Catholics in the Diocese of Cleveland will have the opportunity to ?give to those who have given a lifetime? as part of the collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious, to be held in parishes this weekend, Dec. 9-10. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office in Washington, D.C., the annual appeal benefits 32,000 elderly Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests whose religious congregations lack adequate retirement funding.
Last year, the Diocese of Cleveland contributed $366,405.92 to the collection. In 2017, the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of the Holy Spirit, Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity, St. Andrew Abbey and the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland received financial assistance made possible by the Retirement Fund for Religious. Women and men religious who serve or have served in the diocese but whose communities are based elsewhere may also benefit from the annual appeal.
?Please ?Share in the Care? for those who sacrificed for so many in our schools, cities and foreign missions.
