World Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday, October 18 & 19, 2025, joins all Catholics of the world into one community of faith. This year’s theme “Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples” reflects the inclusive and urgent call to bring God’s love to everyone. This annual collection supports Pontifical Missions Society, Catholic Home Missions, and Black and Indian Missions combined.
Read the message of his holiness Pope Leo XIV for World Mission Sunday 2025.
In a world where so much divides us, World Mission Sunday rejoices in our unity as missionaries by our Baptism, as it offers each one of us an opportunity to support the life-giving presence of the Church among the poor and marginalized in more than 1,111 mission dioceses.
Your ongoing support is vital to the missionaries serving throughout Asia, Africa, parts of Latin America and Europe, and on the Islands of the Pacific. Your generosity makes it possible for local priests, religious, and lay catechists to reach out to communities, families, and children in need.
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Note to parishes:
For more bulletin content information, please visit https://pontificalmissions.org/wms/
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For local information on missions, please contact Dominic Colucy, at 330-744-8451 x293. Propagation of the Faith and Missions Office, 144 W. Wood St., Youngstown, OH 44503.
Photo for World Mission Sunday courtesy of The Pontifical Mission Societies
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While the collection is held on one weekend, Pope Leo has asked for an entire month devoted to our common call to mission. Learn more about our Diocesan Office of Missions.
History:
In 1926 Pope Pius XI instituted Mission Sunday for the whole Church with the first worldwide Mission Sunday collection taking place in October 1927. The Mission Sunday collection is always taken on the next to last Sunday during the month of October. That day is celebrated in all the local Churches as the feast of catholicity and universal solidarity so Christians the world over will recognize their common responsibility with regard to the evangelization of the world.
