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Special Collections
DIOCESE of LANSING

Contact: Donna Queen (517-342-2457) 

sets dates for these collections and envelops are in the St. Francis parishoner's packet.   (www.nccbuscc.org)  Why do we have National Collections?

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Worldwide Evangelization Appeal  (Last Sunday in January)   ~January 25 
(Latin America, Holyland, Eastern European & Africa) 
(The January collection for World Wide Evangelization includes 4 instead of doing these separately: 
Latin America, Church in Eastern & Central Europe, Holy Land and the Church in Africa.)
  • March 1,  2009 (1st Sunday of Lent) ***Black and Indian Missions www.usccb.org/nationalcollections/ncdescriptions.shtml

    • Home Missions (Black & Native Am.) Collection             March 1                   C/O Office of Missions
    (First Sunday of Lent)
     
  • March 22, 2009 (“Laetare Sunday” Fourth Sunday of Lent) ***Catholic Relief Services Collection Or,  www.usccb.org/nationalcollections/ncdescriptions.shtml

    • Catholic Relief Services Appeal                               March 22
    (Bishop's Overseas)
    (Fourth Sunday of Lent)
     
  • May 2009, Do not schedule a collection in May. Closed due to DSA.


    • *Missionary Cooperative Appeal to be mutually agreed upon and scheduled between parish and missionary; normally within the Summer months of June, July, August, or September                                                                               C/O Office of Missions
     
     

  • August (Second Sunday in August) ***Peter's Pence (Collection for the Holy Father)  www.usccb.org/nationalcollections/ncdescriptions.shtml

    • Peter Pence Collection                                           August 9
    (Holy Father)
    (Second Sunday in August)
     
  • September 27, 2009 (Last Sunday in September) Help Spread the FAITH - Annual Evangelization Appeal, FAITH Magazine. (Catholic University of America)

    • American Evangelization                                          September 27
    (Catholic University & Communications)
    (Last Sunday in September)
    NOW called the "Help Spread the Faith Appeal"

    October 18, 2009 (Next to last Sunday in Oct.) ***World Mission Sunday
    World Mission Sunday                                          October 18             C/O Office of Missions
    (Propagation of the Faith) 
    (Next to last Sunday in October)

    Campaign of Human Development                               November 22
    (Sunday before Thanksgiving)

    Retired Religious Collection                                     December 13
    (Second Sunday of December)
     

    *Make all checks payable to the: Diocese of Lansing. Please indicate in the memo box the name of the collection you are sending so your parish  can be properly credited.

    *For the Office of Missions and Help Spread the Faith checks, please do not combine with any other payments that you send in.

    *For questions concerning Missionary Cooperative Appeal Collection, you can contact Dawn at the Mission Office; 517-342-2541 or missions@dioceseoflansing.org

    Thank you for your time and support concerning this matter.

    Sincerely,
    Dawn Lawless
    Office of Missions

    Dawn Lawless, Office Manager
    Diocese of Lansing-Office of Missions
    300 West Ottawa Street
    Lansing, Michigan 48933-1577
    (517) 342-2541

    St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Parish Social Ministry Office, 
    2150 Frieze Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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