The SPF, as an arm of the universal church, distributes its support through the bishops of mission dioceses. In this way funds reach the most critical needs of mission dioceses. They share financial resources with the mission Church. They are brought to an interior renewal that enables an understanding of and commitment to the call to mission Cf. The schedule is available through the mission office on a quarterly basis.
Homilies always use the readings of the day as the basis for the mission theme.
The pastor asks the people to come prepared to respond to the mission appeal. Prayers of the Faithful are prepared for the weekend liturgy. The presider may give a word of confirmation to the people at the end of the homily and perhaps at the end of Mass encourage the people to take the envelopes home, to return them at their convenience. Father Pham Han Quynh with some of his younger parishioners. Father Quynh was a confidant of Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese leader who had driven the French from Indochina.