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First Friday Mass

On February 3, we celebrated First Friday Mass at our National Office.  Click on the link above to access our Livestream channel and select the "more videos" link to view this Mass.

 

Bangladesh. A people, desperately poor, with more than a third of the population living on less than $1 a day. A people, many in the low-lying country vulnerable to flooding and cyclones, fearful that global climate change could cause a major environmental disaster in their homeland.

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The Church in Bangladesh – young and a small minority, less than one percent of the population. Among the 160 million people about 90 percent are Muslims, eight percent Hindu, and the rest belonging to other religions, including Buddhism and Christianity. According to the 2011 Bangladesh Catholic Directory, there are some 344,000 Catholics in the country; almost half that number are tribal peoples. Of the seven Catholic dioceses receiving help from the Pontifical Mission Societies, five have been established in the past 60 years; one diocese – Sylhet – just founded in July 2011. Help offered by Catholics to the Church in Bangladesh provides for the work of parishes and schools, as well as for the formation of local priests, religious and lay catechists who will lift up the poor through concrete efforts and the life-giving message of the Gospel. In fact, although the size of the Church in Bangladesh is small, its works make a significant, hope-filled difference in the lives of the poor.

In mid-January, National Director Father Andrew Small, OMI made a journey across the world to walk with our mission family in this Asian nation. As he witnessed the good accomplished by your prayers and sacrifices, he saw also hope in faith offered to children, to the sick and dying, to workers and families, and through the work and witness of priests, religious and catechists. Travel with Father Andrew on our website grateful to be joined together as "one family in mission."

The Pontifical Mission Societies are grateful for the collaboration of UCA News in bringing you reports from Father Andrew's mission visit to Bangladesh.

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The Pontifical Mission Societies publish booklets focusing on mission spirituality, mission theology and the call to mission addressed to all the baptized. These publications may be used as part of religious education programs, parish discussion or study groups, as well as a guide for reflection by priests, Religious, seminarians, deacons and lay pastoral leaders. For more information, please call 1-800-431-2222 or send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Mission Lessons

Launched in May 2008, The Pontifical Mission Societies offers "Mission Lessons," a series of audio messages designed to teach and inspire. Click here to listen to "Mission Lessons." Request a free CD at 1-800-431-2222, Ext. 709.

Faithful Witness

"Faithful Witness,” an audio / radio documentary produced by the Pontifical Mission Societies, was released on December 9 as we marked the three decades that have passed since Archbishop Sheen’s death. It is already slated to be broadcast on Catholic radio, and will be featured online. Copies will also be made available to diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, and to the general public as well; to obtain a copy, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Titles by Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J.

  • Why Catholics Don't Evangelize and Why They Must
  • The Church & the Kingdom: Are They Distinct, Or Identical? with response paper by Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I.
  • Evangelizing Theology

 

Titles by Reverend Eugene LaVerdiere, S.S.S.
  • You Are Called to be Missionary related to U.S. Bishops' Mission Pastoral, To the Ends of the Earth
  • Why Mission?
  • Eucharist: Sacrament of World Mission
  • Ordained for the Universal Church
  • Lay People in the Mission of the Church
  • Introducing Redemptoris Missio
  • Mission in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Patron of Missionaries, Patron of the Missions
  • Alone with Our Lord Holy Hour / Individual In the Presence of Christ Holy Hour Group
  • Gospel series:The Mission of the Church... ...according to Matthew ...according to Mark ...according to Luke

Other Titles Include

  • Pope Benedict Pamphlet: The Pontifical Mission Societies in cooperation with Our Sunday Visitor Publishing offers a pamphlet featuring information and facts about the Papacy and the Pontifical Mission Societies.
  • A Missionary Journal -- A Visit to the Church in Southeast Asia: Featuring reflections by Monsignor John E. Kozar, Former National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States (with discussion questions).
  • Teaching the Spirit of Mission Ad Gentes -- Continuing Pentecost Today: Issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
 

The Pontifical Mission Societies
Rev. Andrew Small, OMI, National Director
70 West 36th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Phone 212-563-8700 Fax 212-563-8725
e-mail: pmsusa@propfaith.org

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