We asked a few people to share with us what CCHD means to them. Here's what they shared.
[caption id="attachment_1133" align="aligncenter" width="676"] "CCHD means solidarity that empowers!" - Fr. Juan Molina, OSST, Director for Church in Latin America, USCCB[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1124" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Bishop Shelton Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux: "CCHD means the poor have a voice."[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1127" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Melissa Kelly of the Baltimore-based No Boundaries Coalition: "CCHD means inspiration"[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1129" align="aligncenter" width="676"] "I support CCHD because our faith needs to live in people's hearts and lives" - Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville and President of the United State Conference of Catholic Bishops[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1125" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Linda Plitt Donaldson, Professor of Social Work at the Catholic University of America: "CCHD means hope and freedom"[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1132" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Fr. Daniel Mindling, OFM, Cap. says "CCHD means evangelization"[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1123" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Ralph McCloud, Director of CCHD: "CCHD Means Empowerment!!"[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1131" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Bishop Donald Hanchon of Detroit: "CCHD means making the poor the 'subjects' - and not just the 'objects' of the Church's efforts to help. It's not just 'taking a collection' - but asking the needy: 'what can we do that may be any help."[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1128" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Ray Kelly of the Baltimore-based No Boundaries Coalition: "I support CCHD because CCHD supports commUNITY"[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1130" align="aligncenter" width="676"] "CCHD means the power of change & the building of community" - Mark Rohlena, Director of Domestic Social Development, USCCB[/caption]
This weekend is the CCHD Collection! Be part of the effort to break the cycle of poverty in the United States. Learn more about how to give and let us know: What does CCHD mean to you?