Diocesan Resources
World Mission Sunday Fact Sheet (2018)
World Mission Sunday Fact Sheet
One Sunday to Help the Whole World
Every year, something special happens on the next-to-last Sunday of October. World Mission Sunday joins all Catholics of the world – all of us children of God – into one community of faith. At Mass that Sunday, we recommit ourselves to our common vocation, through Baptism, to be missionaries, through prayer, participation in the Eucharist, and by giving generously to the collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
This year, Pope Francis addresses his World Mission Sunday message to us as we live out the adventure of being children of God. What a wonderful way to imagine the mission we have received from the Lord! It is a revitalizing adventure. When all the children of God, at every stage of life, reflect on the fact that our lives are a mission, our faith remains ever young.