By Fr. Simplisio Manyika O’Carm

Pontifical Mission Societies

The Feast day of our “Young Missionaries” is fast approaching. This year the Feast will be celebrated on the 7^th of February.

Will churches be open by then? Only God knows. If not, how will the Church help our children celebrate their important day on the Church calendar. Unfortunately, we will have to do this within the “Domestic Church”.

Parents and guardians should take this opportunity to catechise children on the important role of the Domestic Church in the life of the Universal Church.

The theme for this year is “We cannot stop proclaiming what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).

Certainly nothing can stop us and our children from proclaiming the
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