Share Collection details for 2016 published
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| Bishop Eamonn Walsh celebrated mass in Kilcullen this morning. Pic from church webcam. |
The Share Collection is the second one taken at Sunday masses in churches throughout the Diocese, and the total amount raised during that year was almost €6.3m, from some 220 parishes.
The money is used, inter alia, to provide funds to parishes which need financial assistance, and almost €1.3m of the funds collected in 2016 was distributed in this way to 30 parishes. The balance was used for a range of Diocesan support services and initiatives such as funding pastoral workers, faith development, child safeguarding, evangelisation, and church and parish centre repairs.
It is a matter of concern in the Diocese that the average weekly Share collection has declined from €144,000 to €128,000.
Details are available in the latest Share Newsletter, available in Kilcullen Parish Church.
