The annual collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign will take place in parishes the weekend of May 11-12.
Half of the gifts to the diocesan collection stay in the participating diocese, where they support local communications initiatives such as helping promote parishes and schools, livestreaming Masses and events, producing podcasts and publishing diocesan newspapers. The other half supports communication activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and projects across the United States and abroad.
In last year’s campaign, the Diocese of Camden collected $75,735, with $37,867 remaining in the Diocese.
“Jesus called us to take his message of love, mercy and salvation to the ends of the earth,” said Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, chairman of the USCCB’s Subcommittee on Catholic Communication Campaign. “His first disciples reached hearts eager to hear this message by preaching to crowds, writing letters and personal encounters with people they met on their travels.”
Today, Jesus’ disciples “share this same message of hope through videos, podcasts and social media,” which is what the Catholic Communication Campaign is all about, he wrote in a recent column.
According to the campaign’s most recent annual report, more than $3.6 million in collections supported both national and international Catholic media outreach in 2022. About 35% of those funds supported evangelization through media. A nearly equal amount underwrote Catholic News Service in Rome, which has provided the Catholic Church in the United States with in-depth coverage of the Vatican and the pope since 1950.
Smaller amounts subsidized a wide range of projects, the report said, including equipping church-related ministries with the digital tools to promote concerns such as human life and dignity. Some funds also went to media training and projects to preserve Church history.
Archbishop Hartmayer said he is “awed by the power of media to instantly reach people across the globe.” The campaign “helps the Catholic Church use these tools with love, for good and to the glory of God.”
OSV News contributed to this report.
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