World Mission Sunday
| World Mission Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Significance | Christian mission |
| Date | Penultimate Sunday of October |
| 2023 date | October 15 |
| 2024 date | October 20 |
| 2025 date | October 19 |
| 2026 date | October 18 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Started by | Pontifical Mission Societies |
World Mission Sunday is a day set aside for the Catholic Church throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the missionary movements, coordinated by the Pontifical Mission Societies, who are also known as Missio. It is celebrated on the penultimate (second-last) Sunday of October every year,[1] (October 20, 2024;[2] October 19, 2025). It was created by Pope Pius XI in 1926 as the day of prayer for missions.[3] Closely related to Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
The theme in 2021 was We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard, words taken from Acts 4:20.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Brinker, Jennifer (October 16, 2009). "World Mission Sunday: October 18, 2009". Archdiocese of St. Louis. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ a b "World Mission Sunday 2021". Catholic Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the World Mission Day 1992". Vatican City. 7 June 1992.
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