CV NEWS FEED // The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is calling on US Catholics to make a contribution to the upcoming collections for the Catholic Communication Campaign, which supports communications ministries for the Catholic Church both at home and abroad.
In an April 29 news release, the USCCB issued an appeal on behalf of the annual May 11-12 collections, which go toward local diocesan programs, as well as the USCCB’s own communication activities, and other vital programs in the US and abroad.
“Saint Peter himself could not have imagined today’s communication ministries when he told the first Christians to have a ready answer for anyone who questioned their faith,” stated USCCB chairman of the Subcommittee on the Catholic Communication Campaign, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta.
The Archbishop continued:
The many means of communications today allow the Catholic Church to use these tools with love, for good and to the glory of God by inviting people to engage more fully in the faith and using them as a means for evangelization. The Catholic Communication Campaign helps to make this a reality.
Although most dioceses hold their collections for this effort on May 11-12, some have it on other weekends, the release noted. Last year, the collection raised over $3.6 million in funds for the campaign supporting both national and international Catholic media outreach, according to the USCCB’s annual report.
“About 35% of those funds supported evangelization through media, such as podcasts, videos and documentaries,” the release continued, adding that “a nearly equal amount underwrote Catholic News Service in Rome, which has provided the Catholic Church in the United States with accurate, in-depth coverage of the Vatican and the Holy Father since 1950.”
The Campaign also contributes smaller, subsidized amounts to projects that help promote Church-related social ministries that highlight concerns related to ecology, human dignity, social justice, and immigration reform.
