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The Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) has announced its theme for the 2010 collection campaign on May 16 to raise funds for local and national Catholic communication initiatives.

The theme “Help Us Connect the World with God’s Word!” has been chosen for the fund-raising effort that pays for many Catholic media projects. The money will support Catholic newspapers, radio and television productions, and internet and mobile media, including podcasts and YouTube videos.

Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, chair of the CCC, said “Many Catholics turn to their mobile devices to find the world. The Church needs to be in that world.”

In his message for 2010 World Communication Day, Pope Benedict XVI said:

The development of the new technologies and the larger digital world represents a great resource for humanity as a whole and for every individual, and it can act as a stimulus to encounter and dialogue. But this development likewise represents a great opportunity for believers. No door can or should be closed to those who, in the name of the risen Christ, are committed to drawing near to others. To priests in particular the new media offer ever new and far-reaching pastoral possibilities, encouraging them to embody the universality of the Church’s mission, to build a vast and real fellowship, and to testify in today’s world to the new life which comes from hearing the Gospel of Jesus, the eternal Son who came among us for our salvation.

The special collection for the CCC will take place on the weekend of World Communication Day (May 15 and 16), though some dioceses may choose to move it to a different day.

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