Faith Formation and Pastoral Care
Many of our missioners work in conjunction with parishes and other local organizations to care holistically for the needs of the communities where we live and work. Our missioners accompany people in their joys and struggles and support many projects that address the basic needs of especially vulnerable populations. As a Catholic community, we recognize the importance of attending not only to people’s physical needs, but also of offering resources that nourish their faith and spiritual development.
Partnerships with the Local Church Community
Many of our lay missioners work in partnership with a local archdiocese, parish, or Christian base community, caring holistically for the needs of the community as a whole.
Accompaniment of vulnerable populations
Our lay missioners work in ministries of presence and accompaniment with vulnerable population such as the elderly, the sick and dying, ethnic minorities, orphans, those with disabilities, the incarcerated, and those without friends or family.
Accompaniment of vulnerable populations
Our lay missioners work in ministries of presence and accompaniment with vulnerable population such as the elderly, the sick and dying, ethnic minorities, orphans, those with disabilities, the incarcerated, and those without friends or family.
Faith Formation and Religious Education
Through religious education and faith formation, and even a House of Prayer that offers a contemplative space for local people, lay missioners seek to help local communities nourish people’s spiritual lives.
Our missioners in Faith Formation and Pastoral Care
Featured stories
Bread of Life
From bustling basketball courts to quiet daily rhythm at Lake House of Prayer, Stephen and Loyce Veryser’s ministry in Tanzania bridges the physical and the spiritual. This fall, as they celebrate new beginnings—a completed basketball court, a renewed retreat center—they remind us that faith, like sport, flourishes through community, perseverance, and grace.
Going forth and being home
Like mission, “home” involves more than location, explains missioner Bob Cunningham in El Salvador. It is a state of being one with our surroundings and with others.
My new mission at a parish in Riwoto
After two and a half years in Kuron Peace Village, Gabe Hurrish is now working in parish ministry in South Sudan.
