Supporting the Church’s works of social justice, evangelization, catechesis, and national and local institutional development--domestically and around the world--through the generosity of parishioners to annual national appeals.
On January 24-25, many Catholic dioceses in the United States will participate in the annual Collection for the Church in Latin America. This collection supports the Church in Latin America program established more than 60 years ago by the bishops of the United States in response to the Second Vatican Council’s call for greater unity among Catholics across national borders, especially between those in the wealthy global north and the developing global south. This spirit of unity inspired Chicago-born Father Robert Prevost’s ministry as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru before his election as Pope Leo XIV in May 2025.
Your support for this collection supports priestly and religious vocations, family and youth ministries, outreach to prisoners and others facing poverty, violence, and political hardship, such as the two altar boys from a parish in the Archdiocese of Havana, Cuba depicted in this year’s campaign image. Despite discrimination against Catholics by Cuba’s communist government, these boys and their families and neighbors benefit from a grant to the Archdiocese of Havana for biblical and spiritual formation of lay leaders in their local communities.
You can continue the work of unity seen in the mission of now-Pope Leo XIV by supporting the 2026 Collection for the Church in Latin America at Mass on the weekend of January 24-25 or through your parish’s online giving/e-offertory platform. The online giving platform #iGiveCatholic also accepts funds for the collection.
"Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you." Luke 6:38
Each parish is part of the Church Universal; it is the Catholic Church in a particular place. The bishops of the United States created the national collections so that, by combining resources, we can more effectively carry out our mission as Catholics. Each of these important collections is worthy of your support. Each collection represents our community of faith at work in the world, saving souls and improving lives.
The bishops encourage us to view the national collections in the light of stewardship and of sharing. God has given us our light and our prosperity, all we need and more. It is right and just that we give something back through these collections, helping people in our own country and around the world to live better and to grow in the love of Jesus.
One Church. One Mission.
Archbishop Paul J. Etienne, Archdiocese of Seattle
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