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encourage people to vote involve

many people.

A group of Catholics in the Chi-cago area are using the booklet

produced by Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns, “Loving Our

Neighborhood in a ShrinkingWorld,” as a basis for monthlydiscussion to study issues impor-tant in the presidential election.They are also using materialsfrom the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform of the Arch-

diocese of Chicago.

Immigration is a

key issue in Floridathis year and Catho-lics are participatingin and using materi-als from a forum,“Immigrants andthe 2008 Elec-tion: What is at Stake?” In thePhiladelphia area people are pre-

paring articles as inserts for par-ish bulletins on the Bishops pas-toral, “Faithful Citizenship: ACall to Political Responsibilityfrom the Catholic Bishops of theUnited States.” In Walla Walla,Washington an effort to educate

people on the issues is resultingin a lecture series.

The US presidential election hassparked interest not only in theUnited States but in other coun-tries as well. Because of theinfluence exerted by the US inthe world people all over the

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“In the Catholic Tradition, re-sponsible citizenship is a virtue,and participation in political lifeis a moral obligation. This obli-

gation is rooted in our baptismalcommitment to follow JesusChrist and to bear Christian wit-ness in all we do.” In their letter of November 2007, the US Bish-ops made a clear statement thatAmerican Catholics have a re-sponsibility to take part in the

political life of our country.“The Church’s obligation to par-ticipate in shaping the moralcharacter of society is a require-

ment of our faith.”

The bishops went on to affirmthat “as Catholics, we are part of a community with a rich heritagethat helps us consider the chal-lenges in public life and contrib-ute to greater justice and peace

for all people.”

T h e b i s h o p s ’ s t a t e m e n t“highlights the role of the Churchin the formation of conscience,and the corresponding moralresponsibility of each Catholic tohear, receive, and act upon the

Church’s teaching in the lifelongtask of forming his or her ownconscience. With this foundation,Catholics are better able to evalu-

ate policy positions, party plat-forms, and candidates’ promisesand actions in light of the Gospeland the moral and social teachingof the Church in order to help

build a better world.”

At the USCMA Annual Meetingin October 2007, members

passed a Resolution, “US Elec-tions 2008: In a Global

Neighborhood,” in which theyagreed to “promote active, non-

partisan, civic participation and

collaboration to promote an in-formed electorate and active

participation in the upcoming2008 U.S. elections.”

Catholics around the countryhave taken their responsibility toheart and are involved in differ-ent ways to live out this obliga-tion outlined by the bishops.Parishes in both Los AngelesCounty and in the Rio GrandeValley are involved in interfaithefforts to identify issues of im-

portance to the votersand then to developstrategies to learn thecandidates’ positionson them. In these areaslocal issues may takeon greater importancethan national elections.Voter registrationdrives, voter education,

phone banks and door-to-door campaigns to

In This Issue

Elections 2008

From the Director 2

From the President 2

Clean Water for the

World

3

Other Resources 4

New Resource for Twin-

ning Projects

4

Mission Congress 2010 4

Conference 2008 5

Executive Summary of

Mission Handbook

Center

Orbis Books 6

Resources & Upcoming

Events

6

We Pray

That future

priests in young

Churches may be

ever more seriouslyformed culturally

and spiritually in

order to evangelize

their respective

countries and the

whole world.

Benedict XVI

Un i t ed S ta t e sCa tho l i c M i ss ion Assoc ia t i on

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From the President of the Board:

Sr. Mary McGlone, CSJ

USCMA StaffRev. Michael Montoya, MJ, Executive Director

Ms. Charlotte Cook, Associate Director

Sr. Anne Louise Von Hoene, MMS, Accountant

Sr. Michael Theresa Brauer, SND de N, Administrative Assistant

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It is an exciting year for us in the US!

First of all, commentators from radio,newspapers and television have been cap-turing the excitement in the upcoming USPresidential elections. Varied voices onvaried issues that we confront as a countryvie for attention. In fact, some commenta-tors are also listening to the so-called“Catholic voice.” But what exactly doesthat mean?

