SPA

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

APF

PMU

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.