For more than 100 years, Catholic Rural Life has served Catholics in rural communities across the country.
Today, we continue to support priests serving rural parishes, strengthen lay leadership, connect local Catholic leaders, advocate for family farms, and uplift rural ministries and apostolates. Your gift helps carry this work forward in communities that are too often overlooked.
Help us keep the faith strong in rural America for generations to come.
Your support is an investment in the future of rural America. Donations to Catholic Rural Life help provide:
There are many ways to support the mission of Catholic Rural Life. Explore the giving opportunities below and choose the one that is right for you.
Created in celebration of Catholic Rural Life’s 100th anniversary, Sowing Seeds of Faith and Growth is a five-year campaign to strengthen the organization and expand our work with rural clergy and lay leaders.
The Archbishop Edwin V. O’Hara Legacy Society recognizes those who include Catholic Rural Life in their will, trust, life insurance, retirement assets, or other estate plans.
Contact us to leave a legacy through planned giving in this society.
Farmers can support Catholic Rural Life by giving crops, cattle, or other commodities before they are sold. A First Fruits gift may also offer tax advantages while directing part of your harvest to the work of the rural Church.
Contact our team to learn how to get started.
Your estate plan can reflect the Catholic causes you care about. My Catholic Will offers a simple way to write a will and include Catholic Rural Life in your legacy, if you wish. You can create your full legal will for free in as little as 15 minutes with code CRL.
Membership opens the door to formation made for rural Catholics, helping members live ther faith more fully right where they've been planted. It helps sustain the retreats, fraternity, and formation Catholic Rural Life provides for rural clergy.
Have ideas or questions on how your gift can benefit the mission of Catholic Rural Life? Contact us today.