One of the resolutions we passed asUSCMA last year encourages all of us “to

promote active, non-partisan, civic par-

ticipation and collaboration to promote aninformed electorate and active participa-tion in the upcoming 2008 U.S. elec-tions,” “using the lens of the Gospel andCatholic Social Teachings.” Our experi-ences as missioners tell us that, althoughthe election is US, its global impact can-not be ignored. We need to put the global

perspective in the discourse, as well aswiden the lens out of which we view our

participation. Our lead article gives ussome helpful resources.

I would like to point your attention too onthe Convention for the Common Good:

Rooted in Catholic Social Teachings. Thisis a collaborative effort initiated by NET-WORK and Catholic Alliance for Com-mon Good, which many Catholic organi-zations such as the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Pax Christi,Maryknolls, Franciscans, and USCMA (toname a few) are supporting. It will be held

on July 11-13, 2008 in Philadelphia.

As part of the preparation for this conven-tion, we are asking for input from diversegroups around the country. We need peo-

ple to convene dialogues to identify thecommon needs of your communities andhow those needs should be addressed. Theresults of these dialogues will be used todevelop a Platform for the Common Goodthat can be ratified at the Convention. For more information, you may contact NET-WORK at 202- 347-9797 or www.networklobby.org . There are also

Greetings to you in these holy days of encoun-ter with the Risen Lord!

As this issue of Mission Update was being pre- pared, the USCMA board was enjoying thehospitality of the Maryknoll Fathers and Broth-ers in New York as we took time for a boardmeeting and visioning session. I want to usethis greeting to share a few of the highlights of that meeting.

Responding to trends that we have been watch-ing and reporting for a few years now, we wantto give priority to attracting participation andmembership from “new groups” in mis-sion. Those would include parish and diocesantwinning groups, college volunteers, returnedvolunteers from mid-term groups like the Jesuit

Volunteers, etc. That means too that we will be planning our conferences to respond to theirinterests and needs.

In another area, we are hoping to improve our use of technology, with an emphasis on themedia most appropriate to the younger groupswe hope to attract. In addition to that, we arelooking at the feasibility of encouraging local orregional chapters of the USCMA. We realizethat not everyone can attend our annual confer-ences, but that regional/local groups could be awonderful source of sharing mission experienceand wisdom.

Those are just some of the ideas we’ve startedworking on. We hope that you will think aboutthem and other suggestions you might have for our future. Obviously, we’re going to be count-ing on you to help carry this out! We’ll belooking forward to talking with you more aboutit all at our next conference, October 24-26 inBaltimore.

Peace to you.

useful pages on how to organize the Dia-

logue Sessions.

Secondly, this year marks the 100 yearsthat the US Church has been faithfully re-sponding to the challenges of Sapienti Con-

silio. Up until the issuance of this apostolicconstitution by Pope Pius X on June 29,1908, the US Church has been primarily amission-receiving territory. Our coming of age as a Church challenged us then to sendout missioners throughout the world aswell.

It is very timely then that we bring to youthe latest Executive Summary of the surveyof all the US Catholic Missioners workinghere and abroad. This survey is done everytwo years and remains to be the official

survey of all the US Catholic missionersworking here and abroad. A quick glance atthe numbers and figures allow us a peak into how we have been responding as a USChurch to God’s call to mission. The in-crease in the number of lay missioners isalso a sign of hope that the mission en-trusted to the Church will continue.

It is with this sense of excitement and hopetoo that this year we invite you to partici-

pate in our upcoming 2008 Mission Con-ference which will be held in Baltimore,

MD on October 24-26, 2008. The theme isMission: A Journey of Hope. Together withMichael Amaladoss and Dianne Bergantare 12 other speakers that will help us look at our journeys of hope as missioners

within a new globalized context.

All of these excitement and signs of hopecan only inspire us as we enter this Easter Season. May the celebration of the Resur-rection of our Lord give you joy and peace!

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From the Director

Rev. Michael Montoya, MJ



globe are interested in and curious about our elections. Many Afri-cans especially are curious to see what happens to “one of their own.”

