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April 17, 2025Join our brothers and sisters throughout the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on Sunday, April 27, 2025, by supporting the annual appeal for the Catholic Home Missions. Please join me in offering your prayerful and vocal support.
Many Catholic Home Missions–funded dioceses have small Catholic populations spread across vast territories, and the Diocese of Jackson is no exception. Spanning 37,000 square miles of northern Mississippi, the diocese is the largest territorial diocese east of the Mississippi River, with a population that is only about 2% Catholic.
The minority status of Catholics in the diocese affords them regular opportunities to witness to their Catholic faith with family, friends, and neighbors who belong to other Christian traditions. As a result, the area’s Catholics—particularly youth seeking the Sacrament of Confirmation—want to know their faith better and share it with other Catholics.
Your support of this appeal makes a difference in the lives of our brothers and sisters right here in the United States. With generous support from Catholic Home Missions, the eparchy’s Sophia Press distributes its quarterly magazine to 12,000 members. It publishes liturgical books that the faithful need to participate fully in the liturgy. When you contribute to the Catholic Home Missions Appeal, you provide a lifeline that allows members of mission dioceses to remain in contact with each other, even if they live across the country.
Thank you for your continued support of this collection. For more information about Catholic Home Missions, visit www.usccb.org/committees/catholic-home-missions.
An envelope for Catholic Home Missions is included in the monthly envelope packet. Please make your check made payable to your parish church, clearly marking in the memo Catholic Home Missions (4025.400). To make an online gift, use the search feature on the website for "Catholic Home Missions." You can choose Catholic Home Missions from the dropdown menu on your Realm account.