SECOND COLLECTIONS

SECOND COLLECTIONS Second Collections for November by Father Rothell Price

Archdiocese for Military Services Collection Dates: November 9th & 10th Announcement Dates: October 27th & November 3rd

Price T he National Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) is taken up in Catholic parishes throughout the United States once every three years since it was established in 2013. The proceeds from this national collection will support pastoral care and ministry to Catholic families stationed all around the world, as well as to Catholic patients in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers throughout the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. Since the Archdiocese for the Military Services receives no funding from the U.S. Government or the U.S. Military, the AMS is entirely dependent on private giving from Catholics such as you and me.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the Ordinary of the AMS, wrote: “Increasing the Catholic community’s awareness about the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and its sole responsibility for the spiritual care of approximately 1.8 million Catholic men, women and children who hail from all 50 states and U.S. territories – including those from your own parish – is of critical importance.” Please participate willingly and generously in the National Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services.

We American Catholics have a unique opportunity to support Catholic ministry in the U.S. military and to all who seek treatment at VA Medical Centers. Through your participation in the National Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, active duty and retired veterans from East Texas, Southern Arkansas, North and Central Louisiana, and West Mississippi are spiritually cared for.

Please help the AMS meet an assortment of pressing financial challenges. Above all, make it possible for them to bring the presence of Jesus Christ and His Church to our active and retired military families. Give generously to the National Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services.

NOVEMBER 2019 7 Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection Dates: November 23rd & 24th Announcement Dates: November 10th & 17th The Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection occurs annually in the month of November. My attention was drawn to a constant theme of CCHD, “Helping People Help Themselves.” The Gospel-inspired goal of the Campaign for Human Development is to help individuals and their communities permanently rise out of poverty. “CCHD requires that projects develop community leadership and participation so that their solutions to poverty will be long-lasting and effective.” As a Catholic, I am proud that my Church is actively laboring to make the presence of the kingdom of God a true and full reality. This is what CATHOLICS and the CATHOLIC CHURCH are doing to make the world a better place.

The work of CCHD and the contributions of people of faith, like you, puts flesh and bones on the saying, “pray as if everything depends on God; act as if everything depends on you.” “Working on the Margins” is the theme for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection.” “Your generosity to the Campaign is building more meaningful and just communities. With your support, people living on the margins can create real change in their lives.” Most Reverend David P. Talley, Chairman, Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is our unified effort to end poverty right here at home. Are you aware that your donation has you “Working on the Margins” with Jesus and His Church? Thank you for your generous participation in the second collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.