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The Pontifical Mission Societies (TPMS) exists to awaken and support the universal missionary responsibility of all Catholics, channelling spiritual and material aid to dioceses too poor or fragile to be self‑supporting. It funds pastoral projects, Church and chapel building, catechist and clergy support, Catholic education and simple development initiatives closely tied to the Church’s evangelising presence. As the Holy See’s official missionary support network, it is directly linked to the Pope and the Dicastery for Evangelization. The organisation grew out of 19th‑century French lay and religious initiatives — notably Blessed Pauline Jaricot’s Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Overall its mission helps sustain evangelization, catechesis, sacramental life and basic humanitarian aid in some 1,100+ mission territories.
Archbishop Fulton J Sheen played a pivotal role as National Director of The Pontifical Mission Societies USA from 1950 to 1966. TPMS USA’s current National Director is Monsignor Roger Landry.
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Trinity Academy in Pewaukee, WI, USA, is an independent Catholic school, founded under the inspiration of Pope St. John Paul II to offer strong academic and moral formation in response to the cultural decline in mainstream schooling.
With consistent performance in the top five percent nationally, and the leadership of Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke as Board Chairman, this small school is a trend setter in re-establishing education upon a firm foundation.
Device-free classrooms, classic literature, memorised math facts, the lives of great individuals and saints, and Adoration, Mass, and the Rosary, are daily and weekly pillars of formation. The school is seeking financial support to enable larger Catholic families to enrol their children, to publish our K-12 curriculum, and to sustain the long-term mission and vibrant vocational fruit of Trinity Academy.
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The BIOS Centre (https://t.co/61UP4OEgUN) is a new independent UK-based bioethics institute engaging rigorously with contemporary questions in medicine, healthcare and the life sciences from a philosophically serious and life‑affirming perspective.
The centre promotes research, education, and dialogue in medical ethics and bioethics, inspired by the Hippocratic Oath and the principle “First Do No Harm.” At a time when life is under assault in so many areas of public policy, the Bios Centre aspires to be a place where difficult questions can be confronted clearly and where the moral implications of new technologies and policies can be carefully assessed.
The charity is headed and staffed by practicing Catholics and the Centre fully adheres to the Church’s teaching on bioethics. Several of its personnel used to work for the Anscombe Bioethics Centre which the Catholic bishops of England and Wales funded until 2025.
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The Mothers of the Holy Cross / Missionaries of the Holy Cross are a small but growing Tanzanian‑founded Congregation based at its Catholic Mission in Puma in the Diocese of Singida, with houses in the Singida and Manyara regions of central Tanzania, as well as communities in Anápolis (Brazil), Albbruck (Germany), and a new foundation in Tyler, Texas (USA). The Congregation, founded in 1976 by Mother Maria Stieren (1923-2008), a former missionary Benedictine sister, and aided by co-founder Father Cornelio del Zotto, a former professor at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome, is growing in vocations, is traditional in spirituality, strongly mission oriented, and currently functions on a very modest, donation-dependent income. Its patron, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary of Astana, Kazakhstan, regularly visits Puma to ordain new deacons and priests for the congregation.
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The Mothers of the Holy Cross / Missionaries of the Holy Cross are a small but growing Tanzanian‑founded Congregation based at its Catholic Mission in Puma in the Diocese of Singida, with houses in the Singida and Manyara regions of central Tanzania, as well as communities in Anápolis (Brazil), Albbruck (Germany), and a new foundation in Tyler, Texas (USA).
The Congregation, founded in 1976 by Mother Maria Stieren (1923-2008), a former missionary Benedictine sister, and aided by co-founder Father Cornelio del Zotto, a former professor at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome, is growing in vocations, is traditional in spirituality, strongly mission oriented, and currently functions on a very modest, donation-dependent income. Its patron, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary of Astana, Kazakhstan, regularly visits Puma to ordain new deacons and priests for the congregation.
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God has a plan for the Muslim people which He revealed from ancient times - and at the center of this plan is the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God.
