World Mission Rosary

In February of 1951, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1950 to 1966), 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." Praying this Rosary, Archbishop Sheen said, would "aid the Holy Father and his Society for the Propagation of the Faith by supplying him with practical support, as well as prayers, for the poor mission territories of the world."

January 9, 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of the founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Pauline Marie Jaricot. Read more about her life, her work and her passion for the Missions of the Church – her quest to “love without measure…without end” – here.

Christmas in Alaska

Father Andrew Small, OMI, National Director, spent Christmas with our mission family in the Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska – the only diocese in the United States receiving help from the Pontifical Mission Societies.

The diocese is vast, stretching from Tok, near the Canadian border, all the way across the state to Little Diomede near the border with Russia; from Barrow on the coast of the Arctic Ocean to Chefornak south of Nelson Island.  In total, it encompasses almost 410, 000 square miles, and is home to  161,000 people, 14,500 of whom are Catholics.

Read more about Father Andrew’s visit with our Alaskan mission family here – and on our Facebook page.  Make the journey with him – and celebrate “Christmas in Alaska”!