Retirement Fund for Religious
The annual appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious is taken up each Fall/Winter in most US Catholic parishes and helps hundreds of religious communities provide for the current and future needs of senior members. The National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) coordinates the nationwide collection and distributes the proceeds to eligible religious communities. Tens of thousands of elderly Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests benefit.
In 1988, Catholic bishops of the United States launched the Retirement Fund for Religious collection to address the profound deficit in retirement savings among US religious congregations. Approximately 95 percent of the NRRO’s budget aides senior religious.
Parishes can find campaign materials to promote the Retirement Fund for Religious at https://retiredreligious.org/materials/
Photos: Jim Judkis. ©2025 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Used with permission.
