The Catholic Relief Services Collection Reaches Vulnerable and Marginalized Communities

WASHINGTON—Theannual Catholic Relief Services Collection will be held in most parishes onLaetare Sunday, March 26with the theme, "Help Jesus in Disguise."

"Theneeds of our world are great, and the effects of this collection arefar-reaching.," said Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile, Alabama,chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee onNational Collections. "Through this collection we humbly respond to thesuffering Christ who comes to us bearing the face of the vulnerable refugee,the immigrant family, the rejected poor, and the abandoned stranger. We servethese, our brothers and sisters, because by doing so we serve Christ."

Entitieswithin the USCCB that receive support include: the Secretariatof Cultural Diversity in the Church, the Departmentof Justice Peace and Human Development, and the  Department of Migration and Refugee Services.Other Catholic Church organizations that receive funds are: Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.,and the Holy Father's Relief Fund. The USCCB Administrative Committee isresponsible for grant-making from this national collection.

Moreinformation about The Catholic Relief Services Collection is available at www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.Shareable resources for the collection can be found at: www.usccb.org/catholic-relief/collection.

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