We are called. We are called to act. We are called to walk humbly and love tenderly. No one is exempted from this calling for it is the call of the Gospel given to us by Jesus. As I pondered about what would be the reflection for this week, I realized that we cannot let the … Continue reading What are your Assumptions? →

Respect for All CulturesSince coming to the Navajo Reservation at the request of St. Katharine Drexel in 1898, modern Franciscans have served the native peoples of the Southwest in many ways. Respect for the various cultures, and finding ways to preserve and integrate their profound traditions and art into the Catholic faith, has always been … Continue reading Missionary Cooperative Plan Spotlight: Franciscan Missions →

Listen to God’s Word given to the Prophet Isaiah: Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them. The cow and the bear shall be neighbors, together their young shall rest; the lion … Continue reading Radical Dreams demand Radical Prayers →

Glenmary Home Missioners is the only Catholic missionary society of priests, brothers, and lay coworkers ministering exclusively in the rural and impoverished counties of Appalachia and the South. Father William Howard Bishop founded Glenmary Home Missioners in 1939 to bring the Catholic faith to the underserved home missions of the United States. There were over … Continue reading Missionary Cooperative Plan Spotlight: Glenmary Home Missioners →

All missioners are called by God to go out and to announce the Good News. One of the qualities that Pope Francis talks about frequently for all missioners is joy. Joy is so important that he even wrote an Apostolic Exhortation, Joy of the Gospel, which touched our hearts. He begins the exhortation with the words: … Continue reading It is Really Simple →

Dear Friends,Northeast India, the land of different tribes and tongues, cultures and customs, is the most flourishing mission territory in India in the recent times. The foundation for a flourishing Catholic Mission was laid with the arrival of the German Salvatorians in 1890, but it suffered a setback during the First World War due to the expulsion … Continue reading Missionary Cooperative Plan Spotlight: DIOCESE OF KOHIMA, NAGALAND- INDIA →

The United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) is a national alliance of missionary-disciples who intentionally serve, in communion with the universal Church, the mission of Jesus.  While every person responds to Jesus’ call to mission in a personal way, no one intentionally serves the universal mission of Jesus alone. Mission is a team sport – … Continue reading Missionary Cooperative Plan Spotlight: United States Catholic Mission Association →

Where were you on July 20, 1969? If you do remember you are revealing your age for sure! On that day Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon. It was the summer before my senior year of high school and I remember clearly watching everything on TV. As Armstrong left the spaceship and walked … Continue reading Where were you? →

As we daily feel and also see the pain, agony, fear and despair of the anonymous people on the television screen, our own loved ones, and even as we search our own hearts and minds, the phrase from this 1965 song made famous by Dionne Warwick comes to my mind: “love, sweet love”. One of the sweetest forms … Continue reading “What the world needs now is love, sweet love…” and the sweetest Love is Solidarity →

The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus were founded by Saint Daniel Comboni, the first Bishop of Central Africa, in 1867.  Originally, they were a group of priests and brothers from all over Europe doing mission work in Africa under the name of “Institute for the African Missions.” They became a religious society in 1895.  Up … Continue reading Missionary Cooperative Plan Spotlight: Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus →