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BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION COLLECTION www.blackandindianmission.org/nationalcollection 96200416 T he Black and Indian Mission Collection (BIMC) exists to help diocesan communities to build the Church and preach the Gospel of Jesus among the African American, Native American, and Alaska Native people of God. Every year, it is the amazing generosity of Catholic faithful just like you who enable the Black and Indian Mission Office to support the following important priorities: Enlivening Parish Life & Catechesis Grant funds from the BIMC enables us to support parish-based catechetical programs. We help form and train catechists who will form children to be disciples of Jesus in the world, and get bibles and catechisms in kids’ hands so they can learn the ways of the Lord and take their place around His altar. Encouraging Vocations We need men and women living the consecrated life to give witness to a radical Christian life. We need priests in order to have the Eucharist! Supporting the BIMC enables us to help diocesan communities encourage vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Empowering Evangelizers BIMC grant funds help offices of Black Catholic and Native American ministries to sponsor events and formation to encourage the Christian life in culturally appropriate ways. Mr. Ansel Augustine, shown here with a friend, coordinates the Office of Black Catholic Ministries in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Helping Educators Reach Kids With your contribution to the BIMC, you’ll help support good teachers to help African American and Native American kids learn, like Sheryl Ashley at Saint Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, Neb. Saint Augustine kids recently made a 60% improvement in reading scores in three years! In 2014, your donations reached over 4,000 students in more than 100 schools and parishes across the United States. BUILDING Our Mission to the Missions

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Black and IndIan MIssIon collectIon www.blackandindianmission.org/nationalcollection

96200416

The Black and Indian Mission Collection (BIMC) exists to help diocesan communities to build the Church and preach the Gospel of Jesus among the African American, Native American, and Alaska Native people of God.

Every year, it is the amazing generosity of Catholic faithful just like you who enable the Black and Indian Mission Office to support the following important priorities:

Enlivening Parish Life & CatechesisGrant funds from the BIMC enables us to support parish-based catechetical programs. We help form and train catechists who will form children to be disciples of Jesus in the world, and get bibles and catechisms in kids’ hands so they can learn the ways of the Lord and take their place around His altar.

Encouraging VocationsWe need men and women living the consecrated life to give witness to a radical Christian life. We need priests in order to have the Eucharist! Supporting the BIMC enables us to help diocesan communities encourage vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

Empowering Evangelizers BIMC grant funds help offices of Black Catholic and Native American ministries to sponsor events and formation to encourage the Christian life in culturally appropriate ways. Mr. Ansel Augustine, shown here with a friend, coordinates the Office of Black Catholic Ministries in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Helping Educators Reach KidsWith your contribution to the BIMC, you’ll help support good teachers to help African American and Native American kids learn, like Sheryl Ashley at Saint Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, Neb. Saint Augustine kids recently made a 60% improvement in reading scores in three years! In 2014, your donations reached over 4,000 students in more than 100 schools and parishes across the United States.

BUILDINGOur Mission to the Missions

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la colecta para las MIsIones afro-aMerIcanas e Indígenas www.blackandindianmission.org/nationalcollection

96200416

La Colecta para las Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas (CMAI) existe para ayudar a comunidades diocesanas a edificar la Iglesia y a predicar el Evangelio de Jesús entre los Afro-Americanos, Nativo Americanos y nativos de Alaska, comunidades que también forman parte del pueblo de Dios.

Cada año, la generosidad increíble de los fieles católicos como usted, permite a la Oficina de las Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas apoyar las siguientes prioridades.

Animando la Vida Parroquial y la CatequesisLos fondos provenientes de subvenciones de la CMAI nos permiten apoyar a los programas catequéticos basados en las parroquias. Ayudamos a educar y a capacitar a catequistas que enseñarán a niños a ser discípulos de Jesús en el mundo, además de poner Biblias y catequismos en las manos de los niños para que aprendan los caminos del Señor y que tomen su lugar alrededor de Su altar.

Fomentando Vocaciones Necesitamos a hombres y mujeres en la vida consagrada para que sean testigos de una vida cristiana radical. ¡Necesitamos sacerdotes para poder recibir la Eucaristía! Apoyar a la CMAI nos permite ayudar a las comunidades diocesanas a fomentar las vocaciones al sacerdocio y a la vida religiosa.

Fortaleciendo a Evangelizadores Los fondos de subvención de la CMAI ayudan a las oficinas de los ministerios para afro-americanos y nativo americanos a patrocinar eventos y entrenamiento que animan la vida cristiana en modos culturalmente apropiados. El Señor Ansel Augustine, aquí presentado con un amigo, coordina la Oficina de los Ministerios Afro-Americanos del Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleans.

