USCCB thanks Diocese’s parishioners for continued support
April 12, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.
“Please accept my sincere gratitude for your diocese’s participation in the 2024 national collections,” wrote Mary Mencarini Campbell, executive director of the USCCB’s Office of National Collections, in a March 6 letter to Bishop David M. O’Connell.
The letter reported the Diocese of Trenton’s financial contributions to several USCCB-sponsored national collections which support “the Church’s pastoral outreach and humanitarian efforts at home and around the world.”
Spanning Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties, the 98 active parishes of the Diocese donated a total of $759,607.24 across seven national collections.
Parishioners of the Diocese gave a total of $90,945.41 to the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, an initiative supporting pastoral needs, on Feb 14. 2024; $50.207.96 to the Catholic Communication Campaign, which supports Catholic media, on May 12, 2024; $128,395.25 to the Catholic Home Missions Appeal, which strengthens missionary work in the United States, on April 28, 2024; $120,491.73 to the Collection for the Church in Latin America, a project of solidarity with Catholics in South and Central America, on Jan 28. 2024; $149,324.77 to the Catholic Relief Services Collection, which funds six agencies working in charity and justice both at home and abroad, on March 10, 2024; and $100,000.00 to the Peter’s Pence Collection, which supports the Office of the Holy See, on June 30, 2024.
In addition to these six collections, parishioners donated $120,242.82 to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the domestic anti-poverty campaign of the United States Bishops, on Nov. 17, a collection date which intentionally coincides with World Day of the Poor. Because the collection took place late in the year, the funds were not included in the USCCB report. Seventy- five percent of these funds have been sent to the Office of National Collections, while the other 25% remain in the Diocese of Trenton for a local grant funding grassroots community and economic development organizations.
Brenda Rascher, executive director of the Diocesan Office of Social Services, reported that the CCHD collection is at a four-year high, with a 3% increase from the previous year. Seventy-three parishes participated in 2023 and 2024, up 14 from 2022.
– Compiled by Elise Stankus, Correspondent
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“Please accept my sincere gratitude for your diocese’s participation in the 2024 national collections,” wrote Mary Mencarini Campbell, executive director of the USCCB’s Office of National Collections, in a March 6 letter to Bishop David M. O’Connell.
The letter reported the Diocese of Trenton’s financial contributions to several USCCB-sponsored national collections which support “the Church’s pastoral outreach and humanitarian efforts at home and around the world.”
Spanning Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties, the 98 active parishes of the Diocese donated a total of $759,607.24 across seven national collections.
Parishioners of the Diocese gave a total of $90,945.41 to the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, an initiative supporting pastoral needs, on Feb 14. 2024; $50.207.96 to the Catholic Communication Campaign, which supports Catholic media, on May 12, 2024; $128,395.25 to the Catholic Home Missions Appeal, which strengthens missionary work in the United States, on April 28, 2024; $120,491.73 to the Collection for the Church in Latin America, a project of solidarity with Catholics in South and Central America, on Jan 28. 2024; $149,324.77 to the Catholic Relief Services Collection, which funds six agencies working in charity and justice both at home and abroad, on March 10, 2024; and $100,000.00 to the Peter’s Pence Collection, which supports the Office of the Holy See, on June 30, 2024.
In addition to these six collections, parishioners donated $120,242.82 to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the domestic anti-poverty campaign of the United States Bishops, on Nov. 17, a collection date which intentionally coincides with World Day of the Poor. Because the collection took place late in the year, the funds were not included in the USCCB report. Seventy- five percent of these funds have been sent to the Office of National Collections, while the other 25% remain in the Diocese of Trenton for a local grant funding grassroots community and economic development organizations.
Brenda Rascher, executive director of the Diocesan Office of Social Services, reported that the CCHD collection is at a four-year high, with a 3% increase from the previous year. Seventy-three parishes participated in 2023 and 2024, up 14 from 2022.
– Compiled by Elise Stankus, Correspondent
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