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The
Association for the Propagation of the Faith (APF)
assists each and every one of the Catholic Church's
1,062 mission dioceses and territories to provide
pastoral care and preach the Gospel effectively.
It
was founded in Lyons, France, in 1822 by a young French
woman,
Pauline Jaricot. She
began by persuading local working people to support the
missions by giving a farthing a week. A century later,
when the organisation was established in almost every
country of the world, Pope Pius XI made it the official
mission-funding society for the Catholic Church.
The
APF works in England and Wales with the
Mill Hill Missionary Society,
the only major missionary society
to have
been formed in England. Mill Hill was one of the first
societies to introduce lay missionaries, and its
priests, lay brothers and associates work in 27
countries and every continent.
In
England and Wales funds for the Missions are collected
through the famous
Red collection Boxes.
These can be found in 200,000
homes and they have helped raise millions of pounds for the
missions.
The
Association publishes a quarterly magazine:
Mission Today.
The APF enables its supporters to live out their own
missionary vocation and to take an active part in the
universal mission
of the Church of Christ
As
part of the APF worldwide network,
members play a vital role in building up the Church and
reaching out to the poorest and most in need |
The APF was established in England by 1833
'Where you cannot go with your word, you can go through
your prayers and sacrifices’
Pope John Paul II
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