Annual Catholic Campaign For Human Development Collection This Weekend

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s national collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is scheduled for this weekend, the weekend before Thanksgiving. The collection is taken up in parishes and dioceses nationwide. “Fight poverty. Defend human dignity,” is the theme of this year’s collection.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development strives to help others to help themselves. It promotes programs designed to break the cycle of poverty. Its initiatives enable low-income people to participate in the decisions that affect their families and communities.

The annual national collection is the primary source of funding for CCHD’s anti-poverty grants and education programs. For over 40 years, the CCHD has funded organizations that address the root causes of poverty.

During the 2011-2012 grant cycle, the campaign put just over $8 million dollars into community efforts to promote human dignity and fight poverty. Twenty-five percent of each CCHD collection’s proceeds stay in the local dioceses where funds are collected to fight poverty as well as foster “liberty and justice for all” in their local communities.

Background information:

Catholic Campaign For Human Development