Missionary Childhood Association

MCA is one of The Pontifical Mission Societies and focuses on the principle of "children helping children" through learning, praying, and sharing with kids around the world.

Missionary Childhood or Holy Childhood celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1993. Today there are millions of "little missionaries" distributed throughout parishes, schools, and movements of the five continents.

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Missionary Childhood or Holy Childhood celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1993. Today there are millions of "little missionaries" distributed throughout parishes, schools, and movements of the five continents. 〰️

Mission Education Resources

  • We invite children in grades K-8 to use their artistic talent and enter the MCA Christmas Annual Artwork Contest
     to share the Gospel through art.

    Learn more here.

  • Participate in a national effort to support the Pope's Missions through the Missionary Childhood Association in honor of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, patron of the missions.

    Learn more here.

  • Scripturally inspired by Jesus' parable of the "Widow's Mite" the Mite Box Program is designed to encourage young people to give from their hearts.

    Learn more here.

The Missionary Childhood Association

  • Helps educators to progressively awaken in children a universal missionary conscience.

  • Helps children to develop their missionary protagonism.

  • Moves children to share their faith and material means, especially with the children of the neediest regions and Churches.

  • Promotes missionary vocations.

  • To be integrated into the overall pastoral program of Christian education, to which it will contribute its missionary projection.

In order to achieve its objectives, the Missionary Childhood Association lends two services to children:

  1. Missionary Animation and Engagement

  2. “Missionary cooperation with the neediest children and the missions of the whole world."

    (PONTIFICIUM OPUS A SANCTA INFANTIA, www.vatican.va)