The National Black and Indian Mission Collection

The BIM Collection is taken up in most parishes on the first weekend in Lent. For more information please write: The Commission for the Catholic Missions Among the Colored People and the Indians, 2021 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-4207. Visit  the website or call (202) 331-8542 for more information.


The Catholic University of America Collection

The Collection for The Catholic University of America underwrites scholarships to assist financially deserving students in completing their education at CUA in over 50 disciplines. The collection for Catholic University is taken up in most parishes on the first or second weekend in September. Please visit CUA's website  for more information.


The Holy Land Collection

The Holy Land Collection is taken up in most parishes on Good Friday. For more information write: Commissariat of the Holy Land Friar John-Sebastian, OFM, The Franciscan Monastery, 1400 Quincy Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017. Please visit  the Franciscan Monastery's website for more information.


The Retirement Fund for Religious

The RFR Collection is taken up in most parishes on the second weekend in December. Please visit the National Religious Retirement Office and Retirement Fund for Religious pages for more information.


The World Mission Sunday Collection

The funds gathered on World Mission Sunday are distributed in the pope's name by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith—a Pontifical Mission Society. Please visit the Pontifical Mission Societies website for more information.

Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services

The Collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services is taken in most parishes the Sunday before Veteran's Day, every third year. This collection will be taken next in 2019. For more information please visit the website for the Archdiocese for the Military Services.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Trinity Dome Collection

The Trinity Dome Collection is a one-time collection that will be taken in most parishes on Mother's Day, May 14th, 2017. For more information about this collection please visit the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception's Trinity Dome website.