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Peace be with you,
GCRC
Current News and Announcements
12 February 2026: Introducing Coins for Convents and Monasteries©…. Coins for Convents and Monasteries© was created so that no convent or monastery is forced to shut down due to insufficient funds, and no religious brother or sister is forced to leave the life to which God has called them. Despite having large communities of religious brothers and sisters, many Catholic convents and monasteries are forced to close due to insufficient funding, unable to pay their monthly bills or maintain their facilities.
The funds donated to Coins for Convents© are given to convents and monasteries facing a significant or imminent risk of closure or eviction due to insufficient funds. Monasteries and convents apply for funds based on the urgency of their request and their area of greatest need. All convents and monasteries within the United States and its territories are welcome to apply.
The Global Catholic Resource Center©, which operates Coins for Convents©, is a 501(c)(3). All donations are tax-exempt. Please do not let an financial hardship result in the closure of another Catholic convent. If you are able and the Holy Spirit moves you, please donate and support the mission of Coins for Convents©, so that all religious brothers and sisters may live out their religious vocation.
To Donate (All Donations are Tax-Exempt): Online or Mail
Visit GoFundMe: Support Catholic Convents and Monasteries in Financial Crisis
(https://www.gofundme.com/f/6gpdq-support-catholic-convents-monasteries-in-financial)
Or Mail a Check:
Coins for Convents and Monasteries
15 Wall St, #145
Foxborough, MA 02035
7 February 2026: New languages have been added to GCRC. These include: Polski (Polish), Русский (Russian), український (Ukrainian), and اللغة العربية (Arabic). To view these new resources, visit “More Languages” in the main menu.
5 February 2026: New resources have been added to the English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and German categories.
Past News and Announcements
8 May 2025: Habemus Papam! It is with great joy that we welcome the 267th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV. May God guide him and bless his pontificate!
20 November 2025: A new section for Mary and Marian Apparitions has been added to the main menu.
1 September 2025: The following 3 playlists have just been released on Spotify: Not Alone Music: Songs for When You Feel Alone, Calm Music: Seizure Recovery, Collapse Recovery, and Ave Maria. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists.’
25 August 2025: FAQs Health Conditions & Joining Catholic Religious Community has just been released under “Holy Orders & Vocations to Religious Life.”
17 August 2025: Catholic Wedding Music Processional (Roman Catholic Wedding Processional Music) has been released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists.’
17 August 2025: New playlists containing podcasts and songs for various Approved Marian Apparitions has been released on Spotify: Our Lady of Beauraing, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Our Lady of Kibeho, Our Lady Undoer of Knots, Our Lady of Czestochowa, Our Lady of Pillar, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of Champion, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of the Snows, Our Lady of Pontmain, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Knock, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Banneux. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists.’
17 August 2025: A new section called Catholic Health Resources for Patients has just been published under ‘Health & Tribulations.’ This category contains free Catholic recovery journals in PDF format for FND, Epilepsy, and Diabetes, a free Catholic seizure prayer card for functional and epileptic seizures, a Catholic prayer for the aftermath of a seizure or collapse, and Catholic psalms and prayers for sickness and injury.
4 August 2025: A new section called Catholic Mental Health Ministry has just been published under ‘Health & Tribulations.’ This category contains a PDF compendium of various resources for Catholic mental health ministries including websites, books, programs, studies, Vatican resources, and reviews from parishioners.
1 August 2025: Catholic Lullabies and Magnificat (Mary’s Song) are now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
28 July 2025: Eucharistic Miracles, FND Music Motivation (Functional Neurological Disorder), and Chronic Illness Motivation Music are now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
24 July 2025: Catholic Confession: How to Confess is now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
21 July 2025: Considering Catholicism: Why Be Catholic is now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
21 July 2025: Teenager Converts to Catholicism: Becoming Catholic as a Teenager is now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
14 July 2025: Catholic Infant Baptism Music (Infant Baptism Reception Party Music) is now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
2 March 2025: Instrumentals: Love & Kindness is now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
1 March 2025: Catholic Bedtime Stories for Kids is now released on Spotify. For more information regarding GCRC’s Spotify Playlists, please go to ‘Catholic Media & Culture’ and click on ‘GCRC Spotify Playlists’
6 January 2025: New resources have been posted for Dutch, French, Spanish, English, German, and Ialian.
