April 3, 2006

Diocese to Hold Collection for Home Missions

The Catholic Home Missions Appeal is scheduled both nationally and locally for the weekend of April 29 and 30. Once again, parishioners across the United States will have the opportunity to help their fellow Catholics in rural America – from the Deep South to the Mountain West – live out their faith under difficult circumstances.

The Catholic Home Missions Appeal helps to strengthen the Church at home and is a reflection of the strong links among the dioceses of the United States. This year, the Catholic Home Missions is giving more than $3 million to the dioceses along the Gulf Coast that lay in the path of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita or that hosted refugees from the storms.

For more information about Catholic Home Missions, call (202) 541-5400 or visit their Website at www.usccb.org/HM.

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