{"id":51589,"date":"2026-10-12T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/?p=51589"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:15:23","slug":"unidos-na-missao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/unidos-na-missao\/","title":{"rendered":"United in Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo baptized person is a stranger or indifferent to the mission: all participate in the great work that Christ entrusts to his Church,\u201d says Pope Leo XIV in his message for the 100th World Mission Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood, Iberian Province, live in a spirit of mission in their various communities: in C\u00e1ceres, in Orcasitas, in Proen\u00e7a a Nova, in Vila Vi\u00e7osa, and in other places where priests are serving the Church, such as in the diocese of San Sebasti\u00e1n, in El Pino in the diocese of C\u00e1ceres, or in S. Nicolau in the diocese of Mindelo in Cape Verde. They are not preoccupied with &quot;numbers&quot; but are available to serve in the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three inspiring missionaries: St. Gaspar del Bufalo, Blessed Giovanni Merlini, and St. Francis Xavier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Altar1.jpeg?wsr\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Altar1.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/cpps.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Altar1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cpps.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Altar1-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Altar of St. Francis Xavier, Church of St. Bartholomew, Vila Vi\u00e7osa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Vila Vi\u00e7osa, at the Church of St. Bartholomew, there is a chapel dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish missionary who died at the gates of China. In this chapel, you can see some objects from countries where CPPS has a presence, notably Guinea-Bissau. You can also contribute to missionary projects here through your donation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission in Guinea-Bissau (training center, scholarships, scouts, health or water projects\u2026) is well known to the people who have generously supported it over the years. It is common for people to ask, \u201cHow are the children at the mission doing?\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This October, be generous with the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Your support makes a difference!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Nenhum baptizado \u00e9 estranho ou indiferente \u00e0 miss\u00e3o: todos participam na grande obra que Cristo confia \u00e0 sua Igreja&#8221;, diz o Papa Le\u00e3o XIV na sua mensagem para o 100 dia mundial das miss\u00f5es. Os Mission\u00e1rios do Precios\u00edssimo Sangue, Prov\u00edncia Ib\u00e9rica, vivem em esp\u00edrito de miss\u00e3o nas suas diversas comunidades: em C\u00e1ceres, em Orcasitas, em [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[284,90,124],"tags":[82,93],"class_list":["post-51589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casa-de-missao","category-sao-gaspar-del-bufalo","category-solidariedade","tag-missao","tag-provincia-iberica-cpps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51591,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51589\/revisions\/51591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}