Ayudando a Educadores a Alcanzar a los Niños Con su contribución al CMAI, usted contribuirá a apoyar a buenos maestros para ayudar a niños afro-americanos y nativo americanos a aprender, como Sheryl Ashley en la Misión Indígena de San Agustín en Winnebago, Nebraska. ¡Los niños de San Agustín han recientemente mejorado sus notas en la lectura del 60% en tres años! En el año 2014, sus donaciones llegaron a más de 4,000 estudiantes en más de 100 escuelas y parroquias de todo los Estados Unidos.

¡Ayude a Construir Nuestra Misión a las Misiones!

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The Black and Indian Mission Collection (BIMC) exists to help bishops and dioceses to build the Church in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities.

• Many people bene� t from your support of the BIMC: • Students in the small mission school in the Deep South. • The Catholic community served by a native deacon in

Alaska. • The Native American parish on the prairie. Your support helps all of them come to know Jesus. • The BIMC helps get good teachers in schools that would

otherwise struggle to stay open.• Funding from the BIMC helps dioceses form lay

ministers and catechists to spread the Gospel in their own communities.

• Supporting the BIMC helps encourage young African Americans and Native Americans to give their lives to the Lord as priests, brothers, or sisters.

La Colecta para las Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas (CMAI) existe para ayudar a los obispos y las diócesis a edifi car la Iglesia en comunidades afro-americanas, nativo americanas y nativas de Alaska.

• Muchas personas bene� cian de su apoyo a la CMAI: • Los estudiantes de la escuela misionaria pequeña en el

Sur Profundo. • La Comunidad Católica servida por un diácono nativo en Alaska. • La parroquia nativo americana en la llanura. Su apoyo ayuda a todas estas personas a conocer a Jesús. • La CMAI ayuda a traer a buenos profesores a las escuelas

que de lo contrario lucharían para quedar abiertas. • El � nanciamiento de la CMAI ayuda a las diócesis a

formar a ministros laicos y a catequistas para propagar el Evangelio en sus propias comunidades.

• Apoyar a la CMAI ayuda a alentar a jóvenes afro-americanos y nativo americanos a dar sus vidas al Señor como sacerdotes, hermanos o hermanas. BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION COLLECTION

www.blackandindianmission.org/nationalcollection

BUILDINGOur Mission to the Missions

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IntercessionsR/. Lord, hear our prayer.

For world, national, tribal, and local leaders, that God would enlighten their decisions to build communities marked by true peace and understanding, we pray to the Lord….R/.

For all teachers, priests, sisters, brothers, deacons, parish leaders, and all who work to build the Church among African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities, that God will bless them, we pray to the Lord….R/.

That many Black and Native American Catholic young people would courageously follow the call of Christ to serve as priests, deacons, and consecrated men and women, we pray to the Lord….R/.

For our parish community, that we would help build the Church in African American and Native American communities through generous support of the Black and Indian Mission Collection today, we pray to the Lord….R/.

For all those who have died, especially those struck by alcoholism, drug abuse, or violence, that our loving God would bring them home to His embrace in Heaven, we pray to the Lord….R/.

Peticiones R/. Te rogamos, Señor.

Para líderes mundiales, nacionales y locales, para que Dios ilumine sus decisiones para construir comunidades marcadas por la verdadera paz y el entendimiento, oremos al Señor….R/.

Para profesores, sacerdotes, frailes, diáconos, líderes parroquiales y todos los que trabajan para edifi car la Iglesia entre los afro-americanos, nativo americanos y los nativos de Alaska. Qué Dios los bendiga, oremos al Señor….R/.

Qué muchos jóvenes católicos afro-americanos y nativo americanos sigan con valentía el llamado de Cristo de servir al pueblo de Dios como sacerdotes, diáconos y hombres y mujeres consagradas, oremos al Señor….R/.

Para nuestra comunidad parroquial, qué podamos ayudar a edifi car la Iglesia en comunidades afro-americanas y nativo americanas a través del apoyo generoso de la Colecta para las Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas, oremos al Señor….R/.

Para todos los seres difuntos, especialmente los que hayan sufrido por causa del alcoholismo, del abuso de las drogas o de la violencia. Qué nuestro Dios amoroso los dirija hacia su casa acogedora en el Cielo, oremos al Señor….R/.

