The Pontifical Mission Societies
is one organisation with four branches:
the organisation's principal aim is to raise awareness
and funds for the worldwide missionary and pastoral work
of the Catholic Church
The Pontifical Association for
the Propagation of the Faith
(APF)
The APF, founded by Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot, is the principal
mission support organisation of the Catholic Church. The collection from
the APF - Mill Hill ‘Red Boxes’ and World Mission Sunday enable the
Church in England and Wales to share in spreading the Gospel in each of
the 1,062 mission dioceses in the world.
The Pontifical Society of
St Peter the Apostle
(SPA)
The SPA, founded by Jeanne Bigard, supports the training of clergy and
religious sisters in mission dioceses around the world. Through prayer
and finance SPA members and contributors help the younger churches
provide their own priests and religious.
The Pontifical Society of
the Holy Childhood – Mission Together
(MT)
Holy Childhood, founded by Bishop Charles de Forbin-Janson, through its
Mission Together programme, encourages children to be concerned with
mission through prayer, learning activities and sharing. It is the
Church’s official charity for children’s missions overseas. Its unique
motto is ‘children helping children’.
The Pontifical
Missionary Union
(PMU)
The PMU, founded by Blessed Paolo Manna, publishes the missionary review
Mission Outlook to encourage the interest of priests, religious and
laity in the missionary work of the Church and in developments in the
younger churches.