WASHINGTON—The
annual Catholic Relief Services Collection will be held in most parishes on
Laetare Sunday, March 26with the theme, “Help Jesus in Disguise.”

“The
needs of our world are great, and the effects of this collection are
far-reaching.,” said Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile, Alabama,
chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on
National Collections. “Through this collection we humbly respond to the
suffering Christ who comes to us bearing the face of the vulnerable refugee,
the immigrant family, the rejected poor, and the abandoned stranger. We serve
these, our brothers and sisters, because by doing so we serve Christ.”

Entities
within the USCCB that receive support include: the Secretariat
of Cultural Diversity in the Church, the Department
of Justice Peace and Human Development, and the Department of Migration and Refugee Services.
Other Catholic Church organizations that receive funds are: Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.,
and the Holy Father’s Relief Fund. The USCCB Administrative Committee is
responsible for grant-making from this national collection.

More
information about The Catholic Relief Services Collection is available at www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.
Shareable resources for the collection can be found at: www.usccb.org/catholic-relief/collection.

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Keywords:
The Catholic Relief Services Collection, Laetare Sunday, Migration and Refugee
Services, Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, Department of
Justice Peace and Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Legal
Immigration Network, Holy Father’s Relief Fund, immigration, international relief,
U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops, stewardship

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MEDIA CONTACT:
Norma Montenegro Flynn
O: 202-541-3200

Source:: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops