World Mission Month
Each year, Catholic Mission uses the month of October to do its main fundraising and awareness-raising campaign, ‘Socktober’.  As part of mission month, we have been using the following prayer during our morning assemblies:

Like children around the world, many children in developing countries love to play the game of soccer.  Children in developing countries, though, sometimes don’t have access to the kinds of soccer balls we have here in Australia.  Instead, they use recycled materials and create their own soccer balls.  If you are interested in involving your family in making a recycled ‘sockball’, click here for a step-by-step guide.  This could be a great opportunity for the family to learn about how balls are made in countries supported by Catholic Mission.