THE FOUR PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES

PONTIFICAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH

The Propagation of the Faith’s commitment is to arouse in the people of God an authentically universal spirit in order to make grow in the local Churches a missionary awareness in accordance with the Church’s natural outreach.

PONTIFICAL SOCIETY OF SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE

The Society of Saint Peter collaborates in the growth of the young churches through financial support for building new seminaries and formation programs for the new local priests, religious and sisters.

PONTIFICAL SOCIETY OF MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD

POSI in brief, the Society of Missionary Childhood or of the Holy Childhood, leads children to discover the missionary spirit and teaches them to help children of their same age around the world through prayer and small material sacrifices.

PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY UNION

The Missionary Union, the soul of the other Mission Societies, is an association of the clergy, men and women religious and laypersons which proposes to arouse the passion for the mission in the Church, contribute to missionary formation, and encourage the Christian communities to cooperate and take active part in evangelization.