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Go Forth... provides tools to connect with God's mission for you and your ministry. We offer commentary, podcasts, and community to support and form missionary disciples throughout the Church. Our goal is to animate the universal call to mission through the Sunday readings.

Amplify Your Mission with Go Forth...

Go Forth... aims to amplify our universal call to mission by exploring the weekly scriptures in two ways:

  • Commentary on the Sunday readings from a missionary perspective - arriving in your email box on Tuesdays to help you prepare reflections, lessons, or homilies
  • Podcasts featuring interviews with missionaries in the field, both in the U.S. and abroad, who share their lived reality and experience of the word of God

Our goal is to provide resources that help you amplify the Gospel message and strengthen the missionary church.

Contact Dr. Ben Ou-Yang at benouyang@uscatholicmission.org  to learn more and get involved!

Sunday Readings from a Missionary Perspective

Joy That Is Complete – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, July 6

Joy That Is Complete This Sunday’s readings animated my mind and heart as I prepared this commentary. There are so many positive images: being carried in God’s arms and fondled in God’s lap; songs of…

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Dynamic Witnesses of Faith – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, June 29, 2025

Eight mission principles for disciples today, as exemplified by Saints Peter and Paul.

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Become the Eucharist – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, June 22

Like the Bread of Life, we are taken, blessed, broken, and given.

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A Chip Off the Old Trinitarian Block – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, June 15

Mission today reflects the nature of God in a dynamic and glorious manner.

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A Need for Contemplation – Missionary Commentary for June 1, 2025

A Need for Contemplation Today’s Gospel invites us to take some quiet time for contemplation to be able to reach deeper into the message that Jesus gave to his apostles and friends at the Last…

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Francis, A Vatican II Pope – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, May 25, 2025

From Peter to Pope Leo IV, the Holy Spirit remains marvelously active in our faith community today as it was during the time of the apostles. Pope Francis demonstrated God’s love in action through his servant-leadership, emphasis on relationships and synodality, and canonization of over 900 people three popes who attended Vatican II.

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Podcast Show Notes

Scalabrinian Sister Catherine Petalcurin – Ministry with Migrants and Refugees

Scalabrinian Sister Catherine Petalcurin shares her wonderful and often moving testimony about how she and other Scalabrinian Sisters serve migrants and refugees around the world.

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Father Larry Rice – Paulist Fathers – Tennessee

Father Larry Rice shares the Paulist approach of forming missionary disciples by helping people build a relationship with Jesus, often using the latest communications tools for outreach.

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Ted Furton – National Catholic Bioethics Center – USA

Dr. Ted Furton helps young people, priests and bishops navigate difficult health care issues and walk with God during their challenges.

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Father Carl Chudy – Interfaith Dialogue – Massachusetts

Fr. Chudy is a Xaverian missionary with a deep commitment to interfaith dialogue and understanding why people leave the Catholic church.

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Sister Judy Waldt – Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Sister Judy shares her vocation call and reflects on the readings for the 13th Sunday in ordinary time.

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Connor Combs – Catholic University of America – Belize

Connor teamed up with other students to spend two weeks in prayer and ministry with the people of Punto Gordo, Belize.

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Marianne Rodriguez – Encounter School of Ministry- 30 Locations

Marianne shares a reflection on this week’s readings and how her organization helps parishes and dioceses across the country prepare adults to go out into the world as loving, confident missionary disciples who understand the beauty of the Church and its teachings.

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Fr. Tim Ring – Heralds of the Gospel

Fr. Tim shares how members of this new and growing community live its mission to respond generously to the call of the fullness of Christian life and the perfection of charity, aiding and fostering an intimate unity between practical life and faith.

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Fr. Steve Demaio SDB and Adam Rudin – Salesians of Don Bosco – Worldwide

Lay missioners and Salesians work side by side in many of the 130 countries where Salesians offer the “sacrament of presence.” Fr. Steve and Adam share their journey with Christ and their perspective on the Sunday readings for the Feast of Corpus Christi.

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Sister Marcia Hall – Oblate Sisters of Providence – Baltimore

Sister Marcia shares the background and mission of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, who have served the Baltimore community for over 150 years. In addition, she shares her role in support of the oldest African American Catholic School in the nation. Her trust in the Lord will inspire you.

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