Two Maryknoll Lay Missioners serv-ing in Cambodia, Roberta and JimMcLaughlin, took time to organize thefirst ever Global Presidential Primaryin Cambodia. At a gathering of the

Maryknoll Global Concerns Meeting inCochabamba, Bolivia, missionersshared the following as ideas to feed tothe US government in preparation for

the presidential elections in November:

We dream of a new government that would be a model for the

world, one that would use dialogue in place of aggression, one that

would respect diverse opinions. Because of the environmental

effects of so many cars in use, we would like to see more promo-

tion of public transit, and not so many multi-car families. We

wish that creativity could be restored to schools in the form of

arts, music, athletics--programs that involve the young people in

doing something. Public parks should be fun places to gather,

even in the evening, when possibly they might have to have lightsinstalled for safety if that is a problem. Nothing good is achieved

by having everyone lock themselves into their homes to watch

television alone in the evening.

Resources that are quite helpful for Catholics in preparing for the 2008

elections are:

1. ”Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from theCatholic Bishops of the United States.” This is available in both Eng-

lish and Spanish. (http://www.faithfulcitizenship.org/ )

2. “US Elections 2008, Loving Our Neighbor in a Shrinking World,” presents five issues important in this election, each discussed from the perspective of a person in another country as well as from insightsfrom our Catholic social tradition. The story is followed by ImportantPolicy Goals and Questions for candidates. From the Maryknoll Of-

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As you know, one of the Resolutions passed at the Annual Meeting in October 2007 focused on global climate change. One of theways that USCMA can do its part in protecting the environment is to cut back on the amount of paper that we use. This includes our newsletter Mission Update. We would like to cut back on the number of hard copies of the Mission Update that we print and mail.While helping the environment it will also shift some of our cost back into mission. We would send an email informing peoplewhen the next issue of Mission Update is available and include a link to the newsletter online. If you are interested in receiving your Mission Update electronically please let us know.

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fice for Global Concerns (www.maryknollogc.org)

3. The Center of Concern has produced materials meant to help people participate actively in the current political campaigns as informed andfaithful Christians. The materials posted on their website can help

people deepen their own analysis, make their own evaluation of the programs and candidates, and engage their local communities. FromCenter of Concern (www.coc.org/Election2008 )

4. Sisters of Mercy have produced, “Election 2008, A Practical Re-source,” that focuses on six issues of importance in this election. Thisguide provides non-partisan educational materials for reflection as

preparation. (http://sistersofmercy.org/images/stories/documents/

resources/electionresource.pdf )

5. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good promotes awarenessof the Catholic Social Tradition and its core values of justice, humandignity and the common good to Catholics, the media and Americans

of all faiths. (http://catholicsinalliance.org/ )

6. NETWORK is a Catholic leader in the global movement for justiceand peace —it educates, organizes and lobbies for economic and so-cial transformation. (http://networklobby.org/)

7. Convention for Common Good (http://networklobby.org/ConventionMainPage.htm) will take place in Philadelphia July 11-13,2008 for people who want to do their part to move political rhetoricfrom “up close and personal” candidate cameos and interest group-tested sound bites to a substantive discussion of government for thecommon good. This Convention is sponsored by NETWORK andThe Catholic Alliance for Common Good, including USCMA.

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A newly-formed non-profit organization, Clean Water for the World, wants "to provide simple, adaptable water purification units, at nocharge, to communities around the world, without access to potable water.” Paul Flickinger, the Executive Director, is interested in talkingwith missioners who might be interested in their water systems. He invites people to check their website: www.cleanwaterfortheworld.orgor to contact him by phone 269-342-1354, mail P.O. Box 51334, Kalamazoo, MI 49005 or email [email protected].

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American Society of Missiology

As the ecumenical professional association for mission studies in NorthAmerica, the American Society of Missiology includes more than 600academicians, mission agency executives and missionaries in a unique

fellowship of scholarship and mission. It seeks to: Promote the scholarly study of theological, historical, social and practi-

cal questions relating to the missionary dimension of the Christian church.

· Relate studies in Missiology to the other scholarly disciplines.

Promote fellowship and cooperation among individuals and institutions

engaged in activities and studies related to Missiology.

Facilitate mutual assistance and exchange of information among thosethus engaged.

Encourage research and publication in the study of Christian missions.

The ASM publishes the quarterly journal Missiology: An International Review which has a worldwide circulation of approximately 1,500 sub-scribers. The Editor of the journal is J. Nelson Jennings, Associate Editors

are Angelyn Dries, OSF and Jay Moon.

