Page 11 - Catholic Extension Magazine Spring 2020

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PLEASE SUPPORT CATHOLICS IN POOR REGIONS
We receive funding requests from dioceses across America to
support critical activities and infrastructure. Your gift of $25, $50,
$100 or more will help. To contribute to one of these projects, visit
catholicextension.org/missionmap. Thank you.

SALINA KANSAS
To serve expanding Hispanic communities,
who bring so many gifts and new energy to
their rural parishes, the
diocese requests funding
for salary subsidies for
Father Carlos Ruiz Santos,
director of Hispanic
ministry, and six women
religious from Mexico.
They provide leadership,
pastoral care, outreach
ministries and cultural sensitivity in serving
the needs of these parishioners.

RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS
St. Leo the Great University Parish wants to
replace a 1,400-square foot house that has
been its church and
parish hall since 1990,
and serves the staff,
faculty and students of
nearby Arkansas Tech.
With two overflowing
Masses each week
and 200 students who
LUBBOCK TEXAS regularly attend campus
With 480 families and a growing ministry, the parish requests funding to
community, St. Joseph Parish build a new 9,000-square-foot facility to
needs funding accommodate its congregation.
to renovate
the interior
of its nearly
100-year-old
church, including
replacing flooring
and repairing
pews. With these
upgrades, the parish can proudly
continue to be a welcoming home
and a comfortable place to gather. Puerto Rico St. Thomas-
Virgin Islands