Missionary Children is the Church’s Mission outreach for children
Commonly known as Holy Childhood Association
In New Zealand this Missionary outreach to children has always run through the Catholic Primary schools. Following the example of the founder, we ask children to do two things every day:
The figure of a child has always had an irresistible and undeniable influence on everyone’s heart: the child’s simplicity, beauty and sparkling vitality seems a reflection of God’s life. Jesus who became a child among us fondly spoke of children. “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Lk 18:16”
The Missionary Children provides assistance to particular Churches with the following objectives:
To assist educators to awaken and gradually develop in both children and adolescents a worldwide missionary consciousness, in order to guide them towards a spiritual communion and material sharing of their resources with children of other Churches, especially those in difficulty.
Many schools do much more, but the two features of prayer and personal sacrifice are important building blocks for young Christians. Everyone has something to give and to receive and their motto is: CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN.
New Zealand’s First Venture into Direct Community Outreach
New Zealand’s First venture into Direct Community outreach Fr Michael Pui, National Director for NZ, and Msgr Estaban Lo have been working together on a project to help students in a school in the Philippines. Our poorer brothers and sisters in Mission Territories apply to the PMS for support. Often, because of the demands on the Solidarity Fund, some projects are not fully funded. One such need is the Scholarship Programme in the St Therese Learning School-Old Sagay (Sagay City, Diocese of San Carlos), in the Philippines. The programme provides financial support for underprivileged children of the two coastal-barangays of the Parish. These two communities have a total population of 20,951 (Census, 2020), and the age group with the highest population is 5-9 years old. Twenty percent of them (24%) belong to families with insufficient income to sustain their basic needs for food and education. The aim is to give poor and talented children, irrespective of their religious background, a chance to have an education at the public elementary schools within the parish community. The long term hope is that the children will grow up to make a positive change in their community. In collaboration with the Parish of St James the Greater, Fr Michael Pui has made a pledge to run a Special Appeal* to raise funds towards the programme. Although the aim is to support 4 Elementary schools, Fr Michael had made a special commitment towards one, the St Therese Learning School, Old Sagay. In March 2026 he made a special visit to the school and parish, so that when he visits our NZ schools, he may provide a more tangible connection between them and our brothers and sisters who are struggling. The hope is the it will help New Zealand students re-discover the missionary outlook that were once in all our schools, that is, the spirit of “Children helping Children”. In the next few months, Fr Michael will be approaching schools and colleges. If you could support this initiative please: Scan the QR code, or contact the Office directly with credit card details, or simply Direct Debit: Account Name: Missio Benevolent Society 06-0411-0021447-00 (Note: This account is different from the ones advertised for Mission Sunday) For Reference, please provide your name/organization, and the word “Sagay”, and communicate to us if you need a tax-receipt, or an acknowledgment only. * Donations may go towards funding similar projects supported and approved by the PMS {{ vc_btn: title=DONATE+TODAY&color=juicy-pink&size=lg&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fmissio.nz%252Fdonate%252F%7Ctitle%3ADonate%7C%7C }}
Helping Children in the Philippines
Diocese of Talibon, Bohol, Supporting poor children. 70 children residing at the Barangays of San Pedro, and San Isidro in Talibon, Bohol benefited from the project. The support included giving 45 children school supplies and a weekly allowance. The Barangays are run by the Canossian Sisters. Diocese of San Jose de Nueve Ecija, education needs of children New Zealand together with PMS of Czech Republic, supported many children with basic education, spiritual formation, nutritional and medical needs. This is run by the Canossian Sisters, in charge of Holy Childhood Assistance project under the Community-Based Health Programme of the Diocese.
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You meet Baptistine who is the current Secretary General of the Missionary Children and holds office in Rome. How can children become missionaries to other children.
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Fr. Patrick Byrne is an Irish Divine Word Missionary who spent 17 years in Ecuador. He was the Secretary General of the Missionary Children before Ms Baptistine.
He shares his experience of how missionary vocation springs forth from the dreams of a child.
Get to know better the Missionary Children (Holy Childhood Association) and the other three groups that compose the Missio [Pontifical Mission Societies]
What follows is the story of people who have dreams that became a reality and turned into what we today call Missio, The Pontifical Mission Societies.
This video clip is narrated in a cartoon form for children to appreciate the beginnings of the stories of life.
