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PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES STRUCTURE IN NIGERIA

The First Step of the organization centres in the parish. Each parish has a PMS Committee whose work is to coordinate all the PMS activities in the Parish. From there, it steps down to stations and wards where similar committees function, according to the need of each area. For the Holy Childhood, it moves into schools, giving every child the opportunity to participate in the school-based HCA.

The Second Step is the Diocesan level. Here, it is headed by a diocesan director appointed by the diocesan Bishop. The Director works with a Council and may establish committees at the Zonal or Deanery levels for more effective animation and coordination.

The Third Step is the provincial level. Each of the nine Ecclesiastical Provinces in Nigeria has a provincial PMS Council made up of the Diocesan Directors and a few others.

At The National Level, it is headed by the National Director appointed by Rome on the recommendation of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria. He works with the PMS National Council made up of all the Diocesan Directors and Secretaries of the four arms of the PMS. In addition, each of the four arms of the PMS has a working committee headed by the secretary of that society. The Holy Childhood has the meeting of all diocesan coordinators which assists the Secretary and the Director in the planning and execution of the HCA programmes.

The PMS work in close collaboration with the National Missionary Council of Nigeria, of the Department of Mission and Dialogue (CSN), Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). The Bishop Chairman of this Department is the “eye” of the CBCN at the PMS.

At The International Level,the PMS is directly under the congregation of the evangelization of peoples,It is the congregation that appoints the National Director for each country.The National Director is a member of the Superior Council of the PMS which meets every year in the month of May in Rome.

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THE MISSION ROSARY

THE MISSION ROSARY

In February 1951, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (National director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1950 to 1966), in a radio address (The Catholic Hour), inaugurated a World Mission Rosary; “We must pray, and not for ourselves, but for the world. To this end, I have designed the World Mission Rosary. Each of the five decades is of a different colour to represent each of the five continents”

The founder of the Missionary Childhood Association (MCA), Bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, asked the children to say a Hail Mary every day as Missionary children and help to spread the Good News.

To celebrate the month of May (Month of our mother Mary dedicated to the children), and the Mission month – October, children and their animators all over the world pray the Mission Rosary for special intentions for all the children of each one of the five continents. The Mission Rosary has five colours:

Green for Africa, Red for America, White for Europe, Blue for Oceaniaand Yellow for Asia.

 The aim of the Mission Rosary is to help children grow in the universal Missionary spirit of prayer and generous sacrifice as they reach out to all the children of the world.

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FACTS ABOUT THE MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION

The Pontifical Mission Society of the Missionary Childhood Association was founded in France in 1843 by Bishop Charles de Forbin Janson.  Its Motto, “Children Helping Children” awakens the Missionary Spirit of prayer and generous sacrifice in all the children of the world leading them to share both spiritual and material resources.

FACTS ABOUT THE MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION

 The Pontifical Mission Society of the Missionary Childhood Association helps children to proclaim and share the joy of the Word of God with other children through their prayers, works of charity, inviting others to join them and providing material help to those most needy.

The Missionary Childhood Association concentrates its efforts on teaching the Catholic Faith to children, promoting their rights and providing assistance in situations where children are suffering due to various reasons.

It promotes Missionary vocations at an early age hence future apostles: priests, sisters, brothers, catechists and responsible parents.

The Mission Society of the Missionary Childhood Association aims to foster Christian faith and missionary formation of children and to help them take their responsibility in the Church as Missionaries.