In cooperation with Orbis Books, the society publishes the ASM Series, inwhich more than 30 monographs have been published since 1980. Ange-line Dries, OSF chair of the editorial committee for the series.

The ASM Dissertation Series was begun in 1993 and in June 2006 thename was changed to the ASM Scholarly Monograph Series. MichaelRynkiewich is chair of the editorial committee for that series which has

published six volumes thus far in cooperation with University Press of

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In all of its publications, it is the concern of the ASM to incorporate theknowledge, understanding, skills, and techniques provided by the socialand behavioral sciences, by regional area studies, by a wide range of pro-fessional experience (in fields such as agriculture, education, medicine,and public health), and by biblical, theological and historical studies.

The ASM Annual Meeting will be held June 19-21, 2008 at the DivineWord Center (Techny Towers) near O’Hare Airport. Its theme is

“Envisioning Apostolic Theology: As the Father Sends…”

The Annual Meeting of the Association of Professors of Mission (APM)always precedes the ASM meeting. APM will gather June 18-19, 2008 atTechny for its meeting, “The Gospel Beyond Mere Words” Issues in Con-textualizing Liturgy, Music and the Arts.”

Both ASM and APM make a concerted effort to rotate their leadershipamong Roman Catholics, Conciliar Protestants and evangelical Protes-tants. It is important that Catholics interested and involved in mission

become involved in these organizations, especially ASM. The meetings ofthese groups are the only gatherings where missionaries from all traditions

join together. The Board of Directors of ASM is made up of equal numbers from the three traditions. Fr. Michael Montoya, MJ, Charlotte Cookand Robert Hurteau currently serve on the Board. William Burrows, pub-lisher of Orbis Books is Second Vice-President. Catholics serving on theBoard of Publications are: Steve Bevans, SVD, of Catholic TheologicalUnion, Janet Carroll, MM, of the Catholic China Bureau, Mike Gable,Mission Office Director in Cincinnati, Paul Kollman, SCS of Notre DameUniversity, and Roger Schroeder, SVD of CTU.

For more information about both meetings check the website

www.asmweb.org

An excellent resource.

Other Resources

Valuable ResourceA valuable resource for Missiology libraries is, “International Mission Bibliography1960-2000.” This bibliography is edited by Norman E. Thomas and is available atThe Scarecrow Press, Inc: http://www.scarecrowpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=081084785X

Save The Date

Mission Congress 2010

“God’s Mission, Many Faces:

A Portrait of US Catholics in Mission ” Dates: October 14-17, 2010

Building Bridges of Faith Building a Relationship with a Sister Parish byDennis P. O’Connor, is a good “source and guidebook for members of churches, schools and other faith communities who would like to establisha faith-based partnership with a ‘twin’ parish in another region or coun-try.” Twinning has become an increasingly popular practice in the US.This book and the accompanying workbook Bridges of Faith Personal

Journal give the history of this phenomenon as well as best practices ingetting started planning and developing a partnering relationship. Severalappendices provide helpful resources and bibliography. The journal al-lows participants to record thoughts, reflections and experiences of their

journeys. The book and journal are available from St. Anthony MessengerPress, www.SAMPBooks.org or 1-800-488-0488.

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Spring 2008 Mission Update

Mission: A Journey of Hope celebrates the US Church’s 100 years of

responding to the challenges of Sapienti consilio to send missioners throughout the

world!

Mission: A Journey of Hope is a journey not simply based on human opti-

mism but in a faithful God who continues to call us to mission

… a journey of hope that women and men committed to mission have taken all throughout

history…. a journey of hope that missioners in the 21st century are continually asked to witness in

the midst of the challenges of mission in a truly global context.

Our 2008 USCMA Mission Conference takes place in the historic Baltimore area,

which this year celebrates the 200th year of becoming the first Archdiocese in the nation.

Keynote SpeakersMICHAEL AMALADOSS, SJ

DIANNE BERGANT, CSA

Panel SpeakersARTURO AGUILAR, SSC DR. JOSEFINA CHIRINO

FLOTILDA LAPE, ICM JEANNIE RITTER

Dialogue SessionsREVERSE MISSION: BUILDING BRIDGES OF HOPE

DR. JOSEFINA CHIRINO & JEANNIE RITTER

What messages do today’s missioners need to bring to our own US culture? In what ways do

our journeys as missioners witness to hope in a new global reality?

