides funding for Catholic Relief Services, USCCB Department of Social Development and World Peace, relief work of the Holy Father, USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (See links below).
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Patrick Markey
Executive Director
3211 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017-1194
Where Does the CRS Collection Go?
Funds acquired from the CRS Collection are distributed to these six organizations:
PASTORAL SOLIDARITY FUND FOR THE CHURCH IN AFRICA
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Africa faces the economic and social hurdles of enormous debt, epidemic, severe poverty, and political unrest. In spite of these challenges, the Church in Africa has almost tripled in size in the past 30 years. The Fund provides grants to finance pastoral projects including outreach programs, schools, evangelization, and education of clergy and lay ministers. Our solidarity is necessary to help the “salt of the Earth” Church in Africa realize its potential as a “light of the world.”
Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa
USCCB-Office of National Collections
3211 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20017
CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA
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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.
At their meeting on November 10, the Subcommittee approved 61 grants for a total of $1.6 million in aid. Read more in the press release.the Church in Latin Ameri
Fr. Carlos Quintana
Executive Director
3211 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017-1194
PETER'S PENCE (COLLECTION FOR THE HOLY FATHE
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The Peter’s Pence Collection enables the Holy Father to respond with emergency financial assistance to requests to aid the neediest 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.
The Apostolic Nunciature
Most Rev. Pietro Sambi
3339 Massachusetts Ave,NW
Washington, DC 20008
AID TO THE CHURCH IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
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This special collection channels aid to meet the needs of rebuilding the Church: training seminarians and lay leaders, reaching out to young people, reviving Catholic charities, and renewing programs of catechesis and evangelization.
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Office to Aid the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe
Rev. James M. McCann, SJ
Executive Director
3211 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017-1194