ADW Facts
Within one, this is how many deaneries there are in the Archdiocese of Washington.
What is 14?
Within three years, this is the year Pope Pius XII created the Archdiocese of Washington.
What is 1939?
The Annual Appeal provides for those needs that no one ______ could provide on its own.
What is "parish"?
Commitment Sunday for the Annual Appeal always takes place 10 days before this day in the liturgical calendar.
What is Ash Wednesday?
These are the three "T's" of Christian stewardship.
What are Time, Talent and Treasure?
Within three, this is how many Catholic schools (diocesan and independent) that are in the Archdiocese of Washington.
What is 90?
Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Washington, D.C. in 2008 included celebrating Mass at this venue.
What is National's Park?
Within three, this is how many programs and ministries are funded by the Annual Appeal.
What is 71?
What is the Cardinal's Appeal?
The Middle English word "steward" is a combination of "sty" +"ward" which translates literally to this.
What is house or enclosure + guardian or keeper?
This is the motto on Cardinal Gregory's coat of arms.
What is "We are the Lord's"?
This was the first Catholic parish established in Washington, D.C., in 1794.
What is St. Patrick's?
The largest portion of funding from the Annual Appeal goes to this program/ministry.
What is seminarian education?
Within three years, this is the year the Annual Appeal was founded by Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle.
What is 1969?
Tithing is giving 10% of one's _____ fruits to God.
What is "first"?
Cardinal Gregory will celebrate this milestone in 2023.
What is the 50th anniversary of his episcopal ordination?
The first canonization in the U.S. took place in the Archdiocese of Washington for this saint.
Who is Junipero Serra?
This is the percent of a donor's gift to the Annual Appeal that goes to the administrative costs to conduct the Annual Appeal.
What is 0%?
Within $200,000, this is how much money the Annual Appeal raised in 2022.
What is $11,100,000?
This 2002 USCCB document title ends with the phrase "A Disciple's Response".
What is the Pastoral Letter on Stewardship?
These are the five Maryland counties that are a part of the Archdiocese of Washington territory.
What are Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles Counties?
The first Catholic Mass in the English colonies took place on St. Clement's Island in 1634 on this feast day.
What is the Feast of the Annunciation?
What is "restricted"?
Within 1,000, this is how many ADW families donated to the Annual Appeal in 2022.
What is 21,228 families?
The passage "As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace." is from this New Testament book.
What is 1 Peter?