Catholic Communication Campaign the weekend of May 17-18 in parishes throughout the diocese

Parishes in the Diocese of New Ulm will take up the collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) on the weekend of May 17-18. The CCC supports the Church's efforts to proclaim the Good News using television, radio, video tape, print and Internet resources. The theme for this year's collection is "Share a life of love and peace. Spread the Good News."

The Catholic Communication Campaign has produced and distributed a public service announcement series in Spanish and English for radio and television stations and networks. Another project of the CCC is the weekly program Catholic Radio Weekly. It can be heard in the Diocese of New Ulm on Sundays on KNUJ-AM 860, New Ulm and 94.7 FM Country, Springfield at 8:30 a.m.; on KLQP FM 92.1 Madison/Dawson at 5:30 p.m.; and KDUZ-AM 1260 Hutchinson at 11:30 a.m. Catholic Radio Weekly is also available anytime on the Internet at the web site for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops www.usccb.org/ccc/catholicradio.htm.

Another service CCC offers is Movie Reviews which provides movie goers an objective review of current movies. It is popular with parents trying to find good information on a film before their children see it. Check out Movie Reviews at the USCCB web site www.usccb.org/movies.

Vacationing families and individuals will find the Mass Times web site, supported by the CCC, is another valuable service. The Mass Times web site provides information about parishes around the United States. Mass Times can be found on the Internet at www.masstimes.org.

The Catholic Communication Campaign Collection held in the New Ulm diocese helps to fund numerous programs including:

- The Prairie Catholic is mailed to every registered member in the diocese. It is a key source of information and evangelization.

- The Diocesan Media Resource Center is an open library with collections of videos, audio cassettes, books, periodicals, and vertical file materials available for use in parish programs or individual enrichment. The Diocese of New Ulm also currently places television programming on public access cable channels in the diocese where available. (see Good News TV & Radio in this issue!)

- A free Sunday Mass leaflet for shut-ins who are not able to celebrate Mass in the parish.

- The New Ulm Diocesan web site www.dnu.org includes a description of diocesan offices and photos of their directors; the bishop’s monthly itinerary; biography of present and past bishops, the latest news releases; current and past issues of the diocesan newspaper, The Prairie Catholic; links to parishes and schools, other Catholic organizations in Minnesota, plus more!

- Our Men in Black web site www.OURMIB.ORG which promotes vocations to the priesthood for the New Ulm diocese.

Funds collected for the Catholic Communication Campaign are divided evenly between the local diocese and the national Communications Campaign. Catholics are encouraged to be as generous as possible in supporting this vitally important ministry of the Church. The "Catholic Communication Campaign is how the Good News gets around."