Mission Activity

Directly participating in a global mission.

The Center for Mission is charged with promoting and coordinating the global mission outreach of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The Center for Mission does this in three major ways:

– Short-term immersion trips and Youth mission trips
– Parish and diocesan partnerships
– Global outreach projects

Missionary Cooperation Plan (MCP)

The Center for Mission manages the MCP initiative connecting representatives from global religious and diocesan communities with parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

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Short-term mission

Prayerful, face-to-face encounters with our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world have been shown to deepen one’s understanding and commitment to the global mission of the church. One way that the Center for Mission promotes global mission is by organizing and promoting short-term mission trips and immersion trips.
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Parish Partnerships

A new, grass roots form of mission has recently been evolving, that of parish-to-parish or diocese-to-diocese partnerships. Sometimes known as “sistering” or “twinning”, this model involves mutual visits and long-term sharing that enables the host and visiting communities to discover the deeper meaning of solidarity. The Center for Mission provides direction, training and resources for parishes to develop mutually respectful and satisfying parish partnerships.
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Diocesan Partnerships

The Center for Mission also coordinates two archdiocesan partnerships, one with a diocese on the continent of Africa and one with a parish on the South American continent. These partnerships provide an opportunity for parishes otherwise not connected through parish partnerships to experience the joys, challenges and growth through a global solidarity connection.

Parishes and schools are invited to increase their global consciousness and solidarity as energized through a personal connection to the joyful, faith people of either the Diocese of Kitui, Kenya or the Jesucristo Resucitado parish in San Felix, Venezuela.
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Global Outreach Projects

As a way to support the global mission of Jesus Christ, the Center for Mission promotes specific project initiatives that may be found on our Projects page.
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