MCA Mass
October 15, 2025
“Missionaries of Hope Among the Peoples“ (cf. 1 Pet 1:3-4).
– Theme for Missionary Childhood Association Mass 2025
The annual Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) Mass took place at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 1p.m.
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Mission Office hosts the annual liturgy to celebrate the contributions by local youth to help underserved children of the world. The principal celebrant was Archbishop Jose Gomez and concelebrating the Mass was Rev. Rudy Valenzuela.
Photo Gallery 2025
View the images from special moments during this year’s Mass.
2025 Worship Aid
Want to follow along during the MCA Mass? Use this worship aid.
Recognitions for MCA 2025 Mass
MCA Christmas Artwork Winners 2024-2025
- Janielle Perez – 8th Grade, Resurrection Catholic School *Grand Prize Winner
- Emi Galicia – 2nd Grade, Incarnation Parish School *National Finalist
Top Ten Schools 2024-2025
- Cathedral Chapel School, Los Angeles
- Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Los Angeles
- Beatitudes of Our Lord School, La Mirada
- St. Mary School, Palmdale
- American Martyrs School, Manhattan Beach
- Holy Trinity School, Los Angeles
- St. John the Baptist School, Baldwin Park
- St. Gregory the Great School, Whittier
- St. Paschal Baylon School, Thousand Oaks
- St. Francis de Sales School, Sherman Oaks
The 2024-2025 MCA fundraising efforts, which involved Catholic schools and religious education students across the tri-county Archdiocese, raised $45,851.23. Contributions by the children of MCA went to support 2,780 projects in 1,124 mission territories for the education and protection of children. Helping to build schools, orphanages and support life-saving programs.
Did you know? “October is the month of the Missions, which is why the MCA mass always takes place the Wednesday before World Mission Sunday.”
Past MCA Mass
See livestream of past MCA Mass.
Priest from Uganda thanks LA students at MCA Youth Mass
Father Frederick Byaruhanga stood in front of a full audience at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels during his homily and thanked local students, teachers, parents, and more for “planting the seeds of faith” in their efforts to help disadvantaged youth all over the world.
“The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is really a leader, particularly in . . . involving all the school children of the archdiocese, and it really is a model for the rest of the country.”
-Msgr. Kieran Harrington, national director of The Pontifical Mission Societies.
Missionary Childhood Association
Founded in 1843, the Missionary Childhood Association (formerly Holy Childhood Association) is an international organization whose membership is made up of students in Catholic elementary schools and religious education programs.
