Celebrated every year on the second-to-last Sunday of October, World Mission Sunday is the day when Catholics around the world unite to support the missionary work of the Church. Established by Pope Pius XI in 1926, it remains the only annual global collection that directly supports the 1,124 mission territories where the Church is young, struggling, or persecuted. On this day, every parish, in every diocese, in every country, joins in prayer and giving to ensure that missionaries can continue their vital work—building churches, forming priests, supporting catechists, and serving communities in need.
A complete preparation guide for parish staffs is included here. Additional material on World Mission Sunday can be found at the website of The Pontifical Mission Societies: www.pontificalmissions.org/wms.
The Cleveland Mission Office assists the missions, both nationally and internationally.
Four Societies are directly under the authority of the Holy Father in Rome. These Pontifical Mission Societies are:
Further information can be found at the website for The Pontifical Mission Societies.
This is the principal mission organization. Its purpose is to raise funds to support the Holy Father’s missionary activities throughout the world.
Its main purpose is to raise money for the formation and education of priests and religious in mission lands. The Summer Appeal is its largest source of income.
This is a program of primary school children helping other children around the world.
The objective of the PMU is to stimulate missionary formation and awareness among priests, those in Consecrated Life, consecrated laity, candidates to the priesthood and religious life, and other persons engaged in the pastoral ministry of the Church.
Each year, several hundred missionary organizations request to preach for funds in our diocesan parishes, to help maintain their congregations, seminaries, convents and evangelization efforts. The Mission Office examines the requests, then selects and assigns parishes for them to make their appeals. The funds collected when the visiting missionary speaks are sent to the office and then forwarded to the corresponding bishop or superior. Click here for more information on the MCP.
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