CHURCH MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES TODAY:

IMPLICATIONS FOR DIOCESE AND PARISH PROGRAMS

DR. MICHAEL GABLE & MICHAEL HAASL

Where do we find mission creativity and vitality in parishes and in diocesan programs? In

what ways do such creativity bring a new experience of hope for people in the pews? How do

we support and promote such creativity and vitality?

SPE SALVI: IMPLICATIONS FOR MISSION

MICHAEL AMALADOSS, SJ

What are the implications of Benedict XVI’s encyclical on Hope for mission in today’s new

globalized context?

MISSION USA:

GIVING VOICE TO THOSE MISSIONED TO THE U.S.

FLOTILDA LAPE, ICM & JOHN HURLEY, CSP

What are missioners sent to the US (home missioners and international missioners) telling us

about the new global mission context of the U.S.? How do their mission journeys engender

hope?

RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES:

NEW ROLES IN BUILDING GLOBAL COMMUNITIES OF

HOPE

KATHY SCHMITTGENS, SSND & PAUL LININGER, OFM

How can religious communities use their global network to promote solidarity

and hope? How does the multi-cultural, multi-lingual composition of today’s

religious communities inspire hope in today’s new globalized context of mission?

THE FUTURE OF MISSION

ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION FOR MISSION

SUZANNE MOORE, MM & ARTURO AGUILAR, SSC

Who is the next generation of missioners? What inspires the next generation to go to mis-

sion? How do we support them in their journey of hope?

MISSION EARTH:

CHANGING THE CLIMATE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

JOAN MUMAW, IHM & MAURICE LANGE, OMI

How do the stories of the missioners bring creativity and hope to the issue of

global climate change? How do we put a human face to the issues of global

climate change? How does our creativity or lack thereof in addressing the issues of global

climate change affect the lives of the poor?

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY of the MISSION HANDBOOK

Periodic Paper #1

2008 is a significant year in the mission journey of the US. It marks 100 years since Pius X issued Sapienti consilio (June 29, 1908) recognizing thematurity of the US Catholic Church that has been up till then primarily “mission territory.” While there may have been initiatives from among thereligious communities at that time to send missioners, the issuance of the decree made it official that, as a whole, the US Catholic Church was nowcalled to send out of its own, missionaries to the world! Thousands of women and men since then have continued to inspire the US Church to liveout its passion for its baptismal call to mission.

At this historic moment, we at United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) are happy to share with you the compilation of the missionarysurvey results we received in response to a questionnaire and a request to update the 2004-2005 statistics. The survey was originally mailed to 689mission-sending organizations in March, 2007. Acknowledging that our mission outreach is to the global community, the tabulation is inclusive of U.S. citizens, Catholic missioners – laity, religious and clergy – serving in mission both within and outside the United States borders.Included in this edition of the U. S. Catholic Mission Handbook 2008 is a section with charts and tables of the new data received in relation to pre-

vious data. These numbers and figures give us only a glimpse to the commitment of U.S. Catholic missioners serving all over the world.

As you go through this inventory, it is our hope that the stories of those missioners that have touched our lives come to life and enkindle in our

hearts the passion for God’s mission.

The following 2006 – 2007 tabulation of United States Catholic Missioners serving both within the U.S. and abroad has been compiled by theUSCMA from data gathered from many sources. USCMA has compiled the lists of missioners from data received from mission-sending organiza-tions and home dioceses (with additional reference to The Official Catholic Directory). The data, therefore, is as reliable as the most diligent effortcan make it and as the constant changes in personnel will allow. Some comments on several items in this handbook follow.

The lists of data include only U.S. missioners, meaning those who are or have been United States citizens by birth or naturalization. Those whohave taken out citizenship in their country of mission service are still listed here as missioners from the United States. On the other hand, citizensof other countries serving as members of mission-sending organizations headquartered in the U.S. are not listed. As an example, there are numer-ous Maryknoll sisters serving abroad, often in countries other than their homeland, who are not U.S. citizens and therefore are not listed here amongthe Maryknoll sisters serving abroad as U.S. Catholic missioners. This policy helps to prevent overlapping when the various national mission coun-cils publish their tabulations. It must be remembered, however, that mission-sending organizations which appear to have only very few members ina given mission field may have many more who are not U.S. citizens.

