Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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In 1950, Venerable Archbishop Sheen was appointed as National Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, a Pontifical Mission Society. He was director for 16 years and helped raise awareness for the missions!
In 1951, Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen began to promote the World Mission Rosary.
He even had his own television show 'Life is Worth Living' – and won an Emmy Award!
Venerable Archbishop Sheen died on December 9, 1979.
Read full Biography here.
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In The News
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The Catholic Church in the United States will mark a historic and deeply symbolic moment this September, as Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen—long known as “God’s microphone”—is set to be beatified on September 24 in St. Louis, Missouri.Read More -
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced March 25.Read More -
Praise God, news came this week that the beatification is now back on track and will take place in Sheen’s home diocese of Peoria, Illinois.Read More
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World Mission RosaryIn February 1951, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, in a radio address (The Catholic Hour), inaugurated a World Mission Rosary. “We must pray, and not for ourselves, but for the world. To this end, I have designed the World Mission Rosary. Each of the five decades is of a different color to represent the continents.” -
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