United with the Catholics of the world at the Table of the Lord, we recommit ourselves to our vocation, through Baptism, to be missionaries of faith. Our prayers and Eucharistic celebration on Mission Sunday (the weekend of October 20-21, 2012) are directed in a special way toward our brothers and sisters throughout the world who are waiting to hear the joyous “Good News” of Jesus.

Through our sharing of prayer we build our relationship of faith with people around the world. (Please scroll down on this webpage for the “Mission Prayer.”) Through our financial gifts, offered in World Mission Sunday’s collection for the Society of the Propagation of the Faith, we become partners with missionaries who proclaim the Gospel and offer help and hope to the poor in mission countries.

Your gift of $15 is a week’s support of a young man in a mission seminary. Your gift of $100 covers the cost of a desk and textbook for 5 of the 300 children in catechism class at a parish on the Galapagos Islands. For more information go to: www.onefamilyinmission.org and click on "World Mission Sunday."

Father,

You have given all peoples one common origin,

and your will is to gather them as one family in yourself.

Fill the hearts of all people with the fire of your love
and the desire to ensure justice for all their brothers and sisters.

By sharing the good things you give us
may we secure justice and equality for every human being,
an end to all division,
and a human society built on love and peace.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever.  Amen.

--paraphrased from The Roman Missal, ICEL text.  Used with permission.

In February of 1951, Archbishop Fulton Sheen inaugurated a World Mission Rosary.  Each decade of the rosary represents an area where the Church continues her evangelization mission:

• Green - the forests and grasslands of Africa.
• Blue - the ocean surrounding the islands of the Pacific.
• White - Europe, the seat of the Holy Father.
• Red - the fire of faith that brought missionaries to the Americas.
• Yellow - the morning light of the East, for Asia.

The Salina Diocesan Propagation of the Faith Office is taking orders for the World Mission Rosaries.  Cost is $12.00, for adult, plus shipping and handling.  A children's version is also available for $6.00, plus shipping and handling.  A prayer guide for both versions is also included and can be found by clicking here.

Please contact Mrs. Renee Thompson at the Chancery if you would like to place an order or if you have any questions.  The phone number is (785) 827-8746 or e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

"When the World Mission Rosary is completed, one has embraced all continents, all people in prayer."
-- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
National Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1950 - 1961