Welcome
The Bishops' Subcommittee, working through its staff in the Church in Latin America,
Facilitates the development of intra-American ecclesial relations among bishops of the United States and their representative entities, and the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, through national episcopal conferences, the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM), and other church-related organizations
Coordinates the annual Collection for the Church in Latin America and collaborates with U.S. dioceses in its promotion
Manages a grants program designed to support the pastoral work of the Church in Latin America
Develops educational resources and opportunities for Catholics in the United States to learn about the reality of the Church in Latin America
To see when your diocese takes up the 2009 Collection for the Church in Latin America, click here!
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America recently approved $1,577,522.75 to be allocated to 105 pastoral projects in other Episcopal Conferences, Dioceses, Parishes, Religious Congregations, Educational Institutions and Lay Movements in 21 countries. So far in 2008, the subcommittee has approved a total of 246 projects or $3,827,000; these funds assist the Church throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to meet their local pastoral needs by funding seminarian and religious formation, religious education, catechesis and youth ministries, evangelization, lay formation and ministry, diaconate training, and research.
Special emphasis this year is being given to supporting local initiatives that respond to the goals established at the V General Conference of Latin American Bishops held in Aparecida, Brazil, 13-31 of May, 2007, especially the launching of the Continental Mission in 2008.
Annually the Subcommittee awards between 500 and 600 grants. In 2007, 562 grants were awarded for a total of $7,722.313.51. This year’s final award totals will depend in a large part on the out come of the 2008 Collection for the Church in Latin America.
To view the full press release, please click here.
For a complete list of projects approved at the June 2008 meeting click here.
THANK YOU to all who generously contributed to the recent parish Collection for the Church in Latin America. Your support makes a real difference. Please continue to pray for our sisters and brothers throughout Mexico, Central and Sout America, and the Caribbean.
If you miss your parish collection, donations may also be sent to:
Collection for the Church in Latin America
USCCB-Office of National Collections
3211 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20017
If your diocese takes up the Collection at another time, remember that resources are always available here.
2007 Grants 
Earthquake in Perú
- USCCB
- Immediately after the earthquake, the staff of the Secretariat was in touch with Peruvian Church Leaders and CRS.
- Pastoral assistance grants from the affected areas are being expedited.
- In late August, Msgr. Carlos Quintana the Secretariat's Executive Director visited the areas most devastated to consult with local bishops on short- and long-term pastoral needs.
- Long-term pastoral assistance proposals are under development and will be presented to the Bishops' Committee on the Church in Latin America no later than mid-November.
- CRS
- " "CRS, working closely with local church partner Caritas Peru, immediately responded by providing food, water, shelter, blankets, and cooking and hygiene kits to some 10,000 people in Ica…" read more at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
- V General Conference of Latin American Bishops “Final Document: (Spanish)
- 2006 Annual Report