The lists bear the heading U.S. Catholic missioners. This includes all those Catholics who are sponsored by Catholic mission-sending organiza-tions, even if they work for projects not sponsored by the Catholic Church.The term missioner is used in its generally accepted sense. It includes not only those engaged in the primary and subsequent stages of evangeliza-tion but also those ministering in closely related areas of community service and development.

The term serving stands for service over a period of time. While some organizations provide opportunities for short-term service, only those indi-viduals are included in these statistics who serve for a minimum of one year.

The term abroad means “outside” of the 50 states of the United States. Those working in Alaska and Hawaii are included in the data as missionersserving within the U.S. As Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are U.S. territories and not U.S. states, their data lies in the category of “abroad” for the statistical purposes of this inventory.

As with the 2004 - 2005 tabulation, the many missioners ministering in cross-cultural situations in the United States are included. The continuing political and socio-economic changes, trends and circumstances – both in the U.S. and abroad – have enabled a renewed understanding of missionuniversally.

[Note: The following guidelines were included with the request to mission-sending organizationsthat they name constituencies involved in cross-cultural mission in the U.S.]

The following guidelines are intended to be descriptive, not theological or sociological definitions. We offer them as guidelines for pastoral/missional judgment and not as definitive statements or categories. A cross-cultural missioner may fall into one or many of these descriptions. Weat the U.S. Catholic Mission Association realize that these “guidelines” are not exhaustive, but they will help you in “self-defining” those mission-

ary activities in which your organization is engaged.The ministry is with people who have either never heard the Word or have never had it effectively proclaimed to them or their community i.e., gen-

erally not reachable by the common methods or means of ministry in the U.S.

The missioner is working in an area where the local church is easily understood as institutionally underdeveloped i.e., it lacks indigenous eccle-sial leadership, personnel, and financial resources for effective ministry beyond the pastoral nurture of its own membership.

The ministry is genuinely with those on the margins i.e., among people linguistically, culturally, and/or economically outside the stream of thedominant culture.

The people with whom this ministry is exercised would see themselves as significantly distinct from the mainline culture i.e., their distinct iden-

tity is clearly perceived by themselves when in the larger cultural context of the United States.

It is a ministry of dialogue by which the Christian churches or community is engaged with a community of values different from its own in

some core religious or moral manner.

GUIDELINES FOR SURVEY OF U.S. CATHOLIC (CROSS-CULTURAL) MISSIONERS SERVING IN THE U.S.

