DIOCESE OF COVINGTONINTERNATIONAL MISSION NEEDS

COMBINED COLLECTION

MARCH 30 & 31, 2019

CATHOLIC RELIEFSERVICES

HOLY LAND COLLECTION

CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA

CHURCH IN CENTRAL

AND EASTERN EUROPE

DIOCESE OF COVINGTONINTERNATIONAL MISSION NEEDS

COMBINED COLLECTIONFIVE CATHOLIC APPEALS IN ONE COLLECTION

March 30 & 31, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRAYER FOR THE COLLECTION

COLLECTION CALENDAR

AWARENESS, COLLECTION AND FOLLOW-UP WEEKENDSBULLETIN INSERTSPULPIT ANNOUNCEMENTSPRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

PROCESSING AND REPORTING

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:SAMPLE THANK YOU LETTER FOR DONORS OF $250+FACT SHEETS

APPEAL LETTER SENT TO ALL REGISTERED HOUSEHOLDS

PONTIFICAL MISSION AID SOCIETIES

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COMBINED COLLECTION PRAYER

Lord God, You are the source of all good things.

You show mercy and bring justice to Your afflicted people.

May we, to whom much has been given, respond with generosity and

compassion to our sufferingbrothers and sisters worldwide.

Open our hearts and minds to work for an end to global poverty and help us

to build lasting peace with our neighbors, both here and abroad.

We ask this through Christ our Lord, who hears

the cry of the poor and oppressed.

Amen3

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COMBINED COLLECTION

CALENDAR

PRE-COLLECTION ACTIVITIES

Monday, March 1, 2019 Handbook e-mailed to all parishes

AWARENESS WEEKEND

Saturday/Sunday Bulletin Insert, Pulpit Announcement March 23 & 24, 2019 and Prayer of the Faithful

COLLECTION WEEKEND

Saturday/Sunday Bulletin Insert, Pulpit AnnouncementMarch 30 & 31, 2019 and Prayer of the Faithful

All parishes take up Collection for the Appeal

FOLLOW-UP AND APPRECIATION WEEKEND

Saturday/Sunday Bulletin Insert, Pulpit AnnouncementApril 6 & 7, 2019 and Prayer of the Faithful

POST COLLECTION ACTIVITIES

Friday, May 10, 2019 Deadline for returning Collection receiptsto Stewardship and Mission Office

Friday, May 31, 2019 Printouts of donors who mailed envelopes directly to the Diocese are mailed to eachparish by the Stewardship Office

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AWARENESS WEEKENDMarch 23 & 24, 2019

Jesus in Disguise

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENT

Next week, our parish will take up a Collection for International Mission Needs. This combined Collection helps to fund Catholic organizations that improve the quality of life and protect human dignity. Your gift will support Catholic agencies that touch more than 100 million lives around the world through Catholic Relief Services, the Church in Latin America, the Churches in Central and Eastern Europe, the Holy Land and the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies. Your gift will give hope to Jesus in Disguise. Please give generously to the Collection next week.

BULLETIN INSERT

The International Mission Needs Collection will be conducted in our Church next week. This Collection supports five Catholic agencies that touch more than 100 million lives around the world. The agencies provide food to the hungry, support to displaced refugees and Christ’s love and respect to all people. Your donation helps train catechists in parishes and provide access to bible study groups, workshops and seminars to parishioners so they can live their faith amid challenging circumstances. The donations help with pastoral care, help build places where the faithful can worship and also help to preserve holy places where Jesus walked and taught many thousands of people. Your support helps missions throughout the world. Your gift will help give hope to Jesus in Disguise. Please give prayerful consideration to the Collection next weekend and give generously from your heart.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

That all our Church leaders will continue to strengthen the faith of everyone as they feel the love and support of the universal Church in our world today… Let us pray to the Lord.

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COLLECTION WEEKENDMARCH 30 & 31, 2019

Jesus in Disguise

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENT

You are invited to give hope to Jesus in Disguise through the International Mission Needs Combined Collection. This Collection makes it possible for Catholic Relief Services to help the disguised Jesus in our brothers and sisters suffering from natural disaster, violence of war, poverty or unjust laws with assistance across the globe. The Church in Latin America will be able to help the faithful in their communities that do not have access to catechetical formation, support for faith formation, and spiritual retreats and workshops to religious congregations of Missionaries of Jesus. Central and Eastern Europe will be able to help restore the Church and rebuild the pastoral capacity and form future leaders of the Church in this part of the world. Your contribution to this Collection will continue to preserve and protect places throughout the Holy Land. It will encourage prayer and financial help for vocations and missions through four Pontifical Mission Aid Societies. Through your generosity you will give hope to Jesus in Disguise. Please give today with a joyful and sharing heart. Your one gift is divided among five mission organizations.

