Grants funded by this appeal have boosted priestly vocations and supported evangelization efforts, among other projects, in places that lack resources.
The Catholic Home Missions Appeal, which many dioceses across the country will take up in their parishes on April 23-24, supports Catholic ministry in dioceses where population density or economic challenges make it difficult to sustain faith formation and social outreach ministries. In 2021, the collection distributed nearly $9.3 million in grants for projects ranging from marriage preparation to seminary education to retreats for military veterans.
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Catholic Extension receives $1.5 million grant for Puerto Rico recovery work
Dec 31, 2020 contributor
Vatican and Puerto Rican flags are seen as Father Carlos Francis Mendez, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Las Marias, Puerto Rico, delivers aid Oct. 24, 2017, with parishioners to a remote area outside the town. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions announced Dec. 30, 2020, that it has awarded Catholic Extension a $1.5M grant to help support a large-scale effort toward disaster recovery for the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.)
A $1.5 million grant awarded by the U.S. bishops Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions will support Catholic Extension s ongoing disaster recovery work in Puerto Rico three years after two devastating hurricanes.