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World Mission Sunday

World Mission Sunday

An ‘African-Irish’ priest shares his mission in the archdiocese

This year marks the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated on Oct. 18. The theme, chosen by Pope Leo XIV, is “One in Christ, united in mission.”
World Mission Sunday

Sharing Christ’s love with the vulnerable in Minneapolis

“To build the body, the mind, and the spirit.” This is the mission of Sister Rose Maura Okongwu, a sister of the Nigerian-based Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, who serves in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis with four of her fellow sisters.
World Mission Sunday

World Mission Sunday

The Catholic Spirit and the Center for Mission in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are collaborating on a series of stories this summer and fall about the experiences of priests and other religious who have come to serve in the United States.
World Mission Sunday

Gichitwaa Kateri 1st stop of local World Mission rosary pilgrimage

The Center for Mission, which supports the archdiocese’s missionary outreach, is helping to organize the monthly prayer pilgrimage at churches “where there is a larger presence of parishioners representative of one of the five regions of the World Mission rosary,” according to the event webpage.
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World Mission Sunday is Oct. 19

Established by Pope Pius XI in 1926, World Mission Sunday is celebrated every year on the second-to-last Sunday of October — this year, Oct. 19. It is the day when Catholics around the world unite through prayer, collections at Masses and other means to support the missionary work of the Church through the Pontifical Mission Societies.
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Small parish communities in India foster spiritual, social, material support

During a recent visit to the Twin Cities from the Kerala region in southeastern India, Father Jose Navez Puthenparambil shared photos of the new, white church building consecrated in June for his parish there.
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Archdiocesan priest is a witness to hope at Venezuelan mission

Many elderly and vulnerable Venezuelans living near the Jesucristo Resucitado mission parish in Ciudad Guyana couldn’t flee with their loved ones from the distressed South American country during its recent wave of emigration.
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Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver offer local, hidden support for worldwide missions

Sister Anna Dinh and the four other Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver who make up the international congregation’s St. Paul community are from Vietnam, India and Africa, countries and regions to which the Church has sent missionaries to evangelize for centuries.
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‘Go and invite everyone to the banquet’

Twenty years ago, I met Bishop George Pallipparambil (aka PK George), the founding bishop of Miao diocese, a new mission church located in the remote foothills of the Himalayan Mountains in northeastern India. It is one of the 1,100 mission dioceses in 100 countries that we support each year on World Mission Sunday. 
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All are called as missionary disciples

As we prepare to celebrate World Mission Sunday on Oct. 20, we are reminded of the global mission of the Church and the important role we play in supporting those who bring the Gospel to the farthest reaches of the world. This mission resonates deeply with our Archdiocesan Synod’s call to be witnesses of Christ and to build communities that serve evangelization, as outlined in my pastoral letter, “You Will Be My Witnesses: Gathered and Sent From the Upper Room.”
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Myanmar priest draws Karenni refugees in Minnesota together around the Eucharist

In early 2013, Karenni priest Father Saw Joseph Kureh was 46 and running a parish in the Loikaw diocese in the in Myanmar when his bishop suddenly asked him to go to the United States.
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Mystery in the Eucharist can open dialogue with Muslims who find mystery in their faith

When considering the Catholic belief of the Eucharist as a sacred mystery, many Muslims could find common ground within their own faith, said Bob Brenneman, a professor and former evangelical pastor who spent 15 years sharing the Gospel with Muslims in the Middle East before becoming Catholic.
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