Archdiocese of Boston - Special Collections SAMPLE BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Date/Collection Week Before Week of 2018 January 28 Next week’s second collection will support This week’s second collection will support the Church in those underdeveloped areas the Church in those underdeveloped areas Support of the Church around of the world. Relief Services of the world where there are insufficient the World (CRS), the Church in Latin America (CLA), resources for evangelization and the Church in Africa and in Central and formation. (CRS), Eastern Europe and three important the Church in Latin America (CLA), the national : the Military Church in Africa and in Central and Archdiocese, Home Missions, and the Eastern Europe and three important Black and Indian Missions. national Catholic missions: the Military Archdiocese, Home Missions, and the Your generosity will help fund the spiritual, Black and Indian Missions. Your educational and humanitarian needs of the generosity to this collection will help fund Church around the world. For more the spiritual, educational and humanitarian information about each of these needs of the Church around the world. organizations go to their websites: For more information about each of these organizations go to their websites: 1. CRS: www.usccb.org/crscollection; 2. CLA: www.usccb.org/catholic- 1. CRS: www.usccb.org/crscollection; giving/opportunities-for-giving/latin- 2. CLA: www.usccb.org/catholic- america/index.cfm; giving/opportunities-for-giving/latin- 3. Church in Africa america/index.cfm; http://www.usccb.org/catholic- 3. Church in Africa giving/opportunities-for- http://www.usccb.org/catholic- giving/solidarity-fund-for- giving/opportunities-for- africa/index.cfm giving/solidarity-fund-for- 4. Church in Central and Eastern africa/index.cfm Europe: www.usccb.org/catholic- 4. Church in Central and Eastern giving/opportunities-for-giving/central- Europe: www.usccb.org/catholic- and-eastern- giving/opportunities-for-giving/central- europe/collection/index.cfm; and-eastern- 5. Military Archdiocese europe/collection/index.cfm; http://www.milarch.org/ 5. Military Archdiocese 6. Catholic Home Missions: http://www.milarch.org/ www.usccb.org/catholic- 6. Catholic Home Missions: giving/opportunities-for-giving/catholic- www.usccb.org/catholic- home-missions-appeal/index.cfm giving/opportunities-for-giving/catholic- 7. Black and Indian Missions home-missions-appeal/index.cfm https://blackandindianmission.org/ 7. Black and Indian Missions https://blackandindianmission.org/

2018 March 30 Good Friday’s collection for the Holy Land The Good Friday collection supports the is, in the words of Paul VI, “not only for the sacred places and the educational, Holy Land Shrines Holy Places but above all for those charitable and peace-seeking ministries of pastoral, charitable, educational, and the Church in the Holy Land. (Good Friday) social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare of their Christian brethren and of the local communities.”

September 2017 Date/Collection Week Before Week of 2018 April 1 Next week, at all our Easter Masses, our The Easter Collection supports the only collection will be to support the retirement, medical and financial needs of Easter Collection: Clergy retirement, medical and financial needs of priests of the Archdiocese of Boston. Health & Retirement Trust priests of the Archdiocese of Boston. On These priests have given their lives to behalf of all of our priests, thank you in faithfully serve Christ, the Church, and (one envelope only) advance for your generosity. For more you. Please be generous to this important information, please visit collection. For more information, please www.clergyfunds.org visit www.clergyfunds.org

2018 May 20 Next week’s second collection supports This week’s second collection supports the formation and training of seminarians the formation and training of seminarians Seminarians (Pentecost) in the Archdiocese of Boston for future in the Archdiocese of Boston for service, service as priests. We are blessed that we pray, as future priests. We are many are responding to the call to serve blessed that many are responding to the as priests. Please be generous and call to serve as priests. Please be support these seminarians on their journey generous and support these seminarians toward their ordination to the priesthood. on their journey toward their ordination to For more information, please visit the priesthood. For more information, www.VocationsBoston.org. please visit www.VocationsBoston.org.

