From Catholic News Service

Holy Childhood Assn. offers Web-based mission education

By Catholic News Service

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The Holy Childhood Association has launched a new mission education module on "The Bread of Life" through its Web page.

In addition to featuring "fun facts" about breads of the world, the Web site explains to young Catholics the connection they share with children of the developing world through the celebration of the Eucharist.

It also encourages them to be missionaries by sharing news of Jesus' "special meal" and offers grade-specific mission education/activity sheets for free downloading.

"This most recent addition to our Web site demonstrates our continued commitment to enhancing mission education through the use of new technologies," said Msgr. John E. Kozar, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States.

"We are confident that teachers, catechists and all those engaged in formation of our young people will find this a useful tool for missionary catechesis and religious education," he added.

An interactive geography/mission education Web-based program for children also is in the works, as are interactive world mission rosary modules for adults and children.

The Holy Childhood Association is one of four pontifical missionary societies working to gather support for the efforts of the church in more than 1,100 mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands and remote regions of Latin America.

"The Bread of Life" module can be reached from the Holy Childhood Association Web site,
www.worldmissions-catholicchurch.org/hca, by clicking on "What's New Now?"

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