Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year the Spanish branch of the Pontifical Missionary Childhood society is calling boys and girls to take part in a Missionary Christmas with the traditional Star Sower campaign”. "Just like missionaries, children and adolescents carry the news of the Nativity to the men and women they meet on the streets with the joy which spreads the faith and selflessness. In exchange for the star they ask nothing but a smile from the receivers”. The Star Sower initiative started in Spain some 30 years ago. Every year about 100,000 children in towns and villages give Christmas stars to the passers by on the streets to share their joy and recall the Good News of Jesus.
“With this gesture - the presentation reads - we wish on behalf of the people to thank the many missionaries who leave their homes to go to announce the Good News to people in distant lands for love of Christ and humanity”. The idea is also to help children and adolescents realise they too can be missionaries announcing the Good News. Saturday 22 December in Madrid Cathedral Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid, celebrate a solemn Eucharist with the missionary children and bless and send the 'Star Sowers'. The diocesan Missions Council recalls that the campaign this year is part of the evangelisation of young people proposed by the Archbishop. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 17/12/2007; righe 18, parole 253)
