Missio Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/agencies/missio/ England and Wales Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:20:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Missio Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/agencies/missio/ 32 32 174395915 Bishop Swarbrick marks “deeply painful milestone” after ten years of Cameroon crisis https://www.cbcew.org.uk/ten-years-of-division-and-suffering-in-cameroons-anglophone-crisis/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/ten-years-of-division-and-suffering-in-cameroons-anglophone-crisis/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:51:02 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=121454 Bishop Paul Swarbrick, Bishop of Lancaster and Lead Bishop for Africa, has issued a statement marking ten years since the beginning of the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon. Statement “Ten years of division and suffering is a deeply painful milestone: a decade marked by loss,trauma, insecurity, and limited access to healthcare. Schools have been targeted in […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/ten-years-of-division-and-suffering-in-cameroons-anglophone-crisis/feed/ 0 121454 World Mission Sunday 2026 Resources https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday-2026-resources/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:51:57 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=121087 On World Mission Sunday (WMS) every Catholic parish around the world celebrates Mass together and has a special collection for Missio, the Pope’s charity for world mission. WMS is one of only three Papal collections and has been especially chosen by the Holy Father to support the mission of the Church via Missio. Download

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]]> 121087 World Mission Sunday: What is Mission anyway? https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/events/world-mission-sunday/world-mission-sunday-what-is-mission-anyway/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:43:11 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=121084 Missio is the Pope’s charity for world mission. For more than 200 years, we have been supporting world mission, providing missionaries with the spiritual and material support they need to enable local people to build and sustain their own faith communities. Today we continue to empower the Catholic Church globally, sharing the love of Christ […]

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]]> 121084 One in Christ, united in mission https://www.cbcew.org.uk/papal-message-world-mission-sunday-2026/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:32:19 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=121076 Dear brothers and sisters, For World Mission Day 2026, which marks the centenary of a celebration established by Pius XI that is very dear to the Church, I have chosen the theme ‘One in Christ, united in mission’. Following the Jubilee Year, I wish to encourage the whole Church to continue its missionary journey with […]

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]]> 121076 World Mission Sunday 2025 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday-2025/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:40:53 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=121080 The post World Mission Sunday 2025 appeared first on Catholic Bishops' Conference.

]]> 121080 World Mission Sunday https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:53:03 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=58290 Sunday 18 October 2026 World Mission Sunday is observed annually on the second to last Sunday of October, and this year it falls on 18 October. It is a day when Catholics around the world come together in prayer, solidarity, and support for the Church’s mission work. For World Mission Day 2026, which marks the […]

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]]> 58290 What is mission anyway? https://www.cbcew.org.uk/what-is-mission-anyway/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/what-is-mission-anyway/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:00:52 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=120550 Missio is the Pope’s charity for world mission. For more than 200 years, we have been supporting world mission, providing missionaries with the spiritual and material support they need to enable local people to build and sustain their own faith communities. Today we continue to empower the Catholic Church globally, sharing the love of Christ […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/what-is-mission-anyway/feed/ 0 120550 Ninety years of the Red Box: Missio and the Mill Hill Missionaries’ unique partnership https://www.cbcew.org.uk/ninety-years-of-the-red-box-missio-and-the-mill-hill-missionaries-unique-partnership/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/ninety-years-of-the-red-box-missio-and-the-mill-hill-missionaries-unique-partnership/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:11:42 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=118469 In England and Wales, this year marks 90 years of a special partnership between Missio and the Mill Hill Missionaries, united through the Red Box. It is a powerful reminder that God is at work through hundreds of thousands of missionaries living within communities from Malawi to Myanmar, and Pakistan to Peru. As many know, […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/ninety-years-of-the-red-box-missio-and-the-mill-hill-missionaries-unique-partnership/feed/ 0 118469 Catholic charities come together to pray a Rosary ‘for peace’ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholic-charities-come-together-to-pray-a-rosary-for-peace/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholic-charities-come-together-to-pray-a-rosary-for-peace/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 09:49:26 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=117382 On Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 7pm, CAFOD, Missio, Aid to the Church in Need UK and Stella Maris – Apostleship of the Sea are joining together to host a unique online opportunity for the Catholic community of England and Wales to pray the Rosary ‘for peace in our world’. Inspired by the words of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholic-charities-come-together-to-pray-a-rosary-for-peace/feed/ 0 117382 “Whispering the Gospel to the heart”: Mongolia Cardinal on mission in the modern era https://www.cbcew.org.uk/whispering-the-gospel-to-the-heart-mongolia-cardinal-on-mission-in-the-modern-era/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/whispering-the-gospel-to-the-heart-mongolia-cardinal-on-mission-in-the-modern-era/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=115000 Cardinal Giorgio Marengo has served for 23 years as a missionary priest in Mongolia. Arriving in the country shortly after his ordination as a priest, he was appointed as the Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, a missionary jurisdiction that covers the entire country of Mongolia on 2 April 2020, and was created a Cardinal by Pope […]

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