Sponsor a future Priest

Walk with them, so they can walk with God’s global family

If you, your family, or your parish can raise £42 a month for four years you can help realise a vocation in a mission diocese, and help build a strong and vibrant Church for the future.

Contact us during office hours to become a sponsor:

T: 020 7821 9755

E: [email protected]

You can also write to us at: Missio, 23 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1NU

In mission dioceses in Africa and Asia, it costs at least £700 a year to train a seminarian (student for the Priesthood). Despite the sacrifices made by their families and parish communities, and the seminaries’ efforts to grow their own food, it is a struggle for them to cover the full costs of seminary training.

Missio believes no vocation should be turned away through lack of funds. That’s why the Holy Father asks us to channel help from our supporters in England and Wales to our Church overseas.

How it works

You register – as an individual, a group, or a parish – to sponsor a seminarian in one of our five seminary partner locations: India, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Kenya, or Malawi. This means a commitment to raising £500 a year, for four years. That’s £42 a month or £1.37 a day.
Missio receives names of seminarians from our five partners. We then allocate a seminarian to you. You’ll receive the name of a student in the first of his final four years of Theology studies. He will also receive your name and hold you in prayer. You can choose to correspond, if you so wish. Your personal contact information will not be provided as correspondence goes via Missio.

The hope you bring

Thanks to the hope you bring through donations and sponsorship, Missio can ensure vocations in mission countries are never turned away because of a lack of support. Brother Diamond, a seminarian from Nigeria, wanted to share this message of thanks for the support he’s received through our sponsorship programme.

Get in touch to sponsor a seminarian

If you would like to sponsor a seminarian as an individual, please contact us during office hours:

T: 020 7821 9755
E: [email protected]

You can also write to us at: Missio, 23 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1NU

Sponsoring together

Sponsoring a seminarian makes a wonderful parish or community project

It’s a fantastic way to connect in faith to seminarians studying for the Priesthood overseas, and a wonderful opportunity to support the future of our Church.

Click here to find out more about our community sponsorship programme>>

'Everybody feels they have a clear purpose both to "pay and pray" for the success of their future Priest. Each sponsor feels that this is "their" trainee Priest and that they have a divine and specific purpose.'

Leo, Birmingham

Parish sponsorship organiser