St. Francis Xavier cared for the sick, taught children and catechized the baptized of India, the Indonesian islands and Japan.
Saint of the Month: St. Francis Xavier
FOCUS marks 25 years of missionary-driven university student evangelization
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students has grown greatly in the 25 years since launching in 1998. Now most U.S. states have multiple university campuses served by FOCUS missionaries.
Vatican agency pays tribute to 18 missionaries killed in 2022
Most of the 18 Catholic missionaries murdered in 2022 were not carrying out high-risk missions when they were assassinated but were simply “immersed and submerged in the ordinariness of their lives and their apostolic work,” said the editor of Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news service.
New children’s books highlight Catholic missionaries, Legos, mystery
These children’s books are suitable for gift-giving at Christmas.
Sharing stories of faith revives faith of others, pope tells magazine staff
Helping the staff celebrate the magazine’s 150th anniversary, the pope said Catholic media have a mission to help believers get to know the faith and struggles of their brothers and sisters around the world.
Mission is seeking family members you don’t know yet, pope tells Thais
Missionaries are not mercenaries, but beggars who recognize that some brothers and sisters are missing from the community and long to hear the good news of salvation, Pope Francis told the Catholics of Thailand.
Mission success isn’t measured by numbers, pope says in Morocco
In Morocco, where almost everyone is Muslim, Pope Francis said Christians are called to be “a living sacrament of the dialogue that God wants to initiate and with each man and woman.”
Married missionaries: A story of true love, for God and each other
Like any good love story, Andrew and Katie Hellmann’s tale has interesting twists and turns. Today, the couple serve together on college campuses through an outreach group called FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students.