From coast to coast, Catholic kids support missions in prayer, donations
In the weeks surrounding World Mission Sunday, observed Oct. 20 this year, Catholic kids from coast to coast have been supporting missions through prayers and donations.
“When we’re talking about missions and when we’re asking kids to pray, it’s the looks on their faces when they have that ‘aha!’ moment about something that they can do,” Michele Meiers, assistant director for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, told OSV News.
Instituted in 1926 by Pope Pius XI, the annual observance of World Mission Sunday is designed to encourage Catholics to prayerfully and financially support global evangelization efforts.