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What Peace Demands – Letter from Our Executive Director

Dear Members, Partners, and Friends, Back in 2014, while marking the centenary of World War I, Pope Francis lamented that, here in the 21st Century, yet a third global war…

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Save The Dates – 2026 Virtual Members Meeting & 2027 Conference

September 16, 2026: Members Meeting Zoom March 2-4, 2027: Members Conference Carmelite Spiritual Center, Darrien, IL (25 minutes from O’Hare and Midway airports) Our virtual Member Meeting and 2027 Conference…

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Language & Cultural Training – Resource Presentation Webinar

The USCMA is pleased to host IUK English for a special presentation of their language, pronunciation and cultural competency platform for international clergy and pastoral workers ministering in the United…

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Global Mission Formation – Help Transform The Church!

The Church of the Sheaves: Equipping the Saints for Mission as Gift Exchange in the Catholic Church is a global initiative to form pastoral leaders worldwide in a renewed missionary…

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Missionaries Of Hope – Jubilee Summit Lectures Now Online!

In the summer of 2025, forty faith leaders from around the United States gathered for two-day summit of discernment, synodal dialogue and formation for living the mission and witnessing hope…

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Bringing Catholic Social Teaching To Life – New Resource Features USCMA Members

USCMA members work to uphold the dignity of all people, both within the United States and across the globe. Our new web resource invites everyday Catholics to grow in awareness…

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A World of Mission – May 2026 Highlights

World Mission News is compiled from Agenzia Fides, the official news service of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Africa. Pope Leo upholds Catholic Social Teaching and names exclusions as “the new…

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Equipping the Saints for Mission – Announcement from Our Executive Director

Dear Members, Partners, and Friends,   “Many people no longer feel at home, neither in the society nor in the Church.”   These words, spoken mere weeks ago by Cardinal Luis Antonio…

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The Church of the Sheaves – Help Transform the Church!

An initiative of the Dicastery for Evangelization, The Church of the Sheaves: Equipping the Saints for Mission as Gift Exchange in the Catholic Church is a groundbreaking project which will form pastoral…

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Special Consultation Session – Mission Formation and Reception

We need your feedback! As part of the Church of the Sheaves initiative, USCMA is contributing to the global online formational missionary formation, sending and the reception of missionaries and migrants. Join us for…

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Dilexi Te Reflection Series – A Lenten Journey with Francis and Leo XIV

Join the US Catholic Mission Association on a Lenten journey of reflection and dialogue on Dilexi Te, the apostolic exhortation begun by Pope Francis and completed by Pope Leo XIV. Each session…

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Welcome New Board Members!

USCMA is pleased to welcome four new members to our Board of Directors. Representing diverse ministerial, generational and personal perspectives, these new members are a blessing to our community as we seek to broaden our community and deepen our mission…

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