Mission Work in the Diocese of Greensburg 

The Mission Office of the Diocese of Greensburg works closely with the Society for the Propagation of the Faith to promote mission awareness by evangelization and mission aid within the United States and around the world.
The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, as our office is also known, is a part of the Pontifical Mission Societies under the direction of the Holy See. 

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Mother Teresa

More than a decade after her death, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the “Saint of the Gutters” for her work with the poor, still inspires the faithful to dedicate their lives to serving others.

"In her, we perceive the urgency to put oneself in a state of service, especially for the poorest and most forgotten, the last of the last," Pope John Paul II said Oct. 19, 2003, during the beatification of the beloved Nobel Prize-winning nun, who died in 1997 at the age of 87.

Today, the sisters and brothers of Mother Teresa’s order, the Missionaries of Charity, founded in 1950, continue her work in the slums of Calcutta, India, and around the world.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Evangelization was a gift for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, one of the best “spokesmen” the Catholic Church has ever had. He spread the word to the masses via a national radio broadcast beginning in 1930, and, later, a weekly prime-time television program that reached millions.

Archbishop Sheen was director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1950 to 1966, when he was named bishop of Rochester, N.Y. 

"Everything that you have so tirelessly accomplished in the past, by deed and by the spoken word, to feed Christ's flock has won for you universal acclaim. We now nourish the fond hope that in the future you will vigorously undertake even greater things,” Pope Paul VI said in a 1966 letter appointing him to the post.