CHARLOTTE — Applications are now open for parishes and schools to consider applying for a Catholic Charities CRS Rice Bowl Mini-Grant for up to $1,000 in grant funds.
Does your parish help run a food pantry or have an emergency assistance program? Perhaps your parish or school has a ministry that provides assistance to families in need at Christmas time, offers meals for those who are homeless, or sponsors a school backpack program that helps provide nutrition to children in need.
For every $3 of CRS Rice Bowl funds sent to CRS for overseas projects, $1 remains in the Diocese of Charlotte to help fund a local grant program that supports poverty- and hunger-fighting projects of diocesan Catholic entities.
Projects must target hunger and poverty in communities in the diocese. Only one grant can be submitted per Catholic entity, and grant applications must be reviewed and signed by the pastor of the parish, principal of the school, or director of the diocesan office applying for the grant. Completed and signed applications are due, in scanned PDF, by Monday, Nov. 6. Applications, with guidelines and eligibility criteria included, are online at www.ccdoc.org/cchd-crs.
— Joe Purello
CHARLOTTE — Catholics celebrating milestone wedding anniversaries this year are invited to join Bishop Peter Jugis for a special Wedding Anniversary Mass in their honor.
The Mass, set for 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte, will honor couples who have been married for 25 years, 50 years or more.
Sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte’s Office of Family Life, the event includes a reception with the bishop following Mass. Couples celebrating their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries in 2023 will receive a special certificate commemorating their anniversary.
Register at www.charlottediocese.org/bishops-yearly-anniversary-mass-for-couples.
St. Patrick Cathedral is located at 1621 Dilworth Road East, Charlotte, N.C. 28203.
— Catholic News Herald