Collection for Healthcare, Wellness, and Retirement for Priests

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, 
The happy occasion of Father’s Day next Sunday, gives me an opportunity to wish all who serve as fathers in our families my heartfelt thanks and congratulations. This day traditionally also gives us an opportunity to thank and support our priests, those who serve as our spiritual fathers, our priests who minister in the Archdiocese of Chicago. These 450 active and 254 retired priests have chosen to dedicate their lives to serving you and your family through pastoral care, celebration of the  sacraments, and leadership of our communities of faith.  
With this letter I ask you to join me in supporting the health and well-being of our priests by making a generous gift to the Priests’ Health and Retirement/PRMAA collection for the benefit of their healthcare and retirement needs. Your sacrifice on their behalf not only contributes to their health and well-being, but it also demonstrates to them your support of their ministry in our parishes and communities.  
Please note that this is the only collection for our Archdiocesan priests’ health and retirement.  This is separate and distinct from the annual collection for religious order priests, sisters, and brothers.  
Join me in making a generous contribution to this weekend’s second collection.  I also ask you to consider naming the Priests’ Health and Retirement/PRMAA as beneficiary of your will, something I personally have done.   
As I ask you to join me in praying that God continue to bless our dedicated priests, I assure you of my remembrance of you and your families in my prayers and at the Lord’s Table.  

Sincerely yours in Christ, 
Blase Cardinal Cupich
Archbishop of Chicago