US bishops launch collection
for Church in Latin America and Caribbean
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| Latin American migrants housed by a Catholic centre in El Paso, Texas (AFP) |
This weekend sees a nation-wide collection in US Catholic
churches as a sign of solidarity between Catholics of the United States and
those in Latin America and the Caribbean.
By Linda Bordoni
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
annual Collection for the Church in Latin America will be taken up the weekend
of January 25-26 2020.
In a message Bishop Octavio Cisnero invites the faithful to
help “strengthen families, fund Catholic education, and foster priestly and
religious vocations by giving to the Collection.
The auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn and chairman of the
Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America of the USCCB says “for over 50
years, Catholics in the United States have expressed solidarity with the Church
from Mexico to the Caribbean, to the southern tip of South America through the
Collection.”
The 2020 campaign highlights the faith of Latin America and
the many opportunities we have to share faith with them.
Cisnero says “We also recognize the tremendous benefit of
having our Latin American brothers and sisters in the Church and the
revitalization their fervor brings to the faith. In addition to offering our
help and support to the Catholics of Latin America, we have much to learn from
them.”
The collection supports the work of the Subcommittee on the
Church in Latin America by funding grants for pastoral efforts such as lay
leadership training, seminarian and religious formation, prison ministry, and
youth ministry, among others.
More information about the Collection for the Church in
Latin America and the grants it funds, as well as resources to promote it
across the country, can be found at www.usccb.org/latin-america.
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