{"id":8072,"date":"2025-09-30T02:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/?page_id=8072"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:34:43","slug":"apostolate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/?page_id=8072","title":{"rendered":"APOSTOLATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8072\" class=\"elementor elementor-8072\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb0497d elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"fb0497d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Christ, King of the Universe, sends His apostles to all nations to continue His own redeeming mission which \u2018is to enable people to share in the communion which exists between the Father and the Son (Redemptoris Missio, 23).\u201d This sending has two characteristics:<\/p><ol><li><ol><li>A universal dimension: all men are called to be a part of the Kingdom of God, since\u00a0God wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth\u00a0(1 Tim. 2:4).<\/li><li>The certainty of divine help:\u00a0I am with you always, until the end of the world\u00a0(Mt 28:20);\u00a0they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them\u00a0(Mk. 16:20)\u00a0(Const.,\u00a0161-162).<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1acc10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1acc10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p>\u201cGo, 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celebration of the Sunday Liturgy<\/li><li><strong>Teaching:<\/strong>\u00a0working to provide an authentic Catholic formation in elementary schools, secondary schools, and catechism programs in the spirit of St. John Bosco<\/li><li><strong>The Written Word:<\/strong>\u00a0through the publication of books, magazines, and social media \u2013 including Theological and Philosophical publications in English and Spanish\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivepress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IVE Press<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corneliofabro.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fr. Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Youth and Young Adult Ministry:<\/strong>\u00a0including pilgrimages, summer and winter camps, campus ministry,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/missions\/lay-missionaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lay volunteer opportunities<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iveph.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/27\/voces-verbi-formation-day-in-the-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voces Verbi<\/a>, and World Youth Day<\/li><li><strong>Homes of Mercy:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>orphanages, homes for disabled children and youth, homes for the elderly, work in hospitals and nursing homes, and pro-life counseling and education.<\/li><li><strong>Popular Missions:<\/strong>\u00a0intensive\u00a0door to door parish evangelization according to the method of St. Alphonsus of Liguori, emphasizing a return to the\u00a0Sacraments of the Church<\/li><li><strong>The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius 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