Missio Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/agencies/missio/ England and Wales Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:23:25 +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 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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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/whispering-the-gospel-to-the-heart-mongolia-cardinal-on-mission-in-the-modern-era/feed/ 0 115000 World Mission Sunday 2025 Resources https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday-2025-resources/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:51:05 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=110900 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. Mission is […]

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]]> 110900 Missionaries of Hope Among all Peoples https://www.cbcew.org.uk/missionaries-of-hope-among-all-peoples/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:42:07 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=110895 Dear brothers and sisters! For World Mission Day in the Jubilee Year 2025, the central message of which is hope (cf. Bull Spes Non Confundit, 1), I have chosen the motto: ‘Missionaries of Hope Among all Peoples’. It reminds individual Christians and the entire Church, the community of the baptised, of our fundamental vocation to […]

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]]> 110895 World Mission Sunday https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:53:05 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=58290 World Mission Sunday is observed annually on the second to last Sunday of October, and this year it falls on 19 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 in the Jubilee Year 2025, the central message […]

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]]> 58290 World Mission Sunday 2024 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/events/previous-events/world-mission-sunday/world-mission-sunday-2024/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:42:53 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=110841 World Mission Sunday is observed annually on the second to last Sunday of October, and this year it falls on 20 October. It is a day when Catholics around the world come together in prayer, solidarity, and support for the Church’s mission work.

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]]> 110841 ‘A young Church, a growing Church’ – Father Chantry on missionary work in Cambodia https://www.cbcew.org.uk/a-young-church-a-growing-church-father-chantry-on-missionary-work-in-cambodia/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/a-young-church-a-growing-church-father-chantry-on-missionary-work-in-cambodia/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:22:23 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=103015 Having recently returned from a visit to Cambodia, Father Anthony Chantry, the National Director of Missio in England and Wales, has revealed the many challenges the Catholic Church faces in the country. Speaking on the latest Catholic News podcast, Father Chantry said the Church literally had to “start from scratch” and focus its efforts on […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/a-young-church-a-growing-church-father-chantry-on-missionary-work-in-cambodia/feed/ 0 103015 Father Chantry: ‘I knew that the Kingdom of God was one step closer’ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/father-chantry-i-knew-that-the-kingdom-of-god-was-one-step-closer/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/father-chantry-i-knew-that-the-kingdom-of-god-was-one-step-closer/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:43:25 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=96847 Ahead of World Mission Sunday (20 October) Father Anthony Chantry, National Director of Missio UK, has shared his experiences as a missionary when, in line with this year’s theme, he has invited people to the banquet of the Kingdom of God. This year’s theme for World Mission Sunday is “Go and invite everyone to the […]

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