"...Jesus calls his disciples to evaluate the quality of their listening. “Take heed then how you hear” (Lk 8:18): this is what he exhorts them to do after recounting the parable of the sower, making it understood that it is not enough simply to listen, but that it is necessary to listen well. Only those who receive the word with an “honest and good” heart and keep it faithfully bear the fruit of life and salvation (cf. Lk 8:15). It is only by paying attention to whom we listen, to what we listen, and to how we listen that we can grow in the art of communicating, the heart of which is not a theory or a technique, but the “openness of heart that makes closeness possible” (cf. Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, 171)."
- from Pope Francis' 2022 World Communications Day Message
The Catholic Communication Campaign is an annual national collection to support evangelization through the internet, television, radio, and print publications. This annual collection is taken up in the Diocese of Providence the second weekend in June in support of the work of the diocesan Communications Office.
What your donation supports locally in Rhode Island
Fifty percent of funds collected for the annual Catholic Communication Campaign remain in our diocese to support local communications projects - including:
Communications and Public Relations
Diocese of Providence
ATTN.: Catholic Communication Campaign Collection
One Cathedral Square
Providence, RI 02903
Please note 'Catholic Communication Campaign Collection' on your check memo