Pontifical Mission Societies

A Message From the National Director

“The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States have established a solidarity fund for East Africa, responding to a call from the Church there to support its increased service in the face of the growing crisis in this part of the mission world.

“Pope Benedict XVI has called the Catholic community and the whole world to action, and everyone needs to play their part.

“On the ground, Father Celestino Bundi (pictured below), the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya, has asked us for special help for the network of local priests and religious currently serving in the most affected areas.  I am sure his request will not go unanswered as Catholics across our country want to respond. We have an immediate way of getting help through in this crisis, particularly through the network of Church personnel who are accompanying many of the suffering communities.

“Prayer remains our first response, and we ask the Lord to send His comfort and sustaining hope to those suffering in East Africa, as He strengthens and blesses those who are helping those in such urgent need.

“In this most devastating moment for our mission family in East Africa, the Church must continue with even greater effort its life-giving, hope-filled presence.”

Reverend Andrew Small, OMI, STD
National Director
Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States

Contributions can be made online at www.OneFamilyInMission.org or www.GiveToTheMissions.org , or can be directed to the Office for the Missions:

Victoria Compton, Director
Office for the Missions
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
1615 W. Washington St.
Springfield, IL  62702

One Family in Mission

The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), Propagation of the Faith, St. Peter Apostle, Holy Childhood Assocaition, Missionary Union, have hit You Tube! Check out the offerings here. www.YouTube.com/pmsusa

Also new to the internet - National PMS Director, Msgr. John Kozar has a blog featuring reflections and stories from his travels to the ends of the Earth: http://www.themissionreport.com/

Pray the World Mission Rosary

In February of 1951, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, in a radio address, inaugurated the World Mission Rosary. “Peace will come only when the hearts of the world have changed. To do this we must pray, and not for ourselves, but for the world. The world means everyone…. But we cannot change without prayer, and the power of the Rosary as a prayer is beyond description. For the love of Our Lord and His Blessed Mother, won’t you please make a tour of the world on your World Mission Rosary? I know you will.”

Each decade of the rosary calls to mind an area where the Church continues her evangelizing mission: GREEN for the forests and grasslands of Africa; RED calling to mind the faith that brought missionaries to the Americas; WHITE symbolizing Europe, the seat of the Holy Father, shepherd of the world; BLUE for the ocean surrounding the Islands of the Pacific; and YELLOW, the morning light of the east, for Asia.

Pray the world Mission Rosary online with this link:
http://www.propfaith.org/images/movies/spof/rosary/index.html

Download a World Mission Rosary Power Point presentation here .

World Mission Rosaries are available in the Office for the Missions for a small donation. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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