Bulletin AnnouncementsThe Weekend Before the CollectionNext week, our parish will take up the 131st annual National Black and Indian Mission Collection. Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities from coast to coast. Schools, parish religious education programs, and diocesan ministries depend on your generosity to help them spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ! [If appropriate: Our diocese also received $_____ in grant funding from this collection last year, benefi ting _________.][If promotional materials were ordered: Check out the insert in today’s bulletin for more information.]

The Weekend of the CollectionToday, our parish will take up the 131st annual National Black and Indian Mission Collection. Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities from coast to coast, [including our diocese, which received $______ from the Black and Indian Mission Collection last year]. Schools, parish religious education programs, and diocesan ministries depend on your generosity to help them spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ! You can help meet unmet needs with a generous contribution today. Thank you for your support.

The Week After the CollectionThank you to everyone who participated in the 131st annual Black and Indian Mission Collection last weekend. Your prayerful support enables people to come to know Jesus Christ in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities all over the U.S.A. Spreading the Gospel couldn’t happen without your support!

Boletín de anunciosEl Fin de Semana Antes de la Colecta La próxima semana, nuestra parroquia empezará la 131a Colecta para la Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas. Nuestro apoyo a esta colecta ayuda a construir la Iglesia en comunidades afro-americanas, nativo americanas y nativas de Alaska de costa a costa. Las escuelas, los programas de educación religiosa y los ministerios diocesanos dependen de su generosidad para ayudar a difundir el Evangelio de Jesucristo![Si es apropiado: Nuestra diócesis también recibió $_____ en fi nanciamiento por subvención de esta colecta el año pasado, benefi ciando de_________.][Si ordenaron materiales promocionales: Eche un vistazo al folleto en el boletín de hoy para más información.]

El Fin de Semana de la Colecta Hoy nuestra parroquia empieza la 131a Colecta para la Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas. Nuestro apoyo a esta colecta ayuda a construir la Iglesia en comunidades afro-americanas, nativo americanas y nativas de Alaska de costa a costa [incluyendo a nuestra diócesis, que recibió $______ de la Colecta para las Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas el año pasado]. ¡Las escuelas, los programas de educación religiosa y los ministerios diocesanos dependen de su generosidad para ayudar a difundir el Evangelio de Jesucristo! Usted hoy puede ayudar a hacer frente a las necesidades insatisfechas con una contribución generosa. Gracias por su apoyo.

La Semana Después de la Colecta Gracias a todos los que participaron a la 131a Colecta para la Misiones Afro-Americanas e Indígenas el fi n de semana pasado. Su apoyo en la oración ayuda a personas a conocer a Jesucristo en comunidades afro-americanas, nativo americanas y nativas de Alaska en todos los Estados Unidos. ¡Difundir el Evangelio no sería posible sin su apoyo! BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION

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Dear pastors and friends of the Black and Indian Mission Collection,

By virtue of our baptism into Christ Jesus, we are all missionaries, beginning with our own families and parishes. Like the Apostles, we are encouraged to reach out to our brothers and sisters in faith, love, and sacrifi ce. We must continue to build God’s Kingdom in our world.

We invite you to help Build Our Mission to the Missions by supporting the Black and Indian Mission Collection!

Your support provides the presence of missionaries here in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native missions, schools, and religious education programs. Your partnership places Bibles and catechetical materials in the hands of priests, consecrated women and men, and lay leaders in Black Catholic communities in the Diocese of Jackson, Miss.; in Native American pueblos in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M.; to the far reaching villages of Alaska; and so many other places. Your sacri� ce addresses the need to train catechists, permanent deacons, and seminarians for future generations here in many of our neighborhoods and backyards.

Pope Francis reminds us in Lumen Fidei (51), “Faith helps us build our societies in such a way that they can journey towards a future of hope.” Your prayer needs to be constant as together we join our hearts and hands, always serving the Christian communities in love and in imitation of Christ, the fi rst missionary sent from the Creator above.

In solidarity with our Holy Father and with each and every person, “The hands of faith are raised up to heaven, even as they go about building in charity a city based on relationships in which the love of God is laid as a foundation” (Lumen Fidei, 51).

Thank you for your prayerful support of the Black and Indian Mission Collection. For promotional materials, visit us online at www.blackandindianmission.org/resources.

In Faith and Mission,

Rev. Maurice Henry SandsExecutive Director

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“Faith...helps us build

our societies in such a

way that they can journey

towards a future of hope.”

- Lumen Fidei (51)

BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION

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