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About the Appeal

Our faith is lived in schools and parishes, soup kitchens and counseling centers, on street corners and in churches, where people of all backgrounds in every neighborhood of the Archdiocese of Chicago are served.

Your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal helps support the necessary financial needs of our schools, parishes and ministries in the Archdiocese. Your gift touches the lives of the unborn, the student, the educators, the infirmed, the elderly, the homeless and those suffering from injustice, both at home and abroad.

Please make pledge to the 2009 Annual Catholic Appeal.

Your gift underwrites ministries serving the People of God throughout Cook and Lake Counties.

Family Community

The Annual Catholic Appeal helps to strengthen families and local communities through capital improvement grants to parishes and schools serving economically challenged neighborhoods in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Appeal funds recruitment, education and formation of lay ministers and deacons, and the continuing education and on-going formation of priests.

Life

The Respect Life Office, supported by the Annual Catholic Appeal, promotes reverence for the gift of life from conception through natural death. It promotes the cause of life through advocacy and prayer. Respect Life provides educational resources, a speakers bureau and sponsors annual conferences, retreats and rallies for adults and youth.

Catholic Religious Education

At Baptism we receive the gift of our faith. The formation of Catholic faith in our children is continued through the nurturing role of parents and teachers. The world offers our children choices that challenge their faith. We answer that challenge through religious education programs and Catholic schools. The Appeal funds grants and scholarships for Catholic schools serving economically disadvantaged communities. It also funds preparation and education of volunteers who conduct religious education programs in parishes.

Neighbors Throughout The World

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) strives to alleviate human suffering while assisting native peoples in their own development and efforts toward self-sufficiency. CRS brings direct aid and assistance to the poor and disadvantaged outside the United States, while working to remove the causes of poverty and promoting social justice.