ASIA/CAMBODIA - For World Missions Day, the Church makes a renewed effort to form missionaries and youth according to the example of Saint Paul

Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – An encounter for all new missionaries, religious, and laity interested in working or who have been working already in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh; the preparation of especially dynamic pastoral initiatives for the youth in the Vicariate...this is how the Church in Cambodia is living the missionary month of October, in an effort to spread awareness among the entire community, as to the urgency of the mission to evangelize.
Bishop Emile Destombes, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, wrote a Pastoral Letter to all the faithful, recalling the important events of the month and focusing on the celebration of World Missions Day (October 19), which will take place in all the parishes of the Vicariate, with special attention to the material and spiritual needs of the Catholic missions.
Among the list of events, Bishop Destombes recalled the admission of a seminarian as candidate for the priesthood, the beatification of the parents of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the Year of St. Paul, who the Vicar points out should be the model missionary for all Cambodian Christians.
Special attention will be given to the new missionaries who will bring their enthusiasm to the Vicariate, where they will arrive on October 25, and in their work with the youth, making them more active in the missionary task. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 14/10/2008)
Complete text of the Letter from the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh
http://www.fides.org/fra/documents/CAMBOGIA_octobre_miss_2008.doc