Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States

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• Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States

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Who Are the Pontifical Mission Societies?

• The Pontifical Mission Societies are
• The Society for the Propagation of the Faith
• The Holy Childhood Association
• The Society of St. Peter Apostle
• The Missionary Union of Priests and Religious

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What Do We Do?

• Promote a universal missionary spirit a spirit
  of prayer and sacrifice among all baptized
  Catholics.
• Provide financial support for the pastoral and
  evangelizing programs of the Catholic Church in
  Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands and remote
  regions of Latin America.

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What Does the Term Pontifical Mean?

• The four Societies each received the title
  pontifical in 1922 to indicate that they are
  the official means by which the Holy Father and
  the Universal Roman Catholic Church reach out
  with the Good News of Jesus to the Missions.

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Where Are the Pontifical Mission Societies
Located?

• National offices exist in more than 120 countries
  around the world including the United States.
• Central administrative offices are located in
  Rome, Italy, under the direction of the
  Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
• The national office of the Pontifical Mission
  Societies in the United States is located in New
  York City. Diocesan offices are located in every
  (arch) diocese.

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Our Organizational Structure
The Holy Father The Congregation for the
Evangelization of Peoples The Pontifical
Mission Societies in the United States Diocesan
Mission Offices
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How Can YOU Help?

• All baptized Catholics can participate in the
  worldwide mission of the Church by offering their
  prayers, personal sacrifices or financial
  contributions to the Society for the Propagation
  of the Faith, the Holy Childhood Association or
  the Society for St. Peter Apostle.
• The Missionary Union of Priests and Religious is
  a spiritual apostolate for Priests, Religious men
  and women, catechists and lay people.

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The Society for the Propagation of the Faith

• The Society for the Propagation of the Faith was
  founded in Lyons, France, in 1822 by Pauline
  Jaricot. Inspired by stories she heard about
  missionary work in China, she felt called by the
  Lord to help the Catholic Church's worldwide
  missionary work. Young dioceses in the United
  States were some of the first to benefit from
  Paulines vision.

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World Mission Sunday

• World Mission Sunday, organized by the
  Propagation of the Faith, is a day set aside for
  Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the
  Church's missionary activity through prayer and
  sacrifice.
• Annually, World Mission Sunday is celebrated on
  the next-to-last Sunday in October.

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MISSION Magazine

• Telling of the heroic witness of missionaries
• Telling the story of the Church in the Missions
• Showing how all baptized Catholics are called to
  share their faith, to be part of the mission
  story
• Published four times annually
• MISSION_at_propfaith.org

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Holy Childhood Association(HCA)

• French Bishop Charles de Forbin-Janson founded
  the Holy Childhood Association in 1843. He was
  convinced that children rich in faith and love
  are capable of playing their own part in the
  Church's mission - and even of stirring adults to
  show the same generous spirit.

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What Makes HCA Unique?

• HCA is unique in that its primary aim is to
  encourage children to share their faith with
  children in the Developing World.

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How Do Children Make a Difference through HCA?

• They Pray

• They Sacrifice

• They Offer Financial Help

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HCAs Programs

• Membership
• Advent
• Lent
• Prayer Week
• Christmas Artwork Contest
• HCA Around The World

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Membership

• Suggested Offering - 1.25
• Includes
• Prayer Card
• Book Mark
• Membership Card
• Its Our World

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Advent Lent Programs
Both programs are designed to prepare children
for the celebration of Christmas and Easter
through prayer, reflection and mission-based
activities.

• Programs Include
• Poster
• One Coin Holder per student
• Teachers Guide

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Prayer Week
National Prayer Week is a time for young
Catholics to be united in prayer for those in
need throughout the world.

• Program Includes
• Prayer Week Poster
• Postcards to record the number of students in
  school / parish who participate

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Christmas Artwork Contest

• Annually, HCA selects 24 drawings from more than
  10,000 entries to appear as HCA Christmas cards.
  Ten children are given honorable mention and are
  presented with certificates of merit.
• The contest is open to students in kindergarten
  through eighth grade attending Catholic schools,
  parish religious education programs or home
  schools.

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HCA Around The World
HCA Around the World is designed to help animate
a missionary spirit among young people and
increase their understanding of their heritage as
well as current events and geography.
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The Society of St. Peter Apostle

• Founded in France in 1889 by mother and daughter
  Stephanie and Jeanne Bigard to support the
  education of seminarians and Religious novices in
  the Missions.

Jeanne Bigard
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Your Faith Can Do Great Things!

• In its first year, the Society of St. Peter
  Apostle sent help for some 2,700 seminarians in
  the Missions. TODAY, some 30,000 major
  seminarians, mostly in Africa and Asia, receive
  an annual subsidy of 700 per student.

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The Missionary Union of Priests and Religious

• Founded in 1916 by Father Paolo Manna, PIME
• Spiritual apostolate that animates the
  animators
• - priests
• - Religious Brothers and Sisters
• - seminarians
• - pastoral leaders
• - catechists religious educators

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Why Is the Missionary Union Necessary?

• The success of the efforts of the three other
  missionary societies is linked to the vitality of
  the Missionary Union, because it is through this
  work that the missionary spirit a spirit of
  prayer and generous sacrifice is developed and
  nurtured.

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The Work of the Missionary Union Includes

• Outreach to Catholic Media
• Mission Education Meetings
• Parish-based Mission Experiences
• Mission Education for Seminarians and Religious
  Novices

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• www.worldmissions-catholicchurch.org