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The Association pour la Promotion des Études Historiques de Liturgie Comparée (APEHLC) (the Society for the Promotion of Historical Studies of Comparative Liturgy) is a non-profit association devoted to fostering rigorous, interdisciplinary research on the Catholic liturgy in its various historical rites and to making that knowledge accessible to a wider public. It promotes education, publishing, and cultural preservation, while organizing international workshops, scholarly training programs, and public liturgical celebrations. APEHLC’s work combines research excellence with practice — supporting studies in all liturgical fields and nurturing new scholars through scholarships and translation of scholarly works originally issued in other languages. Registered in France as an Association Loi 1901, it has created an international network (France, Rome, London, and Buenos Aires). The Society is committed both to academic quality and fidelity to the teachings and moral vision of the Catholic Church.
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https://t.co/4huLmXa2T5 is a lean Catholic charity helping persecuted Christians, especially in the Middle East, stay in their homelands rather than emigrate. It combines practical aid with advocacy and prayer, funding small enterprises such as shops, farms, and cafés so that families can rebuild livelihoods and resist dependency. The charity also promotes global prayer for the persecuted Church through an “Icon Project” placing Marian icons in churches worldwide. Nasarean has been recognized for strong accountability and transparency, including top‑tier ratings from major U.S. charity evaluators.
See our profile on the charity and how to donate here: https://t.co/ERd6kOPJ80
Nasarean founder Father Benedict Kiely visiting liberated Mosul, May 2018:
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The Abbey of San Benedetto in Monte
The Abbey of San Benedetto in Monte, home of the Monks of Norcia, is a young Benedictine community in central Italy dedicated to the contemplative life, traditional liturgy, and the revival of monastic life in the town of St. Benedict’s birth. Its mission is to live and restore authentic Benedictine monasticism at its spiritual source, emphasizing prayer, conversion of life, and stable community as a refuge for the Church. Marked by youthful, international vocations and a strong liturgical and musical identity rooted in the traditional Roman rite, the community has also shown remarkable resilience after natural disasters while maintaining close engagement with lay supporters. The monks are now focused on ensuring long-term financial stability suitable for a permanent monastery through building an endowment and advancing key construction projects, including a new chapel to welcome the many pilgrims who attend Sunday Mass.
For more on the monks and how to donate see: https://t.co/ld2NeV5cmc
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Mary's Meals
Mary’s Meals is a major charity founded in 2002 to help provide meals for some of the world’s poorest schoolchildren. Over two decades it has seen impressive expansion and currently helps 3 million children while retaining a very strong record on efficiency. As an ecumenically open, non‑confessional organisation, it does not present itself as a Catholic apostolate, but has strong Catholic roots, retains a visible Marian ethos, and its work is fully coherent with the Church’s social doctrine.
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The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles - England:
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, now established at St Mary’s Abbey, Colwich, England, are a young but rapidly expanding traditional Benedictine community whose very growth has driven them into a position of acute financial need. Their move into this large, historic abbey was prompted by the sheer number of vocations — especially from Europe — and the constraints of remaining in the United States alone, yet the opportunity they have embraced comes with considerable costs. As they grow, their future in England will depend not only on the continued generosity of those already close to them, but on the emergence of a much wider circle of benefactors of individuals, families, and trusts willing to underwrite this growth so that a flourishing, orthodox, contemplative house can take firm root for the long term.
Please consider donating to the Sisters - every little bit helps!
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The St. Nicholas Tavelić Network for Morisco Catholics (TavNet) is a Catholic charity dedicated to the transformation of Islamic civilisation in Jesus Christ through evangelisation and formation. Working globally and with particular activity in the United Kingdom, TavNet serves converts from Muslim backgrounds by providing sacramental access, catechesis, spiritual formation, and safe networks of support in regions where the Church’s institutions are unable to operate openly. At the same time, TavNet seeks to rekindle a genuine missionary spirit among Catholics, promoting friendship, dialogue, and a careful inculturation of the faith within Islamic cultural contexts. Unique in scope and focus, it unites more than 300 local communities worldwide and combines pastoral ministry, education, and humanitarian aid under full obedience to the Church’s teaching and mission.
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