World Mission Sunday is a day to pray for missionaries especially those working in difficult territories and to donate generously to help the world mission. The coordination of the World Mission Sunday is championed by The Pontifical Mission Societies.
This year’s World Mission Sunday was celebrated in all the Arch/Dioceses in Nigeria. At the National secretariat of the Pontifical Mission Societies the mass was celebrated at St. Gabriel’s Chaplaincy, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Durumi, Abuja at 8:00am by Most Rev. Hyacinth Egbebo, Catholic Bishop of Bomadi Diocese on 20th October 2024. In his homily, he recognized the tremendous work missionaries do all over the world and thanked all immensely while joining his voice with Pope Francis to thank all who in response to Christ’s call have left their homeland to bring the goodnews to places where people have not yet received it. The holy Father Pope Francis in his 2024 World Mission Sunday message describes mission as ‘a tireless going out to invite others to the Lord’s banquet…let us not forget that every Christian is called to take part in this universal mission by offering his or her own witness to the Gospel is every context so that the whole church can continually go forth with her Lord and master to the “crossroads” of today’s world’.
The PMS National Director, Rev. Fr. Solomon Patrick Zaku who was at the mass also thanked all for their continuous support to Mission and appealed to all to donate generously to Mission. The members of the Holy Childhood Association also came to recite ten quotes from the World Mission Message of Pope Francis.
