Click on the button above to donate online to the Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal, which is the diocesan-wide annual appeal that begins on the first weekend of February. Catholics throughout Arkansas come together to help fund the spiritual, educational and formative and social ministries and programs of the Diocese of Little Rock.
What Your Donation Can Do
Every CASA donation makes a difference in our diocese in these ways.
Parish and mission support — Helps offset salaries and benefits for a priest, a permanent deacon and religious sisters serving in mission churches.
Youth and campus ministry — Helps support diocesan youth ministry activities and Catholic campus ministry at eight locations around the state.
Grants to Catholic schools — Grants are distributed to schools for needs-based scholarships, educational materials and building maintenance.
Grants to faith formation and youth programs — The Faith Formation and Catholic Youth Ministry offices administer grants to parish religious education, faith formation programs and parish youth ministry.
Diocesan ministries — Helps fund all the ministries and personnel at the diocesan offices that support parishes, schools and ministries.
Seminarian expenses — Helps pay the seminary tuition and living expenses for our diocesan seminarians.
Catholic Charities of Arkansas — Provides help and advocates for justice for people who are poor, marginalized and among the most vulnerable. Services include immigration legal assistance, refugee resettlement, natural disaster recovery and prison ministry.
Respect Life Office — This ministry organizes the annual Mass for Life, provides resources for Respect Life Month and offers pastoral services through Project Rachel, the diocesan post-abortion healing ministry.
St. John Center maintenance and renovation — The main campus for the Diocese of Little Rock includes space for the diocesan offices and ministries, a meeting center with overnight facilities for Catholic groups, a dining hall and St. John Manor with accommodations for senior priests.
To assist parishes in promoting CASA, we offer pulpit and bulletin announcements, inserts, pastor guide, homily from the bishop in video and audio and more in English and Spanish.