Through out the year we have various special diocesan collections to help support things like our siminarians, priests retirement, catholic relief services, etc.
There are also times when we hold a second collection in response to local and global needs. Typically the Bishop will ask for these second collections to be taken up as the need arises at all parishes, with a notation for which collection it is for. In these situations donations can also be made directly to the Diocese or on-line at www.dmdiocese.org/giving.