CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers you did for me.” (Matthew 25:31 — Passage from Gospel Reading for the Feast of Christ the King)
On November 22, the Solemnity of Christ the King, our diocese will take up the U.S. Bishops’ annual national second collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). The CCHD collection is more important than ever because the COVID-19 pandemic has had an especially severe impact on the vulnerable poor. Your support for this CCHD collection helps empower people living in poverty to transform their families and communities into reflections of the Kingdom of God.
In the Dioceses of Yakima and Spokane in central and eastern Washington, CCHD funds parish programs with Spanish-speaking pregnant migrant mothers and their farmworker families. In Hawaii this past year, CCHD funds donated from the Honolulu Diocese parish collections have helped homeless and formerly incarcerated women into housing and job training.
Please remember 25% of the CCHD collection stays in our diocese to build the Kingdom of God with some of the most vulnerable in our own islands.
I strongly encourage all to give generously to this CCHD collection as a way to witness to Jesus.
Mahalo, and God bless you!
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Larry Silva
Bishop of Honolulu