World Mission Sunday

Instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1926, World Mission Sunday takes place on the second to last Sunday of October each year.

Pope Leo XIV

In one of his first engagements as Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV addressed the Pontifical Mission Societies.

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The Pontifical Mission Societies

The Pontifical Missions, under the Dicastery for Evangelization, is structured through four Societies.

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Jubilee of the Missions

On October 4-5, the Church will celebrate the Jubilee of the Missions with the Holy Father.

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If all the Church's members are consecrated for the mission, then they are all responsible for carrying Christ to the world through their own personal efforts. Participation in this right/duty, is called "missionary cooperation" and this necessarily stems from holiness of life

St. Pope John Paul II
“I see clearly that the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle."

Pope Francis
"Help each other to live and to grow in the Christian faith so as to be valiant witnesses of the Lord. Be united, but not closed. Be humble, but not fearful. Be simple, but not naive. Be thoughtful, but not complicated. Enter into dialogue with others, but be yourselves."

Pope Benedict XVI

From 2013-2025, Pope Francis’ missionary impulse was at the forefront of his papacy.
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“The Church is not dead, it’s not even tired!”
Click here to read Pope Benedict XVI’s World Mission Sunday messagees!
“Nothing is further from the mission than a Christian closed in on himself: if his faith is solid, it is sure to grow and must open out towards the mission.”
Click here to read St. Pope John Paul II’s messages, spanning from 1979 to 2005.