Gifts made to the Catholic Charities Appeal support close to 180 ministries and programs.

Click here to support your local parish offertory through the Parish Support Initiative

Click here to read an introductory letter from Reverend Joseph Shenosky, Archdiocesan Coordinator for the Eucharistic Revival. Click here for more information.

The “Synod on Synodality: Communion, Participation, and Mission” is a two-year process of listening and dialogue beginning in 2021 and concluding in 2023. ​To learn more about the synod, please click here.

The Archbishop’s Commission for Missionary Disciples launched in the Summer of 2020. Since that time, the Commission has been praying, studying, consulting and planning to generate initiatives that will tap into the wellspring of grace in the heart of the Church and allow the power of Jesus Christ to transform our local Church. We invite you to be part of the mission! Click here for more information.

Founded in 2021, the Archbishop’s Commission for Racial Healing (ACRH) is an advisory body of laity, consecrated religious, and clergy that addresses the mortal sin of racism in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Catholic Social Teaching. The commission members are a richly diverse group of Missionary Disciples serving as a resource for parishes, schools, and other Archdiocesan ministries.

The Archbishop’s Benefit for Children (ABC) is a year-round fundraising initiative that provides vital support for Catholic Social Services’ programs designed to care for children and young people in need throughout the Philadelphia region. They provide help and create hope for thousands of children each year, including children with disabilities, at-risk children, and dependent or court-adjudicated youth. For more information or to make a donation in support of the ABC, please click here.

Missionaries of Mercy are priests commissioned by the Holy Father to promote the duty of all priests to “hear confessions and preach on behalf of and promote the Sacrament of Reconciliation.” In addition, they have authority from the Holy Father to pardon certain sins reserved to the Holy See. Our local Church rejoices to have 10 more of our priests newly appointed to this ministry. For more information, please click here.

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez recently welcomed the Culture Project International back home to Philadelphia with great enthusiasm and approved the establishment of a new chapter in our region. Its missionaries are young men and women who will educate youth and young adults in our local Church about the dignity of every human life as well as the freedom and beauty of living out virtue and authentic love. To learn more, please click here.

Individuals can now sign up for the Secretariat for Catholic Human Services’ interactive monthly e-newsletter, “Charity in Action” here. It illustrates the deeply positive impact CHS has on our local communities and the good works of its three divisions—Catholic Social Services, Catholic Housing and Community Services, and Nutritional Development Services.