AMERICA/PERU – Online course for Bolivarian countries on the history and mission of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Lima – What are the Pontifical Mission Societies , what is their mission, and what are their field of action? These questions will be answered in detail in an online course for Bolivarian countries, which begins on January 31. “The National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Bolivarian countries – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia – have joined forces for the second consecutive year to offer a course on the activities of the Pontifical Mission Societies. This is a very important opportunity to raise awareness of the four Societies and, at the same time, to show how the Mission Societies are promoted and developed on our continent,” explains Father José Hipolito Purizaca Sernaque, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru.
These five two-hour sessions will be held on Saturdays .
The course is designed as an educational opportunity to foster community and missionary engagement, uniting the Bolivarian countries in a single spirit, as is also reflected in the theme of the next World Mission Sunday 2026, “One in Christ, united in Mission.”
“We will explore what Missionary Childhood and Adolescence consists of; how young people are accompanied and supported; how mission is lived within families, remembering that missionary families exist; and also how the sick and elderly actively participate as missionaries in their own circumstances,” explains the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru.
“Especially in our countries, missionary volunteer work, as well as ongoing vocations ministry, is valued and encouraged.” The initiative is aimed at pastoral workers, young people, teachers, and all those who wish to deepen their understanding of the identity, mission, and evangelizing work of the Pontifical Mission Societies in order to strengthen their service to the Church.
“All these efforts,” Father Purizaca concluded, “aim to present and understand the Church in its essentially missionary dimension in light of the experience of the Pontifical Mission Societies, and to raise awareness of the importance of mission territories for the Catholic Church.”

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