BULLETIN INSERT

This week the International Mission Needs Collection will be conducted to help our suffering brothers and sisters through the world. Five Catholic agencies are helped through this Collection. More than 100 million lives around the world are touched through people like you that give to this Collection. The agencies provide food to the hungry, support to displaced refugees and Christ’s love and respect to all people. Your donation helps to train catechists in parishes, provide access to bible study groups, and funds workshops and seminars made available to parishioners so they can live their faith amid challenging circumstances. The donations help with pastoral care, help build places where the faithful can worship and also help to preserve holy places where Jesus walked and taught many thousands of people. Your support helps missions throughout the world and gives hope to hope to Jesus in Disguise.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

That our hearts may be moved to seek unity and solidarity with the faithful throughout the world by sharing our material and spiritual possessions … Let us pray to the Lord.

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FOLLOW-UP AND APPRECIATION WEEKENDApril 6 & 7, 2019

Jesus in Disguise

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENT

Thank you for your generosity in last week’s International Mission Needs Combined Collection. Your gifts will ensure that present and future generations will have the opportunity to deepen and share their faith, learn valuable life skills, help suffering people of the world to restore the Church and build a future. The funds collected will help your Church to provide emergency assistance to victims of war, disaster, oppression and disease. Because of you, millions of people all over the world will receive vital assistance. You have truly given hope to Jesus in Disguise. Please visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections to learn more about the programs and projects supported by this Collection.

BULLETIN INSERT

Thank you to all who have contributed to our Diocesan International Mission Needs Combined Collection. The humanitarian work of Catholic organizations bring the hope and love of Jesus to our suffering brothers and sisters throughout the world. Our Parish family donated $____. Your gifts will serve millions of men, women and children all over the world. Thank you for your generosity. If you haven’t had the opportunity to make your gift, please drop your Collection envelope in the offertory basket today or next weekend. You may also mail your gift to the parish or Diocese.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

That our heart will help us to always see the face of Jesus in the poor, the powerless, the imprisoned, the immigrant, the vulnerable and the unbeliever … Let us pray to the Lord.

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2019 ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES

1. Each parish performs auditing procedures for all gifts made directly to the parish for the benefit of the Collection. Gifts include cash and checks received in both parish remittance and diocesan remittance envelopes as well as cash placed in the offertory basket without an envelope.

2. Parish opens all envelopes and records all gifts—cash and checks.

3. Parish does not send opened or unopened envelopes to the Diocese.

4. IRS requires documentation of gifts for $250 or more. The Diocesan Stewardship and Mission Office will send a tax receipt and acknowledgement letter to all donors of $250 or more to this Collection who send their gifts directly to the Diocese. The parish is responsible for acknowledgments and tax receipts to parishioners who give their gifts of $250 or more directly at the parish level. (See Sample letter in handbook)

5. Please print the 2019 Diocesan International Mission Needs Combined Collection Parish Remittance Form on GREEN PAPER. Complete the form and forward it with a parish check representing the amount received in the Collection to the Office of Stewardship and Mission Services no later than May 10, 2019.

6. Parish checks are made payable to the 2019 Diocesan International Mission Needs Combined Collection.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!!

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DIOCESE OF COVINGTON

2019 DIOCESAN INTERNATIONAL MISSION NEEDS COMBINED COLLECTION

PARISH REMITTANCE FORM

PARISH/MISSION NAME: ______________________________________________

NAME OF PERSON COMPLETING FORM: ______________________________

ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE #: _____________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS: ______________

PARISH CONTRIBUTION

PARISH CHECK: $__________________________

OTHER CHECKS: $_________________________

TOTAL AMOUNT SUBMITTED: $____________

RESTRICTED TO: _____________CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA_____________CHURCH IN EASTERN EUROPE_____________HOLY LAND COLLECTION_____________PONTIFICAL MISSION AID SERVICES_____________CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICE

RETURN THIS FORM BY FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019 WITH PARISH CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO: THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL MISSION NEEDS

COMBINED COLLECTION

SEND CHECK AND FORM TO:

DIOCESAN STEWARDSHIP AND MISSION SERVICES OFFICE1125 MADISON AVENUE

COVINGTON, KENTUCKY 41011-3115

THANK YOU!SAMPLE THANK YOU LETTER FOR DONORS

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OF $250 OR MORE TO THE 2019 DIOCESAN INTERNATIONAL MISSION NEEDS

COMBINED COLLECTION

DATE

You can give hope to the community that has lost its livelihood to crop failure. You can give hope to the refugee child separated from her mother. You can give hope to the immigrant trying to keep faith alive in a foreign land. Through these humanitarian, economic, pastoral and advocacy efforts, we can give hope to … Jesus in Disguise.

NameAddressCSZ

Dear (personalized)

Thank you for your very generous gift of $____ to the 2019 Diocesan International Mission Needs Combined Collection. Faith calls us as Catholics to care for one another. You will bring the hope and love of Jesus through the compassionate ministries of five international Catholic organizations to those who suffer: Catholic Relief Services, the Church in Latin America, the Church in Eastern and Central Europe, the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies and the Holy Land Collection.

Because of your support our Church will continue to provide emergency relief, assist refugees, protect the Christian presence in the Holy Land, feed those prostrate with hunger and offer clothing, shelter and medical care to the poorest of the poor.

Thank you for sharing your gifts and responding compassionately to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Your gift of love is a sign that Christ is not only present in those who suffer but also in you. May God bless you and those you love.

