Special Collections

USCCB National Collections
"As faithful disciples and imitators of Christ, you are urged to go against the current, choosing the evangelical option of serving the brethren…above all, because you are impelled by the unceasing power of divine charity." — Pope John Paul II (2001)

Who Benefits From The National Collections

Your gifts to the national collections support:

Evangelization programs

in the United States through the Black and Indian Missions Collection. . .
Projects to reduce poverty

in the United States through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Fragile Catholic communities

in the United States through the Catholic Home Missions Appeal
Poor and hungry people abroad

and immigrants and refugees to the United States through the Catholic Relief Services Collection
Pastoral projects

in Central and South America and in the Caribbean through the Collection for the Church in Latin America
Catholics rebuilding after 70 years of Communist repression
through the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe
The Church's world missions through the World Mission Sunday Collection. . .
Catholic viewers and listeners
searching for values in media through the Catholic Communication Campaign
Elderly religious
-order priests, sisters, and brothers through the Retirement Fund for Religious
The Christians especially and all people and sacred places in the region of Jesus' earthly ministry through the Collection for the Holy Land. . .
Students
who receive scholarships to attend the Catholic University of America. . .
Worldwide emergency relief
through the Peter's Pence Collection