The Pontifical Mission Societies include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Holy Childhood Association, the Society of St. Peter Apostle, and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. These Societies promote a prayerful missionary spirit among baptized Catholics and to gather a fund of support for the evangelizing and pastoral programs of more than 1,150 local churches of the Developing World.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Visit to a School for Hearing Impaired Children in Nyamata

National Director, Fr. Andrew Small, OMI visited a school for the hearing impaired children in Nyamata, Rwanda.  Please consider supporting such great works by
visiting: Pontifical Mission Societies









Also visiting Centre St. Vincent Pallotti Ltd. in Kigali, Rwanda



Friday, December 19, 2014

MCA Christmas Art Contest Winners 2014

Every year, the national office of the Missionary Childhood association chooses one grand prize winner in its annual Christmas Artwork Contest. This artwork is reproduced as the official Christmas card of the national office of the Pontifical Mission societies. Twenty-three other drawings are selected as winners. All of the winning designs are featured here.



Adriana Zajac
Brooklyn, NY
grade 4

Alice Medina
Philadelphia, PA
grade 4

Allyson Brucato
Metuchen, NJ
grade 4

Brianna Flores
Los Angeles, CA
grade 8

Carlos Gomez
Miami, FL
grade 4

Danny Leonard
Harrisburg, PA
grade 4

Emily Kim
Arlington, Va
grade 6

Emily Selby
Springfield, IL
grade 8

Emma Bryan
Miami, FL
grade 8

Flora Sengupta
Brooklyn, NY
grade 7

India Wisniewski
Arlington, VA
grade 2

Isabela Rodicio
Miami, FL
grade 4

Janeth Santiago
Los Angeles, CA
grade 8

Khanh Nguyen
Wichita, KS
grade 8

Khianna Byrne
San Francisco, CA
grade 8

Kinga Aletto
Venice, FL
grade 8

Klaudia Bafia
Chicago, IL
grade 2

Levin Pallan
Brooklyn, NY
grade 7

Lucero Alvarez-Contreras
New York, NY
grade 2

Mary Strunak
Metuchen, NJ
grade 5

Meghan Elliott
Springfield, IL
grade 2

Rebecca Donnelly
Harrisburg, PA
grade 5

Ruby Pruitt
Springfield, IL
grade 3

Shane Samuelson
Metuchen, NJ
grade 4

Rev. Andrew Small, National Director with the 2014 MCA winners