a Pontifical Mission Society ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA Tasks

a Pontifical Mission Society ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA

Tasks of Catechesis • Promoting knowledge of the faith • Liturgical education • Moral formation • Teaching to pray • Education for community life • Missionary Initiation National Directory for Catechesis

Our Mission of Love is an essential element of the Preparatory Catechesis for the World Meeting of Families Family in Senegal

The Pontifical Mission Societies are both Pontifical – operating under a Papal Statute which directs that MCA “should always be integrated into the general pastoral work of Christian education to which it brings a missionary dimension. ”

Episcopal – animating the faithful in every diocese, and responding to the needs of the local Church in Mission areas Archbishop Josaphat Lebulu, Archdiocese of Arusha, Tanzania

1, 150 Mission Dioceses

membership requirements: o Children learning about Jesus o Share what you know about Jesus with others (missionary) o Curious about lives of kids in other countries o Pray for them (& they pray for you) – Hail Mary o Sacrifice to help other kids in need

In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples (cf. Mt 28: 19). All the baptized, whatever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization. Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium, No. 120 Missionary Children in Mongolia

resources for catechists Papua New Guinea

World Mission Sunday October 19, 2014

It’s Our World newsletter - Advent and Lent issues - Editions for K-1, 2 -3, 4 -5, 6 -8, and teachers - Mission stories, photos, activities, and prayers - Free!

Pray the World Mission Rosary and embrace the world in prayer Resources include - brochures - posters - video on-line and DVD - MCA presentation/prayer

Students pray the Living World Mission Rosary at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Doylestown & Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, North Wales Our Lady of Mercy Rosary Makers, Maple Glen

Holy Buckets Advent Catechetical & Sacrificial Giving Program - Advent calendar - Online Leader’s Guide with lessons related to Sunday readings for Advent and Epiphany - Family resources to send home

National Christmas Artwork Contest Archdiocesan winners recognized on World Mission Sunday

Catholic Schools Week Our Mother of Consolation CSW Dress-Down Day MCA members provide Catholic education for 900, 000 children in Mission schools, and support 10, 000 orphanages Kibera, Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya

National Prayer and Penny Week March 8 -15, 2015

MCA presentations

Visit www. phillymissions. org for - Prayers including MCA Commissioning Prayer Services, Holy Hour for the Missions, Stations of the Cross, the Holy Father’s monthly missionary prayer intention - World Mission Rosary video, Power. Point, and ideas - Mission stories and photographs