THIS WEEKEND: World Mission Sunday

On World Mission Sunday we are called to personal encounter with Jesus Christ alive in the Church, and to offer, through this Eucharistic celebration, our prayers and our generous financial support, through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, to continue the mission of Jesus.

We are “sent” out to witness to Mission in the world through our prayers and personal sacrifices for our brothers and sisters around the world. As little as…

• $25 helps support a catechist for a month in remote Latin America
• $75 provides for the work of religious Sisters caring for orphaned children in Africa
• $100 assists poor children in boarding schools in Asia

As always, your prayers are your most treasured gift to the Missions. Your prayers and financial help, offered today, WORLD MISSION SUNDAY, support mission priests, religious Sisters and Brothers, and lay catechists who are Christ’s witnesses to a world so in need of His healing, love, and peace.

Please contribute generously to the collection at Mass or send your tax-deductible donation to: Society for the Propagation of the Faith
One Cathedral Square
Providence, RI 02903

For more information, contact the diocesan office of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith at 401-278-4520. Thank you!

Highlights of World Mission Month 

• Supports more than 1,100 Catholic mission dioceses around the world
• Special celebrations will be held in churches around the world on October 20
• Helps Catholics to actively participate in the Pope’s Missions through prayer, sacrifice and donation.

Background
In 1926 Pope Pius XI instituted Mission Sunday for the whole Church with the first worldwide Mission Sunday collection taking place in October 1927. The Mission Sunday collection is always taken on the next to last Sunday during the month of October. That day is celebrated in all the local Churches as the feast of catholicity and universal solidarity so Christians the world over will recognize their common responsibility with regard to the evangelization of the world. 

Each year, the Pope designates the month of October as World Mission Month and the next-to-last Sunday in October as World Mission Sunday. On that Sunday, Catholics are united in celebration of our common vocation to mission, focusing on the Pope’s missions around the world and the missionaries who dedicate themselves to their service.

During this unique time, the Church draws together to support, in prayer and through financial help, the proclamation of the Gospel; vocations to the priesthood and religious life; the building of churches and chapels; and the efforts of priests, religious Sisters and Brothers, and lay pastoral leaders as they help the poor, the hungry, and seek the spiritually abandoned.

This year, World Mission Sunday is October 20; however, the entire month is devoted to learning more about the Pope’s missions and supporting their success through prayer and donations.