missionary Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/missionary/ England and Wales Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:47:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png missionary Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/missionary/ 32 32 174395915 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 Five bishops attend Catholic Parish Summit  https://www.cbcew.org.uk/five-bishops-attend-catholic-parish-summit/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/five-bishops-attend-catholic-parish-summit/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:36:13 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=93100 The Catholic Parish Summit, organised by Divine Renovation, took place at the Harrogate Convention Centre from the 12th–14th of June, with five bishops from England and Wales in attendance.  Archbishop Mark O’Toole and Bishops Patrick McKinney, David Oakley, Marcus Stock and Philip Moger were at the conference, along with members of the secretariat of the […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/five-bishops-attend-catholic-parish-summit/feed/ 0 93100 “I’ve been in a hundred slums throughout the world” – Father Chantry describes his missionary life  https://www.cbcew.org.uk/fr-chantry-describes-his-missionary-life/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/fr-chantry-describes-his-missionary-life/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:27:39 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=81194 Father Anthony Chantry, the National Director of Missio in the UK, the Pope’s official charity for world mission, has explained his life as a missionary, also giving some valuable insight into what Africa’s biggest slum, in Kibera, Kenya, is like.  Speaking to the bishops’ conference in a podcast, Father Chantry said: “I’ve been in a […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/fr-chantry-describes-his-missionary-life/feed/ 0 81194 Overseas Mission Committee says Gospel is for all https://www.cbcew.org.uk/overseas-mission-committee-gospel-for-all/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/overseas-mission-committee-gospel-for-all/#respond Fri, 26 May 2023 09:19:48 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=75947 The Overseas Mission Committee of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) has released a statement explaining the importance of mission to the Church. The Overseas Mission Committee, chaired by Bishop Paul Swarbrick and made up of Catholic agencies Missio, Mill Hill, CAFOD and Catholic Missionary Union, said “for just as Jesus was […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/overseas-mission-committee-gospel-for-all/feed/ 0 75947 World Mission Sunday 2021: We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday-we-cannot-but-speak-about-what-we-have-seen-and-heard/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday-we-cannot-but-speak-about-what-we-have-seen-and-heard/#respond Mon, 06 Sep 2021 09:21:12 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=58265 World Mission Sunday – the one day in the year when the entire global Church comes together in support of mission – will happen on 24 October 2021. Coordinated by Missio, the Pope’s charity for world mission, World Mission Sunday is an opportunity to support every mission diocese and faith community which are in need […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday-we-cannot-but-speak-about-what-we-have-seen-and-heard/feed/ 0 58265 Faith gives hope to Cameroon’s suffering people https://www.cbcew.org.uk/faith-gives-hope-to-cameroons-suffering-people/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/faith-gives-hope-to-cameroons-suffering-people/#respond Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:43:44 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=57828 In recent weeks we’ve been raising awareness of a long-running Anglophone conflict in Cameroon that has seen almost a million people displaced. Tragically, many thousands have suffered brutal atrocities – perpetrated by both sides – and at least 3,500 people have been killed. As if this wasn’t enough, a million children have been unable to […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/faith-gives-hope-to-cameroons-suffering-people/feed/ 0 57828 The English Bishop with a diocese ten times the size of Britain https://www.cbcew.org.uk/the-english-bishop-with-a-diocese-ten-times-the-size-of-britain/ Mon, 08 May 2017 13:37:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/the-english-bishop-with-a-diocese-ten-times-the-size-of-britain/ Missionary Bishop

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]]> 35718 Signis Statement on Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Silence’ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/signis-statement-on-martin-scorseses-film-silence/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:44:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/signis-statement-on-martin-scorseses-film-silence/ 'Silence' Film

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]]> 35624 Cardinal Turkson on the Importance of Overseas Mission https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-turkson-on-the-importance-of-overseas-mission/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:03:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-turkson-on-the-importance-of-overseas-mission/ Cardinal Turkson

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