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Mission

Celebrating 100 years of World Mission Sunday 

As World Mission Sunday approaches this weekend, Catholics across Australia are invited to begin their celebrations by joining the universal Church in praying the Mission Rosary. Source: Catholic Mission.

Mission Pope Leo XIV

How World Mission Sunday shaped Leo’s vocation 

Pope Leo XIV has released a personal video message for the centenary of World Mission Sunday, recalling how the annual celebration helped shape his missionary vocation. Source: Catholic Mission.

Mission

Exhibition explores mission through the lens of hope

Catholic Mission is inviting Australians to explore the question, “What does hope look like?”, through a new exhibition.

Leadership Mission

New model brings priests and lay people together

For the first time, three priests are undertaking the Areté Centre for Missionary Leadership’s Foundations of Missionary Leadership Program alongside lay participants, in a development that points toward a new model of collaborative formation for parishes. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Charity Mission

Program launched by parishioners raises $100,000 for Myanmar

A Jesuit Mission Australia fundraising program that began in an Adelaide parish has reached two major milestones – welcoming its 100th member and raising $100,000 for the charity’s work in Myanmar.

In The Dioceses Mission

WA camino to celebrate 100 Years of World Mission Sunday

The centenary of World Mission Sunday will be commemorated during the third annual Kirup Camino in the Bunbury Diocese on October 1. Source: The Record.

Mission

Organisers planning ‘refreshed identity’ for 2027 Mission conference

Mission: one heart many voices, Catholic Mission’s national biennial conference, will return to Sydney from May 3 to 5 next year, with organisers promising refreshed identity, renewed program and expanded conference experience.

Honours Mission

East Timor honours Australian couple for years of mission work

Experiencing God’s unconditional love has kept Queensland parishioners Suzanne and Brenley Milsom continuing their mission work overseas for more than a decade. Source: Catholic Leader.

Mission Prayer

Catholics celebrate 200th anniversary of Living Rosary

Catholics from around the world gathered in Lyon, France, at the weekend to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Living Rosary. Source: Catholic Mission.