For several LA parishes, World Mission Sunday meant a focus on family

In his videotaped message marking the 100th World Mission Sunday on Oct. 18, Pope Leo XIV noted that no baptized Catholic should feel exempt from the great mission of evangelization.

“Indeed, through baptism, each one of us becomes a member of the body of Christ and has a unique role in contributing to Jesus’ saving work,” the pontiff declared.

For Deacon Douglas Zuniga of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church in Sun Valley, he said many churchgoers hear the word “mission” and associate it with traveling abroad to spread “the great work that Christ has entrusted to his Church,” as Pope Leo put it.

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