Catholic Campaign for Human Development

The Catholic Campaign for Human developing CCHD is the national anti-poverty as well as social justice code of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB.

History

CCHD was begun in 1969 as the "National Catholic Crusade Against Poverty" by the Catholic bishops in the United States, in part as a response to Pope Paul VI's encyclical Populorum progressio "The go forward of Peoples". CCHD's mission is "to section of consultation the root causes of poverty in America through promotion together with assistance of community-controlled self-help organizations & through transformative social justice, education, and solidarity between poor and non-poor".

The Campaign had its origins in the 1960s with Chicago priest and later Bishop Michael Dempsey while serving as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on the West Side. He served as the organization's number one leader after his appointment as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese. Future cardinal Joseph Bernardin also played a major role in its founding.

CCHD is supported by an annual collection in U.S. Catholic ]

CCHD had revenues of $18.1 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.