EVERY YEAR, SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENS on the next to last Sunday in October. WORLD MISSION SUNDAY joins all Catholics of the world—all of us children of God—into one community of faith. At Mass next 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.
As we pray and respond on World Mission Sunday here at home, we share in those   celebrations taking place in every parish, seminary, school, and convent all over the world. Together with children of God in every corner of the globe, we become voices for
mission, providing the prayerful and financial support necessary to bring the Lord’s  ercy and concrete help to the most vulnerable communities in the Pope’s missions.

Did you know that New York was a mission of Europe all the way until 1908. Monies were sent to us from European Churches to help us grow. Now, we are sending monies to mission territories. Please be generous to the World Mission Sunday collection next week.