You can help poor communities of faith by supporting one — or several — of our Christmas Wishes this year.
Catholic Extension Society’s 2023 Christmas Wish List offers special ways to let Christ touch the lives of others through your generosity. These wishes come straight to Catholic Extension Society from the bishops of poor mission dioceses across the United States. They represent the urgent needs of Catholic communities that are rich in faith but lack the resources to support themselves.
Wish #1
You can help cover the travel expenses of a priest who drives over 200 miles each weekend to serve three parishes in New Mexico.
Wish #2
Funds are needed to remove asbestos and repair cracking walls at a historic mission church located just four miles south of the California-Oregon border.
Wish #3
Help fund the ministry of three Catholic sisters serving in north central Arkansas, where the Catholic population has doubled in recent years.
Wish #4
You can defray transportation costs for priests and deacons who travel extraordinary distances by boat or seaplane to bring the Word of God and the Eucharist to faithful Catholics in remote Alaskan villages.
Wish #5
You can help a Catholic Sister continue her outreach ministry to elderly and homebound parishioners in Montana.
Wish #6
Tuition assistance has been requested for 29 seminarians in Louisiana, where more young men are being called to the priesthood.
Wish #7
Your support will help restore a log church that serves residents and travelers in the northernmost part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Wish #8
Your gift will financially support a three-person ministry team serving the 8,500 faithful living on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota.
Wish #9
Financial support is needed to help vulnerable refugee families seeking asylum into the United States.
Wish #10
Your gift will support diocesan-wide youth ministry retreats in Puerto Rico, where many individual parishes are not large enough to run their own programs.
It is our intention that your gifts be applied to your chosen wish. However, should your specified wish become fully funded before we receive your gift, your donation will be applied to a similar need. Thank you!