Special collection for Ukraine hits $1 million
LA Archdiocese special collection for Ukraine aid hits $1 million
A special collection at parishes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has raised more than $1 million in donations for Ukrainian humanitarian relief.
As of April 21, online donations, checks, and cash received during Masses in the archdiocese on the weekends of March 12-13 and March 19-20 totaled just over $985,000, while another $17,000 was added through school collections coordinated by the Missionary Childhood Association of Los Angeles.
Msgr. Terrance Fleming, executive director of the archdiocese’s Mission Office, said he couldn’t remember any collection this large in his 30 years in the office, noting past initiatives that have focused mostly on recovery from natural disasters in different parts of the world.