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Go Forth... provides tools to connect with God's mission for you and your ministry. We offer commentary 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 with a commentary from a missionary perspective - arriving in your email box on Wednesdays to help you prepare reflections, lessons, or homilies

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

Sunday Readings from a Missionary Perspective

Fearless Faith – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 15

Missionary Commentary Migrating people have a talent, and they use it!  Living and working as a missionary priest at the U.S.-Mexico border gave me a steady exposure to the motivations that move people to flee…

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Wisdom Demands Preparedness – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 8

Keeping Our Lamps Burning Brightly  This Sunday’s Gospel describes for us how to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.  Jesus’ “kingdom parable” of the ten virgins is drawn from the customary wedding practices in Palestine.  The…

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The Saints will be marching in. Be one of them! – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 1

Commentary Happy feast day, all you saints of today! Are you surprised that I write this? Perhaps you are thinking, “She can say that but, after all, she is a Sister and sisters and priests…

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The Essence of Faith – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 25

All Commandments in a Nutshell In today’s Gospel we hear Jesus responding to the question of a scholar of the law: “Which commandment of the law is the greatest”? This is one of the occasions…

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The Things of Caesar – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 18

Missionary Commentary Missionaries are often sent to live and work in nations that are still trying to stabilize their democracies, or among people who have been forced to survive under autocratic and dictatorial regimes. These…

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Invited to God’s Banquet – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 11

Dining in the Kingdom of God In our Gospel today we hear Jesus using the word “kingdom” in the opening verses. The Gospels reveal that Jesus used this term “kingdom” nearly one hundred times; yet,…

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Podcast Show Notes

Steven Nabieu Rogers – Africa Faith and Justice Network – US And Africa

Meet the leader of the Africa Faith and Justice Network and learn how the organization connects people and congregations in the US and Africa as a bridge for those working towards peace, justice and the integrity of creation.

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Unexpected Guardians – The Bacalski and Ouyang Families

In a special episode for the Feast of the Holy Family, host Ben OuYang and his wife Jia Shieu discuss welcoming an orphaned teenager with our communications specialist Lisa Helene and her husband Roberto who are foster parents to unaccompanied minors from Central America.

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Joan Rosenhauer – Jesuit Refugee Service USA – 58 Countries

In this week’s episode of the Go Forth… podcast, Joan Rosenhauer shares how the Jesuit Refugee Service creates hope for the future through education, mental health initiative and pyscho-social emotional support to people in refugee camps and urban settlements in 58 countries as well as spiritual support for immigrants awaiting deportation in U.S. detention centers.

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Lonnie Ellis with in Solidarity

Lonnie Ellis shares his amazing story of conversion after facing a difficult life challenge. Today, his ministry provides expert communications services to under-resourced Catholic dioceses and organizations by helping the media to partner in promoting Catholic Social Teaching.

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Dr. Sue Carlson – St. Joseph Parish – Medor, Haiti

The parish twinning program between Our Lady of Queen of Peace in Arlington, Virginia and St. Joseph in Medor is built on relationships and solidarity developed over 20 years.

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Bishop James Schuerman – Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Bishop Jim shares the importance of generosity, hope and dignity as we live and share the Gospel. He gives great advice on how we can be effective missionaries either overseas or in the US.

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Sr. Elvine Msimuko – Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood – Zambia

Sr. Elvine shares how her order serves forgotten handicapped and homeless youth in Zambia. Her joy and laughter are contagious and uplifting!

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Fr. Henry Sands – Black and Indian Mission Office

Fr. Sands reflects on the readings in the context of his work helping local African American and Native American communities spread the Good News and address pressing needs in their urban parishes and on reservations. He belongs to three tribes: Ojibway, Odawa, and Potawatomi.

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Sister Nancy Schramm – Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart

Sister Nancy reflects on the weekly readings and shares about her years on mission in Brazil and now Illinois.

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Sister Ginger – Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters

Sister Ginger shares with us her experiences as a missionary sister in an order founded to serve Catholics in the Southwest.

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