2018 June 17 Next week’s second collection will be This week’s second collection Promoting shared by the Catholic Campaign for the Gospel supports Catholic Campaign Promoting the Gospel Human Development (CCHD) and the for Human Development (CCHD) and the Catholic Communication Campaign Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC). These two organizations (CCC). Through the work of CCHD and communicate the Gospel by promoting CCC the Gospel is promoted by works of justice, education and the dignity supporting those in poverty, providing of human life. Your generous donations grants to community based groups and will give those in poverty the support they using the entire array of media tools need to make lasting changes and will available today to evangelize and promote support our local communications needs, Gospel values. such and Catholic TV programming. For more information about these For more information about these organizations, please visit organizations, please visit 1. www.usccb.org/cchd 1. www.usccb.org/cchd 2. www.usccb.org/catholic- 2. www.usccb.org/catholic- giving/opportunities-for-giving/catholic- giving/opportunities-for-giving/catholic- communication-campaign/index.cfm communication-campaign/index.cfm While this collection supports national While this collection supports national efforts, a portion of the proceeds are efforts, a portion of the proceeds are designated for local CCHD grants and designated for local CCHD grants and communication efforts. parish communication efforts.

2018 September 16 Next week’s second collection supports This week’s second collection supports the retirement, medical and financial the retirement, medical and financial Clergy Health & Retirement needs of priests of the Archdiocese of needs of priests of the Archdiocese of Trust Boston. On behalf of all of our priests, Boston. These priests have given their thank you in advance for your generosity. lives to faithfully serve Christ, the Church, For more information, please visit and you. Please be generous to this www.clergyfunds.org important collection. For more information, please visit www.clergyfunds.org

September 2017 Date/Collection Week Before Week of 2018 October 14 Next week’s second collection will support This week’s second collection will support the Holy Father’s “Peter’s Pence” the Holy Father’s “Peter’s Pence” For the Holy Father and collection that provides funds for collection that provides funds for Missionary Efforts emergency and disaster relief and for emergency and disaster relief and for Catholic World Missions that support Catholic World Missions that support pastoral and evangelization efforts in pastoral and evangelization efforts in mission . This collection will also mission dioceses. This collection will also provide support to The Catholic University provide support to The Catholic University of America (CUA) that educates priests of America that educates priests and lay and lay people for ministry and for the people for ministry and for the Inner City Inner City Parishes of the Archdiocese of Parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston. Boston. Your generosity will assist the Your generosity and prayers will assist the Holy Father as well as the various Holy Father and the various missionary missionary efforts at home and abroad. efforts at home and abroad.

For information on these Collections, go For information on these Collections, go to: to: 1. www.usccb.org/ppc 1. www.usccb.org/ppc 2. www.propfaithboston.org 2. www.propfaithboston.org 3. www.cua.edu 3. www.cua.edu 4. www.BostonCatholic.org 4. www.BostonCatholic.org

2018 November 18 Next weekend the Archdiocese will take Today’s second collection is used to assist up the Collection for Retired Sisters. religious communities to provide for the Collection for Retired Since 1988, the collection has provided retirement and health care needs of Religious Sisters needed financial support for religious Sisters who have served in the communities who have served the Archdiocese. Please take this opportunity Archdiocese of Boston as educators and to say thank you to the Sisters who have health care and social service providers. served the Church of Boston so Please give generously in recognition of generously for so many years. Your the Sisters’ years of dedicated service. contribution does make a difference. For For more information, please contact more information, please contact Sister Sister Marian Batho, CSJ, Delegate for Marian Batho, CSJ, Delegate for Religious Religious at 617-746-5637 or at 617-746-5637 or [email protected]. [email protected],

2018 December 25 Next week, at all our Christmas Masses, Merry Christmas from all the priests of the our only collection will be to support the Archdiocese of Boston. The Christmas Christmas Collection: Clergy retirement, medical and financial needs of Collection supports the retirement, Health & Retirement Trust priests of the Archdiocese of Boston. On medical and financial needs of priests of behalf of all of our priests, thank you in the Archdiocese of Boston. These priests (one envelope only) advance for your generosity. For more have given their lives to faithfully serve information, please visit Christ, the Church, and you. Please be www.clergyfunds.org generous to this important collection. For more information, please visit www.clergyfunds.org

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