Each year all parishes in the Diocese of San Diego are asked to participate in the Annual Lenten Collection. The weekend of March 10-11 has been designated for the 2024 Annual Lenten Collection, This collection provides funding for Catholic Relief Services, the USCCB Offices of International Justice and Peace, Migration and Refugee Services, and Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees, relief work of the Holy Father, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.
Helping Jesus in Disguise – In keeping with the theme “Help Jesus in Disguise,” the funds collected through The Catholic Relief Services Collection support vital Catholic programs that share in the Catholic mission of promoting the sacredness of human life and the dignity of the human person.