The Diocesan Administrator for Mzuzu diocese, Monsignor Michel Mughogho has called on Catholic faithful to embrace the spirit of Love and sharing with the needy people of their society as it is one way of responding to God’s commandment.
Msgr. Mughogho was speaking during the World Mission Sunday ceremony which was celebrated on Sunday 18th October in all the parishes’ world over of which in Malawi the main event was held at St Teresa, Katete Parish in Mzuzu diocese.
According to Mosgr. Mughogho the socio-economic development of the country is failing to grow because people and Christians in particular, do not love one another hence they need to embrace the spirit of sharing and love.
National Director for Pontifical Missions Societies (PMS) of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa said the objectives of the celebration of Mission Sunday include teaching and giving missionary formation to the faithful; to share information about the needs of the Church worldwide and to promote missionary vocation in the Church.
“One universal activity on World Mission Sunday is the World Mission Collection. The collection
is like any ordinary Sunday monetary offering (offered during Sunday mass or prayer service). However, the World Mission Sunday collection becomes an offering of the faithful community to the Church’s Mission Solidarity Fund,” said Fr. Mwakhwawa.
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He said World Mission Sunday collection is taken as “a separate” or “a second” collection after a normal Sunday collection, rather, it is the collection of the day. However, the Parish Priest and other leaders of the Parish are free to come up with creative ways of increasing the collection. Thus, it is acceptable to organize other means of raising funds for the World Mission Sunday.
Other fundraising activities for World Mission Sunday are encouraged in the (missionary) spirit of sharing our material and spiritual gifts with others who need the message of salvation, preached by the Catholic Church.
After the World Mission Sunday is celebrated, the collection from all Small Christian Communities (Miphakati) and Outstation is remitted to the Parish Office the same week. The Parish remits the collection to the Diocese within the same week or the second. From the Dioceses the money is sent to the National office of the Pontifical Mission Societies at the Catholic Secretariat in Lilongwe, where it is sent to the Holy Father in Vatican, in the World Mission Solidarity fund of the Society for the Propagation of Faith.
By Prince Henderson, ECM Communications Officer
