Washington D.C., Jun 20, 2013 / 13:05 pm
More than $20 million has been distributed to U.S. religious communities to help care for their elderly and retired members this year.
"We continue to be humbled and overwhelmed by the generosity of Catholics across the nation who faithfully support our senior religious each year," said Sister Janice Bader, a member of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood of O'Fallon, Mo., who serves as executive director of the National Religious Retirement Office.
"With this support, many religious communities have been able to transform their retirement crises into manageable concerns."
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced on June 18 that the National Religious Retirement Office recently distributed $23 million to 439 religious communities throughout the country to help support retired priests, nuns and brothers.