Collections
The Missions Office is responsible for assisting parishioners in contributing to the following archdiocesan special collections and offerings:
Operation Rice Bowl
February 22 - April 5, 2012 (February 13 – March 28, 2013)
Operation Rice Bowl (not a Special Collection) is a Catholic Relief Services Lenten program of prayer, fasting, learning, and giving. The educational materials assist ongoing parish and school efforts in developing a spirituality of justice and solidarity with those most in need. Donations help fund CRS development projects in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America to produce more food, increase income and address poverty. 25% of contributions remain in this archdiocese for grants to parishes and organizations that help the poor in Western Washington.
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Operation Rice Bowl
Operation Rice Bowl (not a Special Collection) is a Catholic Relief Services Lenten program of prayer, fasting, learning, and giving.
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Catholic Relief Services Collection
March 17-18, 2012 (March 9-10, 2013)
The CRS collection provides funding for Catholic Relief Services, USCCB Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development, relief work of the Holy Father, CLINIC, and USCCB's Migration and Refugee Services and Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church. The annual collection is taken up on Laetare Sunday, i.e., Fourth Sunday of Lent.
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CRS Collection
The Catholic Relief Services Collection is an important opportunity to express Christian compassion and generosity.
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Build Hope Collection
September 8-9, 2012
Through the archdiocesan Build Hope collection in September, Catholic Campaign for Human Development provides grants to groups of low-income people working for social change and also educates Catholics about Catholic social doctrine and its applications. This collection benefits: Catholic Campaign for Human Development and the Catholic Communication Campaign.
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Catholic Campaign for Human Development
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops. Learn more from the CCHD website.
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Catholic Communication Campaign
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops established the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) collection in 1979 to respond to the national and local communications needs of the Church. Learn more from the CCC website
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Clip Art
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Bulletin Insert
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Steps to a Successful Collection
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Weekend Mass Announcements
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2011 Local and National CCHD Grants
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World Mission Sunday
October 20-21, 2012 (October 19-20, 2013)
Annually, World Mission Sunday is celebrated in every parish in the world on the next-to-last Sunday in October. As described by Pope John Paul II, this celebration is "an important day in the life of the Church because it teaches how to give: as an offering made to God, in the Eucharistic celebration and for all the missions of the world."
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Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Serves over 1,100 of the poorest dioceses around the world — Asia, Africa, remote regions of Latin America, the Pacific Islands — where the local Church depends on “other lands” much as this Archdiocese did until 1908. Learn more from the SPOF website.
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The Church in Latin America
(U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops - USCCB) Provides for pastoral projects that serve the poor. Learn more from the Church in Latin America website.
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Catholic Near East Welfare Association
Provides pastoral and humanitarian support in the Middle East, India, parts of Europe and North Africa. Learn more from the CNEWA website.
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The Church in Central and Eastern Europe
(U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops - USCCB) Rebuilds the Church’s outreach, social ministry and ministerial formation. Learn more from the Church in Central and Eastern Europe website.
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Pastoral Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa
(U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops - USCCB) Provides for pastoral projects that serve the poor. Learn more from the Church in Africa website.
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Catholic Home Missions
(U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops - USCCB) Extends and strengthens the Church in mission areas of the U.S. Learn more from the CHM website.
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