Missions Office

"One Family in Mission"

     The purpose of the Mission Office is the promotion of a universal missionary spirit – a spirit of prayer and sacrifice – among all baptized Catholics.  We seek to assist missionaries and the people they serve.

The “family” of Pontifical Mission Societies include:

• The Society for the Propagation of the Faith (SPOF)

                   World Mission Sunday

                   Missionary Cooperation Plan (MCP)

• Missionary Childhood Association (MCA)

• Peter the ApostleThe Society of St. (SSPA)

• Missionary Union of Priest and Religious

     The Mission Office is the local office in the Diocese of Pittsburgh for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States.  This supports the 1,100 struggling mission dioceses around the world.  The Pontifical Mission Societies are institutions of the universal Catholic Church and of each local church.  National offices exist in more than 120 countries around the world including the United States in New York City.  Central administrative offices are located in Rome, Italy, under the direction of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Holy Father.https://www.diopitt.org/missions-office.
 

Everyone has the opportunity and is encouraged to participate in the worldwide mission of the Church by offering prayers, personal sacrifices, and financial contributions!