In describing Jubilee, St. Luke in his Gospel said:   "The spirit of the Lord is upon me because He has anointed Me to bring glad tidings to the poor." (Luke 4:18).   

Around our country this weekend, we American Catholic Christians are being asked to take-up this Biblical Challenge of "bringing glad tidings to the poor."   The occasion is the Annual Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.   For 30 years now this initiative by the American Catholics has been bringing glad tidings to the poor by working to address the root causes of poverty.   It has been the Church's helping hand to poor and low-income people in our Archdiocese and around our country.    Grants from this Campaign have funded several thousand self-help projects to empower, and to provide opportunities, for people to work together to solve community problems, create jobs, build affordable housing, help seniors and others with limited incomes to make necessary housing repairs, and organize for positive change.     

Let us each extend the reach of our "glad tidings" by participating in this year's Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

For those who are tithing, this is an excellent charity to share the extra 5% of the Tithe Unto the Lord.

Remember:   Your gift helps people help themselves.