Pray for our missionaries throughout the world; the fingertips of our faith.
Mission in its broadest sense refers to any commission or power for carrying out an assignment. In theology, "mission" or "sending forth" has its principle in the Trinity; the Father sending forth the Son into the world.
Christ in turn sent forth the Apostles to "preach the gospel to every creature."
In this sense of "preaching the gospel," mission may be described as preaching to Christians to stir up the grace that is in them, or as a preaching to pagans to announce the good news of salvation. The latter is usually termed "foreign" mission, since historically Christianity developed in Western civilization, and countries not in the geographical sphere of this civilization were considered "foreign."
The missionary, however is an emissary of Christ not of the continent, a country, a culture or of commerce.
Father Anthony Corcoran, SJ, is a son of St. Andrew and is currently serving as the apostolic administrator of the Church in Kyrgyzstan. Father Corcoran, a member of the Jesuits U.S. Central and Southern Province, has served since 2008 as Apostolic Administrator of Krygyzstan.
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Fr. Silas Bogati serves a small Catholic community in Nepal.
Fr. Silas Bogati on the Church in Nepal: “Our mission is to bring consolation and trust.”
Our parish supports Joan Martin on mission in Haiti.