Collection for Church in Latin America set for Jan. 22-23
January 10, 2022 at 10:17 p.m.
A program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the collection began 50 years ago as a means of financial support and expression of solidarity between Catholics in the United States with those from Mexico to the Caribbean, to the southern tip of South America.
Funds from the collection will help with Catholic education in Latin America, as well as fostering priestly and religious vocations, said Bishop Octavio Cisneros, auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., and chair of the USCCB’s subcommittee for the Church in Latin America.
The collection will also assist with “the formation of catechists and lay ministers, and initiatives to build stronger marriages and families throughout the region,” Bishop Cisneros continued.
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A program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the collection began 50 years ago as a means of financial support and expression of solidarity between Catholics in the United States with those from Mexico to the Caribbean, to the southern tip of South America.
Funds from the collection will help with Catholic education in Latin America, as well as fostering priestly and religious vocations, said Bishop Octavio Cisneros, auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., and chair of the USCCB’s subcommittee for the Church in Latin America.
The collection will also assist with “the formation of catechists and lay ministers, and initiatives to build stronger marriages and families throughout the region,” Bishop Cisneros continued.