Mass Collections

Parishioners will often contribution regularly to the running of the parish and Catholic charities such as:

• APF (Association for the Propagation of the Faith)
• Missio
• the Children’s Catholic Society
• the diocese initiative Our Mission Together.

In addition over the year there are a number of retiring collections taken after Mass.

Beneficiary	Usual date	More information
Diocesan Children's Society	Christmas Crib Offering/Collection	Catholic Children's Society (Shrewsbury Diocese)
Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)	January	SPUC
Priests' Retirement Fund	January	Diocese of Shrewsbury - Retired Priests' Fund
Lenten Alms	Lent
Racial Justice (optional)	February	Shrewsbury Diocese - Justice and Peace Groups
CAFOD: Family Fast Day	Lent and October	CAFOD
Holy Places	Good Friday
World Communications Day	Ascension(May)
Day for Life	June	Day for Life
Peter's Pence	June	Vatican - Peter's Pence and Secretariat-of-State
Apostleship of the Sea	July	AoS
Catholic Education Service (optional)	September	CES
Home Mission Sunday	September	Home Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday (APF)	October	Missio
Clergy Education & Training Fund	November	Diocese of Shrewsbury - Clergy Education and Training

[24 Aug 17]