Annual Report
Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe Annual Report 2023
THE USCCB COLLECTION FOR THE CHURCH IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IS A CRUCIAL SOURCE OF SUPPORT FOR
ministries in and around Ukraine that provide spiritual and social assistance to displaced persons and refugees from the war. The collection also continues to assist the Catholic Church in 27 other countries that suffered under communist oppression, helping them to rebuild churches, run Catholic schools, and evangelize among people whose parents and grandparents risked prison or worse if they spoke of their faith. On these pages, three projects—of the 329 funded in 2023 by $8.7 million from the collection—show the Catholic Church working to shelter war victims, help them heal spiritually and emotionally from trauma, and prepare them to rebuild a shattered nation. A fourth featured project offers a glimpse of the many ministries supported by gifts to this collection in lands that rarely make international headlines—where Catholics make up a minuscule minority but nevertheless care for their neighbors in need.