U.S. Catholic Mission Association

It is truly a joy to remember how many USCMA members and organizations live out the mission of the Church by striving for communion through advocating for justice. At a time when we are reminded more than ever that being a Missionary Disciple calls each of us to lives in solidarity with the suffering, USCMA’s Annual Conference, Gospel Justice: A Living Challenge for the Church in Mission, will highlight the importance of justice in our work as missioners. During this year’s USCMA Annual Conference, approximately 200 missioners and friends will examine the question of how mission and justice are rooted in the Gospel, of how these concepts are interrelated, indeed even constitutive of each other. The USCMA Annual Conference will take place October 24-26, 2014 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center located in Alexandria, VA.

By making a donation to USCMA's Annual Conference you can show your support for the work of US missioners and help them to further develop their talents through this educational and collaborative event.

 

“Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel” (Mark 16:15)

As Catholics, we are called to spread the Good News—healing wounds, serving the vulnerable, and embodying the love of Christ in every corner of our world. Today, you can answer that call by supporting the United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA).

For over 40 years, USCMA has been a lifeline to those who live and proclaim the Gospel. We provide spiritual, professional, and emotional support to the people who seek out the most difficult places and circumstances, working alongside local communities to offer comfort, compassion, and hope to those who need it most. But we can’t do it alone!

Your gift today is more than a donation – it’s a way to participate in the mission.

By contributing, you:

• Build community through networking, collaboration, and the sharing of resources.
• Uplift those who serve, providing spiritual formation and professional expertise to remain resilient, inspired, and effective.
• Ensure the future of mission by advocating for the issues affecting the Church in mission and encouraging others to answer the call.

Help bring hope to life. Join us in this mission to ensure that every heart encounters the love of Christ.

Who We Are

The United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) is the ONLY association of US Catholic mission-sending and mission-minded individuals and organizations. USCMA supports the activities
and efforts of US-based home and international missionary groups by providing opportunities for these groups to gather, share, and learn from one another. USCMA strives to be a catalyst for fresh insights, broad involvement, creative approaches, and alternative structures, methods, and  techniques for promoting mission.

Our Mission: To unite and support those committed to the cross-cultural and global mission of Jesus Christ in service to the Church and the world.

Our Purpose: The signs of our times call us to focus our engagement in Christian mission and to
foster and support existing and new forms of cross-cultural and inter-religious partnerships.  At the heart of mission is a spirituality that summons us to accompany the poorest in the world, to raise our collective voice, to engage the new secularity, and to seek alternatives within the process of globalization.  As missioners, we have a unique ability to move humanity toward a transforming
global community and to help overcome the polarities that characterize our era.

 

USCMA is a membership-based organization. Our members are involved in establishing the
direction of the association and supporting its life. USCMA membership is comprised of religious
and lay mission-sending groups, diocesan mission offices, mission-minded organizations, religious communities, active missionaries, and individuals who support mission. 

 
Based in service to the Church and the world, USCMA provides a forum in which people with a variety of experiences in mission can find a welcome, celebrate their faith, reflect on the signs of the times, foster leadership within mission organizations, explore emerging trends in mission, stimulate creative mission practices, and challenge one another to live lives more deeply rooted in mission spirituality.

Our Goals: The response to our baptismal call urges us to envision and witness to mission as a journey of hope, moving us toward the social transformation and reconciliation that proclaim the Reign of God in our midst.  As members of a multi-cultural, pilgrim church, that is “missionary by her very nature” (Ad Gentes, 2), we feel impelled to widen our net, gathering together people with a variety of mission experiences to reflect on our stories, enrich our spirituality, and stimulate creative mission practices.
 
Over the next five years, we will concentrate our efforts on the integration of the key elements of mission: proclamation, witness, dialogue, prayer, spirituality, reconciliation, and social transformation.