Who is a “Missionary”?

For many years, Catholic missionaries have been sent to preach the gospel to people in different countries.

Historically, Catholic missionaries have been priests or nuns who went out to far away places to share the gospel with different people. Like the image you see here of a priest from the film ‘The Mission’. What kind of things do you think this priest might do during his day? There are also different examples of missionaries that we see around us today. Let’s have a look at another example. The Mission (1986 film)

Kate and Claudia Sr. Kate and Sr. Claudia work with poor families in the Philippines. Here they are with women from the Sambayanihan training and livelihoods program What kind of things might Kate and Claudia do during their day?

How might these missionaries be similar? How might these missionaries be different?