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Different Missionaries (Notes)
Samantha Erika S. Peralta

What is a Missionary?
A missionary is a member of a religious community
sent to travel in order to carry and influence their
faith to other people, especially non-believers, through
preaching words and performing acts of services

Missionary work does not happen overnight; it requires

patience, for it gradually leads people to Christ in
stages.

Missionaries enter into "respectful dialogue" with those

who do not yet accept the Gospel; they respect
traditions and cultures and try to incorporate those
symbols to their way of teaching the gospel.

All of us are invited to share in the Church's

mission in bringing Christ and proclaiming
the good news to the world; we are called
to actively take part in the missionary
activities of our own parish community.
What is a Missionary?

A person who does the will of God and

continues Jesus' ministry in the world
today in however and wherever one is
called to be. The example of Christ is the
impetus for all the faithful to take
seriously their mandate of proclaiming
the Faith in the daily events of life.

Five Major and Well-Known Missionaries in the

World

1. ) St. Francis of Assisi (October 4th)

Founder of Franciscans (OFM / Order of Friar Minors)
Patron saint of Italy, also for animals and the
environment (ecology)
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernadone was a mystic Italian
Catholic Friar.
Franciscans
Motto: Pax Et Bonum (Peace and the Good)
Type: Mendicant Religious Order
Charism / Focus: Love for poverty
Rule of life: live in love, humility, and joy
Habit: Grey/Black (Conventual Franciscans) Brown
(Capuchins)
Characteristics: living the Gospel, following Jesus
Christ, poverty, fraternity
Notable Saints: St. Anthony of Padua, St.
Bonaventure, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Pio of Pietrelcina,
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Schools: Our Lady of Angels Seminary, San Jose
Parochial School, St. Francis School, Our Lady of
Lourdes, Lourdes School of Mandaluyong, Lourdes
School of Quezon City

2.) St. Dominic of Caleruega (August 8th)

Founder of the Dominicans
Castilian Catholic Priest
Patron Saint of the Dominican Republic and
astronomers.
Dominicans
Motto: Laudare, benedicere, praedicare
(to praise, to bless, to preach)
Type: Mendicant Religious Order
Charism / Focus: to live what you preach,
to preach what you live.
Habit: A white capuce with a hood, a
cincture and a rosary that hangs from it,
a scapular and black capuce, with a hood
on top of everything,
Characteristics: prayer, study, preaching,
community
Notable Saints: St. Thomas Aquinas, St.
Catherino of Siena, St. Albert the Great
Schools: University of Santo Tomas (Oldest
school in Manila), UST Angelicum, Colegio
De San Letran

3.) St. Ignatius of Loyola (July 31st)

Founder of Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Spanish Catholic Priest and Theologian
Patron saint of soldiers
Jesuits
Motto: Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (For the
greater glory of God
Type: Religious Order
Habit: They do not wear a special habit or
uniform
Characteristics: The characteristics of the
Ignatian spirituality are based on the
Spiritual Exercises: Finding God in
everything, Loving Jesus Christ, The
importance of service, Spiritual
discernment, Education
Notable Saints: St. Francis Xavier, St.
Aloysius Gonzaga
Schools: Ateneo De Manila University, The
Sacred Heart School, Xavier School in San
Juan, Metro Manila

4.) St. Benedict of Nursia (July 11th)

Founder of Benedictines (OSB / Order of St.
Benedict)
Patron Saint of Europe
Benedictines
Motto: Ora et Labora (Pray and Work)
Type: Monastic Religious Order
Habit: Black habit. Some congregations use
white habit.
Characteristics: "Ora et labora" Prayer
and daily manual work, importance of the
Scripture and the Divine Office,
Community life and fraternal love,
Obedience as a discernment of God's will.
Notable Saints: St. Scholastica, St. Gregory
the Great
Schools: San Beda College

5.) St. Augustine of Hippo (August 28th)

Was a theologian and philosopher of Berber
origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in
Numidia, Roman North Africa
Augustinians
Founder: Pope Innocent IV, in an effort to
unite several communities of hermits in
Italy. The pope gave them the Rule of St.
Augustine.
Motto: Anima una et cor unum in Deum
(One heart and one soul in God)
Type: Mendicant Religious Order
Characteristics: Living the Gospel in
liturgy, Communion of life, The search for
God and interiority, Apostolic activities
according to the needs of the Church,
Study and the cultivation of knowledge.
Notable Saints: St. Rita of Cascia

Pope Francis:
"Missionary activity is still the greatest
challenge for the Church."
What is our mission as members of
the Church?
Our mission is to proclaim Christ and build
the Kingdom of God. All Christians have the
mission to share Christ on the home field
with family, friends, co-workers, and the
community.

Matthew 28 : 19 - 20
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded of you. And behold, I am with you always, to
the end of the age.

God Bless You, Everyone!