Each one of us can help answer prayers. When we join together in the Catholic Stewardship Appeal, we act as God's hands in helping to meet the deepest spiritual, educational and human needs in our community. We help guide those who are seeking direction to the Church, satisfy the hungry with more than food, rekindle the spark of marriage, counsel families struggling with unemployment, sing songs of hope in worship, and fulfill the call to vocations.
Read more about some of the ministries that are answering prayers thanks to your gift to the Catholic Stewardship Appeal.
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Prayers for next-generation leadership.
Nicole couldn't wait to graduate from college and begin parish work. Now in her second year as Director of Christian Formation at St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Read more >> |
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Prayers for healing hymns.
As ministers of liturgy and music at St. Mary Parish in Hales Corners, Debra Honoré and Daniel E. O'Connor are attuned to the wider concerns of their parishioners. Read more >> |
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Prayers for investing in schools.
How strongly can one family believe in the value of Catholic education? How about 30 children over three generations! Read more >> |
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Prayers for strengthening marriages.
"There isn't a perfect couple and everyone goes through struggles," notes Mary Bryson. Along with her husband Arnie, they're filling what they feel is a gap. Read more >> |
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Prayers for finding the way.
A significant life event-such as marriage or the birth of a child-often reconnects young adults with the Church. Can the Church reach out to them earlier? Read more >> |
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Prayers for peace and understanding.
Although Racine has a Hispanic and Latino population of about 14 percent, the Catholic Church saw that social services for it were lacking. Catholic Charities stepped in ... Read more >> |
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Prayers for daily bread.
The 40 volunteers and staff at St. Hyacinth begin with prayer. Then they start in on the vital ministry of feeding the hungry on Milwaukee's South Side. Read more >> |
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Prayers for growing vocations.
The parents of John and Patrick Burns rooted them in a close, faith-filled family. But they planted something else in their sons-the seeds for vocations. Read more >> |