World Mission Sunday
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| World Mission Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Significance | Christian mission |
| Date | Penultimate Sunday of October |
| 2025 date | October 19 |
| 2026 date | October 18 |
| 2027 date | October 17 |
| 2028 date | October 15 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Started by | Pontifical Mission Societies |
World Mission Sunday is a day set aside for the Catholic Church throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the missionary movements, coordinated by the Pontifical Mission Societies, who are also known as Missio. It is celebrated on the penultimate (second-last) Sunday of October every year,[1] (October 18, 2026;[2] October 24, 2027). It was created by Pope Pius XI in 1926 as the day of prayer for missions.[3] Closely related to Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
The theme in 2021 was We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard, words taken from Acts 4:20.[2]
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