Director of missions entreats faithful to support World Mission Sunday

October 7, 2023 at 7:10 a.m.
Photo courtesy of Pontifical Mission Society
Photo courtesy of Pontifical Mission Society (MVelasquez)

Father Peter James Alindogan • Diocesan Director of Missions

Dear Friends in our Mission Family,

Peace!

World Mission Sunday will be celebrated this year on the weekend of Oct. 21 and 22. Our Diocesan celebration will take place in St. Gregory the Great Church, Hamilton Square, on Oct. 22 at the 12 p.m. Mass.

Marleyna Kaufmann, a student from the Religious Education Program of St. Veronica’s Parish, was one of 24 young people from throughout the country to have her artwork selected as a winner in the National Christmas Art Contest of the Missionary Childhood Association. It will be an honor for me to present the award to Marleyna. We will also recognize Olivia Maleson, a fourth grade student in St. Gregory the Great Academy, for her generosity and innovative work to raise money for the Missions, along with her classmates.

As Bishop O’Connell has shared, “Hearts on fire, feet on the move” and World Mission Sunday gives us this important opportunity to reach out to the Mission Church, to speak about our faith and about missionaries who proclaim the Gospel as they serve the poor. We each can participate in this worldwide moment for prayerful and financial support for the Pope’s missions.

I humbly and sincerely ask for your own joyful participation in the Church’s worldwide moment for prayerful and financial support for the Church’s Missions, particularly our collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Through this collection, you provide for more than 1,100 mission dioceses in territories covering more than half the globe. Your prayers and sacrifices will support priests, religious, and lay pastoral leaders who are proclaiming the Gospel, building the Church, and serving the poor and most vulnerable. Their work and witness to Christ brings both practical help and God’s love, hope and peace.

May your help and love for the Church’s Mission, which is a passion for Jesus and a passion for His people, grow ever stronger. I thank you as well for all you do for the missionary work of the Church each October.

United with you in prayer and faith,

Rev. Peter James Alindogan, Diocesan Director of Missions


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Dear Friends in our Mission Family,

Peace!

World Mission Sunday will be celebrated this year on the weekend of Oct. 21 and 22. Our Diocesan celebration will take place in St. Gregory the Great Church, Hamilton Square, on Oct. 22 at the 12 p.m. Mass.

Marleyna Kaufmann, a student from the Religious Education Program of St. Veronica’s Parish, was one of 24 young people from throughout the country to have her artwork selected as a winner in the National Christmas Art Contest of the Missionary Childhood Association. It will be an honor for me to present the award to Marleyna. We will also recognize Olivia Maleson, a fourth grade student in St. Gregory the Great Academy, for her generosity and innovative work to raise money for the Missions, along with her classmates.

As Bishop O’Connell has shared, “Hearts on fire, feet on the move” and World Mission Sunday gives us this important opportunity to reach out to the Mission Church, to speak about our faith and about missionaries who proclaim the Gospel as they serve the poor. We each can participate in this worldwide moment for prayerful and financial support for the Pope’s missions.

I humbly and sincerely ask for your own joyful participation in the Church’s worldwide moment for prayerful and financial support for the Church’s Missions, particularly our collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Through this collection, you provide for more than 1,100 mission dioceses in territories covering more than half the globe. Your prayers and sacrifices will support priests, religious, and lay pastoral leaders who are proclaiming the Gospel, building the Church, and serving the poor and most vulnerable. Their work and witness to Christ brings both practical help and God’s love, hope and peace.

May your help and love for the Church’s Mission, which is a passion for Jesus and a passion for His people, grow ever stronger. I thank you as well for all you do for the missionary work of the Church each October.

United with you in prayer and faith,

Rev. Peter James Alindogan, Diocesan Director of Missions

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