Each year, churches around the world commemorate World Mission Sunday to highlight, encourage and promote the Catholic Church’s missions around the world.
The day, which was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1926, is observed on the penultimate Sunday of October, and a worldwide collection is made to provide financial support for the Pontifical Mission Societies and its missions in some 1,100 dioceses worldwide. This year’s commemoration takes place Oct. 20.
World Mission Sunday reminds Catholics of ‘our connection’ to faithful around globe, priest says
Bishop Neary: Hearts on fire, feet on the move
Bishop Neary shares the purpose of World Mission Sunday, and how it unites us all as missionaries to help build the Body of Christ through a shared mission of hope, goodness and compassion.
Mission begins by meeting Jesus in the Scriptures and Eucharist, pope says
The connection between the missionary call of every disciple and the gift of Jesus present in the Eucharist was at the center of Pope Francis’ message for World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated Oct. 22.
Ordinary people called to be extraordinary Christian witnesses, pope says
In his message, the pope reflected on three key “foundations of the life and mission of every disciple,” beginning with the call to bear witness to Christ.
Bishop Kettler: We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard
“In a world where so much divides us, World Mission Sunday unites us as missionaries to help build the body of Christ through a shared mission of hope, goodness and compassion.”
October is month to focus on living as missionaries every day, pope says
“Mission is based on an encounter between people, on the testimony of men and women who say, ‘I know Jesus, and I’d like you to know him too,” the pope said.
Bishop Kettler: The Church of Christ on mission in the world
“Every parish, every home, every workplace must be a place of mission awareness, prayer and sacrifice.”
Being Christian means being missionary, pope says
Pope Francis expressed his intention to promote an extraordinary missionary month in October 2019 with the goal of increasing the passion for the church’s evangelizing activity ‘ad gentes,'” a phrase meaning “to the nations” and used to describe missionary activity focused on people who still have not heard the Gospel.