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World Mission SundayCelebrate the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday - a global day of prayer and giving. This year's theme is "One in Christ, United in Mission" -
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Message Regarding World Mission Sunday
We are getting close to World Mission Month. This year's World Mission Sunday is on October 18, and there are a few elements to this year's celebration that are important.
For starters, Archbishop Fulton Sheen's Beatification brings to the altar the man who was the voice of World Mission Sunday for many years. Sheen was the national director of The Pontifical Mission Societies from 1950 to 1966. These mission societies, while not always well known among US Catholics, are the Holy Father's principal means to raise awareness and support for the Church's missionary efforts around the world. One of the four societies, The Society of the Propagation of the Faith, is what administers World Mission Sunday.
Another element that makes this very special is that this year marks the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday's establishment by Pope Pius XI in 1926. We look back with gratitude over the 100 years that it has been helping the Church to bring the Gospel to missionary lands for the first time, as well as to places where the Church is too young, too poor, and too persecuted to sustain herself.
On behalf of the heroic missionaries spreading the faith across the globe, thank you for helping to make World Mission Sunday a success. May God bless all your efforts to inspire missionary discipleship among all.
In Christ's Mission,
Lydia Gamboa
Archdiocesan Mission Executive Director
Sabrina Lopez
Archdiocesan Mission Director
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Resources to Promote the Missions
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Mission MagazineRead the latest edition of the Mission Magazine.
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World Mission RosaryEach decade of that World Mission Rosary calls to mind an area where the Church continues her evangelizing mission.
Everyday in October 2026, join us for daily prayer at 12pm PT.
Learn more here!
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MCA Lesson/MaterialFind this month's Lesson Plans and ideas so your students can be active participants all year long!View Materials Here!
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Upcoming Events
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Saturday, October 10, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Families in the San Fernando Pastoral Region are invited to attend the 1st MCA Family Mission Mass. Celebrate October: Month of the Missions with us at this Mass.Read More -
Wednesday, October 14, 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Every year more than 2,000 children gather at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to celebrate with each other and be reminded that we the church are the living body of Christ here on earth. After mass, there is music and dancing, educational activities, and students enjoy lunch in the Cathedral Plaza. Schools RSVP using the link.Read More -
Saturday, October 17, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Through our collaboration with the Our Lady of the Angels Regional Congress team, Congress participants will also have the extraordinary opportunity to encounter and venerate a relic of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, whose missionary zeal and courageous proclamation of the Gospel continue to inspire the Church.Read More -
Sunday, October 18
This year's World Mission Day 2026, marks the centenary of a celebration established by Pius XI that is very dear to the Church. Pope Leo XIV has chosen the theme “One in Christ, united in mission.” Learn more here.Read More
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