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Home Missions - Our Own Needs Collection:  Strengthening the Church at Home

The four major beneficiaries represented in this collection and their mission.

• Black and Indian Missions exists to build Christian communities among the Native American, African American and Alaskan Native people in the United States. Every penny collected is distributed as diocesan grants to support and strengthen evangelization programs. Annually, in our Diocese, we receive grants to assist our parishes in Neopit and Keshena with outreach, education, and service to the people of the Menominee Indian Tribe.
• The Catholic Communications Campaign connects people through the internet, social networks, television, radio, and print to Christ.  The CCC spreads the Gospel message locally and nationally.  Half of all funds collected for the CCC remain in our diocese to support local communication efforts. This collection connects people around the world to the Gospel message.
• The Catholic University of America is the National University of the Catholic Church. Your gift enables the University to prepare the next generation of Catholic leadership, both religious and lay. Every donated dollar supports scholarships to assist financially deserving students in completing their education.  Alumni include 19 Cardinals, 58 Bishops and over 12,400 priests.
• The Catholic Home Missions assists 40% of dioceses in the United States. The fragile financial situations, poverty, vast distances, difficult terrain, lack of priests significantly affects the mission diocese ability to offer basic pastoral needs.  Home Missions provides financial assistance for Mass, the sacraments and faith formation.

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