Since November 2012, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has taken up a national collection every three years on the Sunday preceding Veterans Day on behalf of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS). This year’s collection will be taken up in the Diocese of Camden on the weekend of Nov. 5-6.
The AMS is the only U.S. diocese responsible for providing pastoral care and services to Catholics serving in the military or enrolled in a military academy.
Covering all six branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, the services AMS provides extends to those undergoing treatment at any of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, or who work in civilian jobs for the federal government overseas – and for their families. Programs and services provided by AMS include evangelization and catechesis, sacramental records, Tribunal, vocations and veterans affairs.
The AMS has no geographical boundaries, receives no financial support from the U.S. military or government, nor does it have parishes or parish registries. As such, the AMS relies completely on private donations for its operating budget of more than $9.3 million.
For more information on AMS, visit milarch.org. Those unable to donate on the Diocese’s collection day in parishes can make donations directly online at www.milarch.org/nationalcollection, or checks can be mailed to: Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, P.O. Box 4469, Washington, D.C. 20017, ATTN: 2022 National Collection.
EmmaLee Italia is a contributing editor for The Monitor Magazine, Diocese of Trenton.
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