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Archbishop [[Fulton J. Sheen|Fulton Sheen]], now “Venerable” was director of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 1950 – 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen – Pontifical Mission Societies |url=https://phillymissions.org/mission-saints/fulton-sheen/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=phillymissions.org}}</ref> In the Fall of 1951, he began his famous television series, Life is Worth Living.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ave |first=The Catholic University of America 620 Michigan |last2=Washington |first2=N. E. |last3=Us |first3=DC 20064 Contact |title=Biography of Fulton J. Sheen |url=https://fulton-sheen.catholic.edu/bio/index.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=The Catholic University of America |language=en}}</ref> The rich content and dramatic presentation of his one-man television program soon attracted 30 million viewers. As SPF director, Bishop Sheen worked tirelessly to promote mission awareness and raise funds for the poor churches in mission lands. He started a pocket-sized Mission magazine and wrote his own crisp text, illustrated with graphic photos from the mission world. He also devised a mission Rosary with each of the five decades a different color to represent the missions in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific Islands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maurovich |first=Frank |date=2012-10-18 |title=Archbishop Sheen Brought Missions to Vatican II |url=https://www.cny.org/stories/archbishop-sheen-brought-missions-to-vatican-ii,8292 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Catholic New York |language=en}}</ref>

 

 

In April 2021, Monsignor Kieran E. Harrington of the Diocese of Brooklyn, was named the new national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the U.S. The appointment was made by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Vatican [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]]. Monsignor Harrington succeeded Father Andrew Small, OMI, who had completed his second five-year term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monsignor Kieran Harrington of Diocese of Brooklyn Named National Director of the National Pontifical Mission Societies |publisher=USCCB |url=https://www.usccb.org/news/2021/monsignor-kieran-harrington-diocese-brooklyn-named-national-director-national-pontifical |access-date=2022-12-13 |language=en}}</ref>