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 leaders across the globe—bishops, priests, religious, catechists, lay ecclesial ministers, and faith educators—in a renewed missionary paradigm, centered on gift exchange, interculturality, and mutual reciprocity among the local Churches.  

USCMA serves on the Regional Team for North America and on the team developing the Mission in Practice: Formation, Sending, and Reception formational module. We are also raising financial support for the initial phases of the initiative.  

Your contribution will support the initial program coordination and instructional design and enable contributors from the Global South to participate in the initial meeting and program presentation to the Holy Father in Rome this Spring. 

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Other Encounter Updates from February 2026:

Announcement from the Executive Director
Special Consultation Session – Mission Formation and Reception
Dilexi Te Reflection Series – A Lenten Journey with Francis and Leo XIV
Welcome New Board Members!
Season of Faithful Witness – Promoting Human Dignity through Public Action
Lent and Restorative Justice – A Panel Discussion
Mission Opportunities
A World of Mission – February 2026 Highlights