Cardinal Cushing
Richard James Cardinal Cushing was born in South Boston to Patrick and Mary Cushing on Aug. 25, 1895. After graduating from Boston College and St. John’s Seminary, he was ordained a priest in 1921. In 1922, Fr. Cushing was appointed Assistant Director for the Propagation of the Faith where he began a lifelong love for the missions. Known as the Bishop of the Missions, Cushing built a foundation of support that has led to the Boston office of the Pontifical Mission Societies status as one of the largest donors to the missions in the world.
Cardinal Cushing
Richard James Cardinal Cushing was born in South Boston to Patrick and Mary Cushing on Aug. 25, 1895. After graduating from Boston College and St. John’s Seminary, he was ordained a priest in 1921. In 1922, Fr. Cushing was appointed Assistant Director for the Propagation of the Faith where he began a lifelong love for the missions. Known as the Bishop of the Missions, Cushing built a foundation of support that has led to the Boston office of the Pontifical Mission Societies status as one of the largest donors to the missions in the world.
Join the Cardinal Cushing Club!
Named for our former Director, the late Richard Cardinal Cushing, the Cardinal Cushing Club offers its members the opportunity to be regular prayerful and material supporters of the Missions. Every member receives a Mission calendar with pre-addressed, post-paid monthly tear off envelopes for their financial sacrifices.
Missionaries need your sustaining help!
Every time Sister Rose sends the children in her care to pump fresh water from the well, she says a prayer of thanks to you. She knows that without your regular help, her young charges in Madagascar would be drinking contaminated water from a local river. With limited access to health care, the little ones would not only suffer from serious health issues but would also miss out on the vital education she brings to their remote village. Will your family drink one less bottle of soda a week and send $5 a month to the missions this year?
Father Bede is especially grateful to our sustaining donors because they change the lives of his parishioners
on the tea plantations high in the mountains of Sri Lanka. In a place where Christianity is a tiny minority, Father counts on the Society for the Propagation of the Faith to help him provide a small church and all the supplies he needs to say Mass on a regular basis for his growing flock. Will you eat less snacks at home and send the extra $20 a month to the missions this year so that priests can feed their people with the Body of Christ?
Around the world, missionaries depend on your sustaining help to do their life-saving, faith affirming work. Your monthly gift to The Society for the Propagation of the Faith – Pope Francis’ own mission society – is fundamental to their ministries.
Click on the Donate Now button and become a Join the Cardinal Cushing Club as a Monthly Donor– note it in the comments section and we’ll send you our Mission Calendar as a thank you!