Mission Update

The Mission Update is an annual newsletter from the US Catholic Mission Association that provides information and reflections for its members. The Mission Update includes articles and reflections on mission trends and spirituality, global concerns, mission education and/or formation, and updates on groups involved with mission education and global solidarity. 

USCMA members receive the Mission Update and have access to the most recent editions in the Member Resources Portal. To learn more about the Mission Update read past editions click on the editions below to download your own copy. If you would like to receive your copy of the Mission Update, click here to become a member.

2017 Mission Update - Autumn/Winter Edition

• A Mission Forged in Blood and Courage. (Reflection)
• Learning to Encounter. (Periodic Paper)
• “Joan Chittister: Her Journey from Certainty to Faith” (Book Review)
• Pope Francis’ Letter on the Extraordinary Missionary Month

2017 Mission Update - Summer Edition

• Life, and Mission, on the Border. (Reflection)
• Reconciling the World to Himself: Promoting Cross-cultural Empathy Through Popular Piety. (Periodic Paper)
• Revisiting Saint Francis, Mission, and Education. - Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF., STD. (periodic Paper)
• “I Believe: The Promise of the Creed” (Book Review) 

2017 Mission Update - Spring Edition

• The Faith of the People in the Art of the Old Spanish Missions of SanAntonio (Reflection)
• The Future of the Sino-Vatican Dialogue from an Ecclesiological Point of View (Periodic Paper)
• The "More" of Mission and Reflections on the "More" of Mission

2016 Mission Update

• Dry Bones or Pentecostal Fire: the Making of Ad Gentes (Periodic Paper)
• Mission Bibliography
• Modern Day Slavery
• St. John Paul II and Redemptoris Missio (Periodic Paper)
• US Catholics and the Church in China (Profiles in Mission)
• USCMA Strategic Plan

Spring 2015

• Solidarity and the Future of Mission
• Laudato Si' Study and Action Guide (Periodic Paper)

For earlier editions of the Mission Update, please contact our office.