CATHOLIC LINKS
Pontifical Mission Societies - www.missio.org.uk
The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) comprise the following societies
The Association for the Propagation of the Faith (APF)
Holy Childhood (Mission Together)
The Society of St Peter the Apostle (SPA)
The Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU)
Together they form the principal organisation in the Church providing spiritual and financial support for missions overseas. Reg Charity No. 1056651
The Association for the Propagation of the Faith (APF) –
www.missio.org.uk
The APF is the principal mission support organisation of the Catholic Church.
The APF ensures that young churches have the necessary funds to build churches and schools, to lead people to learn about Christ and build a better world. The collections 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. Reg Charity No. 1056651
The Society of St Peter the Apostle (SPA) – www.missio.org.uk
The SPA is the Church’s official fundraising body for 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.
Reg Charity No. 1056651
Mission Together (Holy Childhood) – www.missiontogether.org.uk
Holy Childhood 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’. Reg Charity No. 1056651
The Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) – www.missio.org.uk
The PMU 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. Reg Charity No. 1056651
The contact for all of the above is:
National Director
Pontifical Mission Societies
23 Eccleston Square,
London SW1V 1NU Tel: 020 7821 9755