Gratefully yours,

Pastor/PA/PLCParish

P.S. For your records, you have not received any goods or services in exchange for this gift.

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FACTS AND INFORMATION

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESThis appeal supports relief and resettlement services to victims of natural disasters, war, religious and ethnic persecution. It also supports agencies that build the international social ministry of the Catholic Church through advocacy on behalf of the powerless and impoverished.

KEY AREAS OF OVERSEAS PROGRAMMING:Agriculture – CRS teaches farmers how to increase their crop yields and family income.Education – CRS builds and refurbishes schools, encourages girls to attend school, pays school fees and offers nutritious lunches to help impoverished children succeed in school.Emergency Response – CRS responds immediately with lifesaving aid when an emergency strikes. CRS is often among the first to deliver food, shelter, counseling and other necessities.Health – CRS empowers communities to better their own basic health care by educating health providers, distributing medical supplies, improving medical facilities and enhancing sanitary conditions.HIV and AIDS – CRS promotes community-based programs that focus on underlying causes and methods to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS.Peace-building – CRS promotes peace by addressing societal injustice and encouraging respectful relationships. CRS encourages groups in conflict to work together on community projects and works with Church and local partners to mediate disagreements.

CHURCH IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEThis Collection channels aid through the bishops' conferences of Central and Eastern Europe to meet the needs of rebuilding the Church in formerly Communist nations - training seminarians and lay leaders, reaching out to young people, reviving Catholic charities and renewing programs of catechesis and evangelization.

CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICASupport for various pastoral projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are made possible through the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Projects are at the continental, regional, diocesan and local levels and include the work of evangelization, formation of laity, religious and seminarians, as well as youth ministry and catechesis.

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HOLY LAND COLLECTIONCollects funds for the preservation of holy places in the land where Jesus walked and taught, but above all for those pastoral, charitable, educational and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land. The Catholic Church in the Holy Land spreads and promotes love, co-operation and peace among all inhabitants.

PONTIFICAL MISSION AID SOCIETIES Propagation of the Faith: The Society for the Propagation of the Faith is one of four Pontifical Mission Aid Societies. Founded in 1822 by a young French laywoman, Pauline Jaricot, the Propagation of the Faith seeks prayer, personal sacrifices and financial contributions for the world’s missions, some 1,100 Dioceses in Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands and remote regions of Latin America. Contributions help support pastoral and evangelizing programs, catechists and catechetical work, the building of Churches and chapels, the work of Religious Communities in health care, education, communication and transportation needs. Gifts provide help to ensure that the poor of the missions receive help and the hope that comes from knowing the love of Jesus Christ. The day-to-day service of the Catholic Church in the Developing World depends on such financial help.

Holy Childhood Association: The Holy Childhood Association (HCA) is a Pontifical Mission Aid Society active in some 110 countries throughout the world. Founded in France in 1843 by Bishop Charles de Forbin-Janson, HCA helps to animate the young faithful to a universal missionary spirit and to gather support from these children for the service of the local churches of Africa, Asia, remote regions of Latin America and the Pacific Islands, among the poorest of the world's children. Once each year, National Directors of the world’s Pontifical Mission Aid Societies meet in Rome to review requests for funding from mission dioceses throughout the world. All mission dioceses receive an ordinary subsidy based on the total amount of money available from HCA’s general fund. Sometimes, mission dioceses ask for additional funds to help support such projects as building schools or orphanages or buying books and medical supplies. Grants made in response to these requests are known as extraordinary subsidies. These extraordinary subsidies are also allocated based on need. Once provided, the bishop of each mission diocese that receives this aid administers the funds and sends reports to HCA national offices to describe in detail how the funds are being used to help children. Funds collected in the United States are distributed directly to the missions. No money is sent to Rome.

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The Society of St. Peter Apostle: The Society of St. Peter Apostle is another Pontifical Mission Aid Society. Its principal aim is to encourage prayer and financial help for vocations to the priesthood and Religious life in the missions. In 1889, the French missionary bishop of Nagazaki, Japan, wrote to Stephanie Bigard and her daughter Jeanne of Caen, France, asking for financial help so that he could keep his seminary open. The Bigards gathered a small group of friends and acquaintances and collected the necessary funds for the bishop. Within five years of sending its first donation to Japan, the group was also helping seminaries in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Korea and China. Contributions to the Society of St. Peter Apostle are allocated to seminaries and seminarians in mission dioceses throughout the world according to need, with certain help offered to each seminary by the number of students there. This system of allocating funds helps ensure that aid is distributed fairly and that those who are most desperately in need receive enough support.

Missionary Union of Priests and Religious: The Missionary Union of Priests and Religious, a Pontifical Mission Aid Society was founded in 1916 by PIME missionary, Father Paolo Manna, in Italy. The Missionary Union of Priests and Religious is a spiritual apostolate. Unlike the other three Pontifical Mission Aid Societies, this mission society family member does not collect or distribute funds. Its purpose is to educate and inspire priests, religious men and women, pastoral leaders and those responsible for catechesis and religious education so that they may better animate others to share their faith and to be missionaries themselves, supporting also the missionary work of the Church worldwide.

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