Burbury - Extraordinary Missionary Month
When? | Where? | What's happening? | Details |
April – August 2019 | Bunbury Diocesan children and youth – students, parish groups, individuals | Baptised and Sent Song Competition | Young people to 19 years of age invited to write a song for Extraordinary Missionary Month. |
Thursday July 4, 5.30pm-8.30pm | St Patrick’s Cathedral Parish Hall, Bunbury | A Life for Love Twilight Retreat | Please register |
Throughout the year retreats / workshops | Various locations | Myers Briggs and Mission – how am I called to live out mission; how are we called, in our diversity, to live out mission. | Contract Diocesan Director for details |
Throughout the year retreats / workshops | Various locations | St Therese of Lisieux Retreat – Patron Saint of Missionaries – feast day 1 October. | Contract Diocesan Director for details |
October: Extraordinary Missionary Month | Various locations | Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud - "that momentous and holy charge" found in Mark 16:15: "Go into the whole world and preach the gospel to all creation." Praying the Mission Rosary – parish and school groups and individuals | Various reflections and discussions at parish and group level |
September to November | Schools and Catechists Classes | World Mission Month Schools Resource | Teaching and learning resource for Mission. Including liturgy, prayer, advocacy and fundraising materials and activities. A great resource for celebrating mission. |
September to October | Social Media | #MYMISSION global movement | A social media movement inviting all to express 'My mission is ...' and share it as an extraordinary act of international solidarity for mission. Pope Francis will support this campaign with his own message. |
September to November | Parishes and local communities | World Mission Appeal | An opportunity to celebrate the universality of mission at Mass through prayer and financial support for the work of global mission throughout the world, with special focus on India and Ghana. |
October | Individuals, small groups and staffs in the home, parishes, schools, Catholic agencies, and local communities | ‘Our Life is Mission’ resource | A small group discussion and reflection resource with a variety of activities for prayer, reflection and discussion. A core component is a four-part prayer and reflection series based on the four Sunday Gospels of October. |
Contract Diocesan Director for details or to register - Deborah Robertson bunbury.director@catholicmission.com.au Or 0474 928 765