Since 1922, the first three of these societies have been designated as pontifical, underscoring their official role as instruments of the Pope and the universal Catholic Church. In most countries, a National Director oversees the four societies and manages the World Mission Sunday Collection, taken up in every Catholic parish worldwide on the second to last Sunday of October.
TPMS was founded by two women, a bishop, and a priest—each responding to the needs of the Church in their time:
Blessed Pauline Marie Jaricot
The Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Jeanne Bigard
The Society of St. Peter the Apostle
Bishop Charles de Forbin-Janson
The Missionary Childhood Association
Blessed Fr. Paolo Manna
The Missionary Union
The Pontifical Mission Societies provide vital support to mission territories where the Church is too young, too poor, or too persecuted to sustain itself. TPMS enables the Church's presence in these areas through:
Proclaiming the Gospel and evangelizing communities that have never encountered Christ.
Building churches and chapels as gathering places of faith and worship.
Supporting mission priests, religious Sisters and Brothers, and lay leaders who minister to the faithful.
Providing humanitarian aid, including food, education, and medical care to the most vulnerable.
The Most Reverend John O. Barres
Bishop of Rockville Centre, Chairman
His Eminence Seán Cardinal
O'Malley, OFM Cap.
Archbishop Emeritus
of Boston
Mr. Stephen Auth
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Global Equities, Federated Hermes Inc.
The Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond
Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans
The Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda
Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
The Most Reverend Ronald A. Hicks
Archbishop of New York
Mr. Barry Jackson
Strategic Advisor, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Deacon Frank L. Kurre
Managing Director, Protiviti, Inc., New York, NY
Mr. John O. McManus
Founding Principal, McManus & Associates
The Most Reverend Mitchell T. Rozanski
Archbishop of Saint Louis
Mrs. Rachel Sheridan
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
The Most Reverend Kevin W. Vann
Bishop of Orange
The Most Reverend James S. Wall
Bishop of Gallup
The Most Reverend
Thomas G. Wenski
Archbishop of Miami
The Most Reverend Gabriele Caccia (Ex officio)
Apostolic Nuncio to the United States
Douglas Culp
Interim National Director
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Melanie McManus
Chief Financial Officer
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Keith Oltmans
Vice President of Information Technology
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Mark J. Poletunow
Vice President of Regions
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Fr. Augustine Dada
Vice President for the Society of
St. Peter the Apostle
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Tim Dockery
Vice President for Advancement and Development
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Michael Mitchell
Director of World Mission Sunday
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Inés San Martín
MISSION Magazine Editor
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Alixandra Holden, Director
Missionary Childhood Association
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As the official missionary arm of the Catholic Church charged with the work of evangelization, the Pontifical Mission Societies USA seek prayer and sacrifice to support more than 1,100 territories throughout the world where the Catholic Church is too young, too poor, or is actively persecuted and cannot thus be self-sufficient.
To form and develop in every baptized person a missionary spirit – rooted in prayer, sacrifice, and charity – at the service of the Pope in his ministry of proclaiming the Gospel to those who do not know Christ.
Help develop a missionary spirit in every Catholic community in the United States, rooted in the life of the parish, but in communion with the local bishop, Pope Leo XIV, the Church's top missionary, and mindful of the challenges of the universal Church.
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