Collections
The Missions Office is responsible for assisting parishioners in contributing to the following archdiocesan special collections and offerings:
CRS Rice Bowl
Feb 18 - April 2, 2015 (Feb 10 - March 24, 2016)
CRS 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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CRS Rice Bowl
CRS 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 14-15, 2015 (March 5-6, 2016)
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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The Holy Land Offering
April 3, 2015 (March 25, 2016)
This Pontifical collection is for the support of 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. Materials provided by the (Franciscan) Commissariat for the Holy Land each year are posters and a letter to pastors. Parishes are asked to request a Good Friday donation envelope in their packets from their envelope companies each year.
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The Holy Land Offering
On Good Friday, all Christians are united in a special way to the Holy Land. Donations on Good Friday make a direct impact on the Christians living in the Holy Land. Parishes should send a check for the total contributions, for “Holy Land Collection,” to the Missions Office.
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Build Hope Collection
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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What is the Catholic Campaign for Human Development?
2 page FAQ document
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NEW in 2015
Beginning in September 2015, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) Collection will become a stand-alone collection. The CCHD Collection will be held September 13, 2015. All parishes are requested to ask their envelopes companies to add the CCHD donation envelope to packets and mailings, and a CCHD entry to online giving pages. The Missions Office will provide all other materials!
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World Mission Sunday
October 17-18, 2015 (October 15-16, 2016)
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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World Mission Sunday 2014 Resources
Resources for parishes and schools.
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World Mission Sunday Message 2014
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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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