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Youth and Young Adult Song Contest |
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 The deadline for the Pontifical Mission Societies Youth and Young Adult Song Contest has been extended to June 14, 2013. One grand prize winner will be chosen in each division. (Adolescent grades 9-12, and Young Adult ages 18-29.) Winning songs will be recorded by professional Catholic music artists, and will be part of U.S. participation at World Youth Day 2013! Judges include contemporary Catholic music artists Tom Booth (recently invited to sing at Pope Francis’ International Confirmation Liturgy), Pedro Rubalcava, and Kate Cuddy. Upload your songs to: www.propfaith.net/SongContest2013
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Pope Francis Unlocks the New MISSIO App! |
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Download the MISSIO app today! Search for MISSIO app.
Our National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in New York has developed a new MISSIO app! Pope Francis launched it on Friday, May 17th. Our national director, Fr. Andrew Small, OMI has been in Rome with other national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies, and the launch took place during their general audience with the Pope. Click on this link to learn more ... or visit our Facebook page to read more articles and view photos from the launch!
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The Daily Worldmissionnaires Celebrate 60 Years at Annual Appreciation Dinner! |
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 The Daily Worldmissionnaires Annual Appreciation Dinner was held on May 8, 2013 at Orlando Gardens. Moderators and Group Leaders were given special recognition for their support of the DW program, as well as their recruiting efforts, prayers, and sacrifices for the worldwide missions of the Catholic Church. The evening also included a special celebration of the Daily Worldmissionnaires’ 60th diamond anniversary, and of Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s birthday.
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A Tribute to Sister Gene Marie Moellering, C.PP.S. |
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Go with God, Sister Gene Marie Moellering, C.PP.S.
A Tribute to an Extraordinary Friend of the Missionary Childhood Association
Written by Msgr. Francis X. Blood Director,
Pontifical Mission Societies, Archdiocese of St. Louis
May 6, 2013
 The first time I met Sister Gene Marie Moellering, C.PP.S. was in December of 2004. She had invited me to St. John the Baptist Grade School in South St. Louis where she had served as Mission Moderator for many years of the Holy Childhood Association (HCA, now called the Missionary Childhood Association). The occasion of my visit was the Christmas bazaar. Students gave a donation for Christmas gifts that they could purchase for family or friends at reduced prices. All the items were donated by parishioners and families whose children attended the school. All the proceeds were donated to the Holy Childhood Association.
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