Parishes throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh will take up a special collection for the three Jewish congregations that worship at the Tree of Life Synagogue, which was attacked by a gunman.

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik asked that the collection be taken at all Masses the weekend of November 10-11.

"This collection is a gift of love and solidarity from one religious community to another, to say that the Catholic people of southwestern Pennsylvania suffer with you and we are here to support you," Bishop Zubik said. "The congregations at Tree of Life are free to use these donations in whatever way they believe is right, to help their members recover and to restore their house of worship."