When you give to the Catholic Ministries Appeal your gift is joined with thousands of others to enable our diocesan community of faith to:

• Support ministries that reach out with the hands and heart of Christ to the aged, the sick, and the imprisoned

• Ensure we can help struggling families find their way through economic crisis and back to stability

• Help fund the crucial work of Catholic Charities, which serves more than 250,000 people annually

• Fund ministries that nurture children and teenagers in the Catholic faith and teaches values they'll carry into adulthood.

• Help pay for the education of our seminarians on the road to priestly ordination

• Prepare engaged couples for God-centered marriages rooted in the Catholic Church

• Educate and prepare those who wish to become Catholic for the fullness of life in the Church through OCIA

• Enable us to promote Catholic values about the sanctity of all life and make our voice heard in society

• Fund programs that give young adults on college campuses a connection to the Church.

• Provide important services to your parish that it would find difficult to afford on its own