National and Mission Collection Resources
This information is intended for parish staff.
NORTHWEST CATHOLIC is the official publication of the Archdiocese of Seattle, mailed 6 times each year to every registered Catholic household in Western Washington. In addition to the print magazine, Northwest Catholic includes a news website, NWCatholic.org; a weekly email newsletter; and social media outreach on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Northwest Catholic’s mission is to promote the new evangelization and form disciples by proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. A percentage of this collection goes to the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Communication Campaign.
Collection Weekend: January 27 - 28, 2024
Northwest Catholic Collection Resources (coming January 2024)
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
A statewide initiative of the Catholic Bishops of Washington State, Pregnancy & Parenting Support (PREPARES) supports parish-based outreach to pregnant and parenting families of all faiths in building healthy support networks. By offering holistic, life-affirming resources, PREPARES provides for the emotional, material, and spiritual needs of families, from pregnancy to a child’s fifth birthday. This collection will help families across Washington build strong foundations for years to come.
Collections Weekend: February 10 - 11, 2024
Collection Processing: Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor do not need to be entered into your parish database. Do not deposit these checks into your parish bank account. These checks can be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services.
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
Right now, over 40 percent of dioceses in the United States are considered home mission territory because they are unable to fund the essential pastoral work needed in their communities. These dioceses face challenges due to priest shortages, lack of funds, remote geography, or impoverished parishes. Through annual grants, the Catholic Home Mission Collection funds catechesis, seminarian education, lay ministry training, Hispanic ministry and other pastoral programs. As a result of parishioners’ generosity, Catholic Home Missions impacts the lives of nearly nine million Catholics in the United States.
Collection Weekend: February 24-25, 2024
Catholic Home Mission Resources (coming January 2024)
The Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Catholic Home Missions
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
This Lenten program has a fundraising component to it, along with resources for prayer, fasting and learning. 75% of donations fund Catholic Relief Services’ agriculture, health and educational projects overseas. 25% is distributed as grants in Western Washington for local anti-hunger projects.
Collection Weekend: February 14 - March 29, 2024
Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl Collections Resources (coming January 2024)
Catholic Relief Services - Rice Bowl
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
Mandated by the USCCB, providing for Catholic Relief Services; USCCB's Dept. of Justice, Peace and Human Development; the Holy Father's relief fund; CLINIC; and USCCB's Migration and Refugee Services.
Collection Weekend: March 9 -10, 2024
Catholic Relief Services Collection Resources (coming January 2024)
The Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Catholic Relief Services Collection
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
This Pontifical collection is for the support of the Holy Places, but above all for those pastoral, charitable, educational and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare of their Christian brethren and of the local communities. Materials provided by the (Franciscan) Commissariat for the Holy Land each year are posters and a letter to pastors. Parishes are asked to request a Good Friday donation envelope in their packets from their envelope companies each year.
Collection Day: March 29, 2024
Holy Land/Good Friday Offering Resources: (coming January 2024)
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
Peter's Pence collection allows local Catholics to join the works of the Holy Father in helping to relieve the suffering of the world's most vulnerable; victims of war, oppression, and natural disasters.
Collection Weekend: June 29-30, 2024
Peter's Pence Collection Resources:
The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops - Peter's Pence
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
Catholic Campaign for Human Development addresses the root causes of poverty in America through promotion and support of community-controlled, self-help organizations and transformative education. National grants are awarded by the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on CCHD with the approval of local bishops. Local, smaller, grants are awarded by the Archbishop.
Collection Weekend: September 26-27, 2023
Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection Resources:
The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops - Catholic Campaign for Human Development
National and local CCHD grant recipient and grant application information
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
National Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection
Due to the success of the Called to Serve as Christ Campaign, this collection is no longer being taken.
Mission Sunday is celebrated the world over. Remembering that we are baptized and sent as a Universal Church, this collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith ensures the work and service of the Mission Church, as it supports mission priests, religious Sisters and Brothers, and lay catechists who are Christ’s witnesses to the most vulnerable communities.
Collection Weekend: October 14-15, 2023
World Mission Sunday Collection Resources:
Collection Processing: Please deposit all cash and checks into the parish bank account and record gifts into your parish database. By entering these gifts into the parish database, the gifts will be acknowledged on the parish year end donor tax letter. Even if the gift is not made payable to the parish it still can be deposited into your parish bank account. Please refer to this letter if your bank will not accept these checks.
Within one month of the collection weekend, please send one check to the Archdiocese for the total funds collected for this collection. Please do not include multiple collections in one check. Please send one check per collection.
Checks are to be made payable to Archdiocese of Seattle (or CCAS). Please include the collection name and parish ID in the memo line of your check. Checks are to be mailed to:
Archdiocese of Seattle
Attn: Development
710 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104-2017
Checks collected for the Annual Catholic Appeal or Called to Serve as Christ Campaigns do NOT need to be entered into your parish database. Please just forward those checks directly to the Archdiocese of Seattle (710 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98104-2017).
Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor will be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services. Checks are to be mailed to:
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974
Each year the CCS Appeal for the Poor informs parishioners about the work of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services (CCS/CHS). CCS/CHS are our Catholic Charities in Western Washington. Every year CCS/CHS serves, on average, 100,000 poor and vulnerable people in Western Washington through more than 170 programs. This collection is used to support programs and services in your local area, and 92₵ of every dollar goes directly to serving those in need.
Collection Weekend: December 2-3 or December 9-10, 2023
Catholic Community Services Appeal for the Poor Resources:
Collection Processing: Checks collected for Catholic Community Services, Prepares Collection or the Appeal for the Poor do not need to be entered into your parish database. Do not deposit these checks into your parish bank account. These checks can be mailed directly to Catholic Community Services.
Catholic Community Services
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 24842
Seattle WA 98124-9974