Promoting solidarity throughout the hemisphere by providing support for pastoral projects in Latin America and the Caribbean through contributions to an annual collection.
Bishop Octavio Cisneros invites you to help strengthen families, fund Catholic education, and foster priestly and religious vocations by giving to the Collection for the Church in Latin America. For over 50 years, Catholics in the United States have...
Bishop Octavio Cisneros invites you to help strengthen families, fund Catholic education, and foster priestly and religious vocations by giving to the Collection for the Church in Latin America. For over 50 years, Catholics in the United States have expressed solidarity with the Church from Mexico to the Caribbean, to the southern tip of South America through the Collection. En Español
Pope Francis expressed gratitude for the work of the Collection for the Church in Latin America (CLA) in a letter read at the 2015 Fall General Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, Maryland. Download the letter.
On January 27-28, 2024, Catholics in many dioceses throughout the United States will participate in the special annual collection for the Church in Latin America.
Your contribution makes a positive impact by supporting seminary studies for future priests, pastoral ministries that provide reconciliation, spiritual direction, and job search assistance to prisoners completing jail sentences, and other vital ministries that bring the light of Christ into the lives of thousands in Central and South America and the Caribbean islands.
The Church in the United States has strengthened its relationship with the Church in Latin America through this collection for nearly 60 years, and you can join in by giving at Mass or through your parish’s online giving/e-offertory platform. #iGiveCatholicTogether also accepts funds for the collection.
For complete lists of projects supported by the Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America, please visit the CLA Grant Information page.
In this video (in Spanish), subcommittee chairman Bishop Cisneros speaks about his recent visit to Chile and attending a meeting on the pastoral programs that support communities in need.
November 2019: current information on the construction projects in Haiti.
Ways for you to help Haiti.
Partners in Mission. This important document contains the official position of the Haitian Bishops' Conference regarding "twinning" relationships between Haiti and the Church around the world. It was drafted and finalized with the support of representatives of bishops' conferences and Catholic aid agencies from around the world.
The collection has a long history of supporting Catholics in Latin America through the Continental Mission.
Download the most recent Annual Report and see how your gift makes a difference in Latin America and the Caribbean.