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weekly & second collections
2024 DATES FOR SECOND COLLECTIONS
EPARCHIAL CHARITIES APPEAL & PARISH ASSESSMENTS
June 30: Holy Father’s Collection (Peter’s Pence)
Sts. Peter & Paul (The entire collection is sent to the Holy Father to assist him with emergency financial assistance to aid the neediest throughout the world.)
September 8: Catholic University of America and Maronite Seminary
(25% of this collection is for funding for academic scholarships at CUA, and 75% is for Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary in Washington, DC.)
October 20: World Mission Sunday
(As per the norms established by the USCCB, 91% of this collection goes to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and 9% to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association [CNEWA]).
November 3: Maronite Patriarchal Charities
(All Proceeds from this collection are sent directly to our Patriarch for his charitable works.)
December 25: Pastor’s Collection
Christmas (This second collection is a Christmas gift for the Pastor’s personal use.)
Second Collections should be submitted to the Chancery within 2 weeks of the collection (except for the Christmas and Easter second collections which are for the Pastor).
Assessments are divided into 10 segments to be paid at the beginning of each month from February through November (inclusive).
remember your church in your will
Have the following statement included in your will: “I leave to the Maronite Catholic Parish of St. Anthony, Lawrence, MA the sum of $_____ or_____percent of the residue of my estate, whichever is greater, for its religious, educational and charitable works.”