Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
The weekend of January 21-22 is the Membership Drive for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. With our membership, we make a special commitment to the Church’s mission “to all peoples and nations” by pledging daily prayer and financial help to the Propagation of the Faith. Prayer, sacrifice and charity are concrete ways for living a missionary and universal faith. Out of your generosity the SPOF continues to open the hearts of believers to engage in the vastness of the missionary horizon through spiritual and material support for the proclamation of the Kingdom of God.
During the Membership Drive, let us pray for missionaries everywhere, especially who are sharing Christ’s Gospel message around the globe. I am most grateful for your continuing generosity and support for this most important task of the Church. In more than 1,150 mission dioceses worldwide, priests, religious brothers and sisters, and lay catechists rely on the prayers and financial assistance of the members of the Propagation of the Faith.
I invite to you join in prayer and personal sacrifice made to God through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. May the Lord accomplish in us what He accomplished in many missionaries before us. Grateful for your solidarity with missionaries around the world, I am
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Earl K. Fernandes
Bishop of Columbus
