Missions

Missions connects local Catholics to the needs of the Church throughout the world to build global solidarity.

What is Missions?

The Missions ministry supports and promotes the understanding of Catholic Social Teaching and how to live out our faith by being in community with people on the margins, whether they are in our own communities or around the world. The Missions team provides support and resources to parishes so their parishioners can engage in global solidarity.

How Missions supports parishes

Missions helps parishes to educate people about the needs of our brothers and sisters around the world, to create opportunities for global relationship building and to inspire action. Examples of opportunities for parishes:

Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl education and impact
JustFaith Formation Series
Mission Coop Plan speakers
Immersion trips

Partnerships

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Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We are motivated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ to cherish, preserve and uphold the sacredness and dignity of all human life, foster charity and justice, and embody Catholic social and moral teaching. Learn more about the work of CRS around the world at https://www.crs.org/our-work-overseas

Take a 10-minute retreat to deepen your faith through guided meditation at https://www.crs.org/get-involved/learn/resource-center/online-prayer-retreat-hunger

Learn about how advocacy can make a difference at https://www.crs.org/stories/how-advocacy-makes-a-difference-father-joe-gradys-story

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Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, working to carry out the mission of Jesus Christ "... to bring good news to the poor ... release to captives ... sight to the blind, and let the oppressed go free."   (Luke 4:18). Learn more at https://www.povertyusa.org/

Find resources, CCHD national and local grant recipients, and CCHD grant application materials at https://archseattle.org/give-serve/giving-opportunities/national-mission-collections/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/

Mission Cooperative Plan (MCP)

The Archdiocese of Seattle's Mission Cooperation Plan (MCP) helps connect parishes to mission causes. It is an annual program that gives mission causes from around the world an opportunity to educate about God’s work among the poor and to raise funds for the building up of the Church in mission territories.

Parishes: To learn more and schedule an approved mission speaker and to view the list of approved mission causes, click on the the downloadable guide:

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Mission Causes can apply to be included in the MCP at Application for Mission Cooperative Plan

Mission Trips

Take a trip that will challenge & enrich you! Meet people working for a more just and compassionate world. Learn about the history, social, political, economic, religious, and cultural realities in the host country. Mission trips will expand your vision of the world and nurture your faith through prayer and reflection on what you're experiencing. Learn more about Maryknoll mission trips & Education Across Borders service-learning immersion trips by clicking the green buttons below.

Maryknoll Mission Trips

Education Across Borders Immersion Trips

Contact

Chris Koehler

Director of Missions and Immigrant Affairs

chris.koehler@seattlearch.org