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| Welcome to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith |
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To contribute to the work of the church in the missions by using
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| The Society for the Propagation of the Faith was founded in Lyons, France, in 1822 by a young French laywoman, Pauline Jaricot. Inspired by stories she heard about missionary work in China, she felt called by the Lord to help the Catholic Church's worldwide missionary work. Pauline herself never traveled to the Missions, which, during her lifetime, consisted of the Missions in China — and young dioceses in the United States. Pauline gathered friends and workers in a family silk mill into "circles of ten," asking each person to pray daily for the Missions and sacrifice a penny-a-week (at that time, quite a large sacrifice!). From this idea emerged the Propagation of the Faith. |
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| Today the General Fund of the Propagation of the Faith, which gathers gifts from Catholics all over the world — a concept that originated with Pauline Jaricot and her desire to help all the world's missions — is the basic means of support for the Catholic Church's worldwide Missions. |
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Kindly Remember the Propagation of the Faith in your Will or Endowment |
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| Missionary Martyrs |
| We honor the 20 men and women, religious and lay people, who gave their lives while serving the Gospel in the Missions“To remember and pray for these brothers and sisters of ours - Bishops, priests, religious and lay people - who died while carrying out their missionary service is a duty of gratitude for the whole Church and an incentive for each one of us to witness ever more courageously to our faith and hope in the One who on the Cross triumphed over the power of violence and hatred for ever with his almighty love” |
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| Pope Benedict XVI (Regina Coeli, 24 March 2008) |
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| For more information, please visit Fides News Service. |
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