The collection is scheduled in parishes in the Diocese of Youngstown on Nov 23-24
NEWS RELEASE
October 28, 2024
Contact: Robin Cabral, Campaign Director, (508) 685-8899, robincabral@retiredreligious.org
YOUNGSTOWN, OH – The National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) is announcing the annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection, scheduled in parishes throughout the Diocese of Youngstown on the weekend of Nov. 23-24.
In 2023, parishioners contributed $283,478.90 to the collection. From this collection, the Antonine Sisters, Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration, Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Mark and Ursuline Sisters received a combined total of $142,499.12 in financial support made possible by the Retirement Fund for Religious.
Mr. John Knutsen, director of the NRRO, looks forward to this year’s collection, stating, “We are privileged to support those who have dedicated their lives to tireless service, and we are immensely grateful for the continuing generosity of U.S. Catholic donors to this vital cause.”
Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests—collectively known as women and men religious—have selflessly served for decades without significant financial compensation. However, due to escalating health-care costs, numerous U.S. religious communities face a substantial gap between their elderly members’ needs and the financial resources available for their care. Many religious orders currently experience insufficient retirement savings.
The 2023 appeal demonstrated Catholics’ tremendous generosity by raising more than $29 million. These funds from the Retirement Fund for Religious collection provided financial assistance for retirement needs to 286 U.S. religious communities.
About the NRRO
The NRRO coordinates the annual national appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious and distributes financial assistance to eligible religious communities to help care for their aging members.
To address the deficit in retirement funding among U.S. religious orders, the Catholic bishops of the United States initiated the Retirement Fund for Religious collection in 1988.
The NRRO is sponsored by the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
For more information, visit retiredreligious.org, or contact Robin Cabral, Campaign Director, by phone at (508) 685-8899 or by email at robincabral@retiredreligious.org.
