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"THE WITNESS OF LOVE, THE SOUL OF THE MISSION, CONCERNS EVERYONE."       
                                                                            -- Pope Benedict XVI

        OUR  ADDRESS IS: 933 South Logan Blvd, Hollidaysburg, PA  16648

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Please pray for missionaries and those in mission countries every day.

Lord Jesus Christ,

you told your apostles to proclaim the good news
and to make followers of all nations.
They gave their lives to you, and for you,
to spread the Gospel throughout the world.
Today, the faithful still strive
to bring your name to those who need it most.
Give your strength to missionaries around the world
who give their lives every day in lands far from home.
Help those charged with bringing your word
to be an example of you
for those who cannot read your word for themselves.
Help those who do their work in your name
to inspire others to seek you as their Savior.
We ask this through you, Christ, our Lord,
Savior of the world.
Amen.

“We are mindful of the centrality of mission for our faith.  Pope Benedict XVI announced a Year of Faith to begin next October[2012], as a way to honor 50 years since the Second VaticanCouncil. In doing so, the Pope affirmed that our faith is both ‘deepened and strengthened’ on personal and community levels only within a missionary perspective."

Father Andrew Small, OMI, STD
National Director

World Mission Sunday truly belongs to the world.  It is celebrated in every country, in every diocese and in every parish — in a remote chapel far out in the African bush, in a predominantly Muslim or Hindu area in Asia, in a poor village in Latin America.  We are citizens of the world, members of the one Body of Christ, and are at our best when we act lovingly and generously to our brothers and sisters in the Missions.

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To learn about all our mission outreach, contact:
Rev. Robert Kelly, Ph. D., Director, e-mail: rjk11@psu.edu
Sr. Patti Rossi, CSJ, Associate Director, e-mail: prossi@dioceseaj.org
Phone: (814) 695-5579
Fax: (814) 696-6725