On January 24-25, we will take up a Second Collection for the Church in Latin America.  Contributions to this collection support the training of priests, religious, and lay leaders; the education of youth; and other pastoral projects that bring people more fully into the life of the Catholic Church in 23 impoverished countries in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

Mass Times: Wednesday, December 31st at 5:00 PM and Thursday, January 1st at 9:00 AM

This weekend, November 15-16, the Second Collection will be for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).  Since 1970, CCHD-funded projects have created jobs, improved neighborhoods, and provided a way out of poverty for people with low incomes.  CCHD grants are at work in several local organizations within our own diocese.  “We should be particularly indignant at the enormous inequality in our midst…. We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, while others have not…