In the quiet village of Thiruvarangam in Tamil Nadu, southern India, devotion continues to grow around a 19th-century French Jesuit missionary whom local Catholics lovingly call "Mudiyappar Swamy."
The Catholic Church observes ‘World Mission Day’ on Sunday, 19 October. There is added significance this year because it is the Jubilee Year, and the focus is on becoming ‘pilgrims of hope’.