GUIDELINES TO THE PRESENTATION




Spring 2008 Periodic Paper #1

U.S. Catholic Missioners U.S. Catholic Missioners

World Ministry Activity Cross-Cultural

2006-2007 2006-2007

Primary Work Activity Number

of Percent-

age Primary Work Activity Numberof

Percent-age

Responses Responses

Administration 453 7.31 Administration 234 7.56

Caregiver 2 0.03 Caregiver 0 0.00

Catechetics 121 1.95 Catchetics 51 1.65

Chaplaincy 32 0.52 Chaplaincy 25 0.81

Contemplative 51 0.82 Contemplative 27 0.87

Counselor 8 0.13 Counselor 3 0.10

Day Care/Child Care 15 0.24 Day Care/Child Care 11 0.36

Development 59 0.95 Development 16 0.52

Education 1,337 21.56 Education 733 23.68

Elderly Care 11 0.18 Elderly Care 10 0.32

Formation -

Priestly/Religious 237 3.82

Formation -

Priestly/Religious 37 1.20

Health Care 440 7.10 Health Care 187 6.04

Housing 1 0.02 Housing 1 0.03

Immigrations/Refugees 152 2.45 Immigration/Refugees 137 4.43

Legal 6 0.10 Legal 5 0.16

Maintenance 17 0.27 Maintenance 17 0.55

Mass Communication 20 0.32 Mass Communication 3 0.10

Orphanage 40 0.65 Orphanage 3 0.10

Other 640 10.32 Other 226 7.30

Parish 173 2.79 Parish 112 3.62

Pastoral 1,463 23.59 Pastoral 512 16.54

Prison 6 0.10 Prison 6 0.19

Relief Services 66 1.06 Relief Services 55 1.78

Religious Education 29 0.47 Religious Education 16 0.52

Retired in Country 1 0.02 Retired in Country 0 0.00

Retreat 28 0.45 Retreat 17 0.55

Social Justice 173 2.79 Social Justice 150 4.85

Social Transformation 152 2.45 Social Transformation 106 3.42

Social Work 418 6.74 Social Work 361 11.66

Translation (Official) 4 0.06 Translation (Official) 1 0.03

Volunteer 2 0.03 Volunteer 1 0.03

Youth Ministry 44 0.71 Youth Ministry 32 1.03

TOTALS: 6,201 100.00 TOTALS: 3,095 100.00



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Periodic Paper #1

U.S. Catholic Missioners World

Ministry 2006-2007 Caregiver

0.03%Chaplaincy

0.52%

Catechetics

1.95%

Counselor

0.13%

Contemplative

0.82%

Administration

7.31%

Youth Ministry

0.71%Volunteer

0.03%

Translation

(Official)

0.06%

Social Work

6.74%

Prison

0.10%

Retreat

0.45%

Social Jus tice

2.79%

Relief Services

1.06%

Religious Education

0.47%

Social

Transformation

2.45%

Retired in Country

0.02%

Pastoral

23.59%

Legal

0.10%

Orphanage

0.65%

Other

10.32%

Parish

2.79%Housing

0.02%

Maintenance

0.27%

Mass

Communication

0.32%

Immigration/Refuge

es

2%

Health Care

7.10%

Elderly Care

0.18% Formation -

Priestly/Religious

3.82%

Day Care/ChildCare

0.24%Development

1%Education

21.56%

U.S. Catholi c Missione rs Cross-Cul tural 2006-

2007

Day Care/Child Care

0.34%

Development

0.49%

Contemplative

0.83%

Education

22.47%

Counselor

0.09%

Chaplaincy

0.77%

Catche t ics

1.57%

Administration

7.17%

Caregiver

0.00%

Soc ial Work

11.06%

Translation

(Official)

0.03%

Youth Ministry

0.98%

Socia l

Transformation

3.24%

Volunte er

0.03%

Social Justice

4.60%

Religious Educa tion

0.49%

Retired in Country

0.00%Retrea t

0.52%

Relief Services

6.81%

Prison

0.18%Pastora l

15.69%

Formation -

Priestly/Religious

1.14%

Elderly Car e

0.30%

Health Care

5.73%

Immigration/Refuge

es

4.20%

Housing

0.03%

Mass

Communication

0.09%

Orphanage

0.09%

Parish

3.43% Other

6.93%

Legal

0.15%

Maintenance

0.52%

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US Catholic Missioners by Region and Gender 2006-2007 Men

Women

Total

U.S. CATHOLIC MISSIONERS

BY REGION AND GENDER 2006-2007

Region Men Women Total

Africa 313 296 609

Asia 406 212 618

Caribbean 163 162 325

Eurasia 13 2 15

Europe 67 87 154

Latin America 600 579 1179

Middle East 30 4 34 North America 854 2288 3142

Oceania 70 55 125

Totals 2516 3685 6201



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South America

U.S. Missioners by Regions 1960-2007

Year Africa

Near

East

Far

East Oceania Europe

North

America

Carib-

bean

Central

America

South

America Totals

1 1960 781 111 1959 986 203 337 991 433 981 6782

2 1964 1025 122 2332 846 69 220 1056 660 1796 8126 3 1970 1141 39 2137 900 38 233 1067 738 2080 8373

4 1975 1065 71 1814 808 37 252 698 734 1669 7148

5 1980 909 65 1576 711 35 294 548 699 1556 6393

6 1985 986 78 1366 650 31 312 500 692 1441 6056

7 1990 945 64 1253 560 264 449 796 1413 5744

8 1991 933 65 1198 546 265 453 789 1350 5599

9 1992 949 59 1163 512 105 431 810 1286 5315

10 1996 799 965 213 172 82 360 1573 4164

11 1998 714 909 202 158 2109 368 1423 5883

12 2001 704 35 734 175 181 2682 342 506 741 6100

13 2003 693 740 13 160 180 3122 348 1241 39 6536

14 2005 636 46 675 150 165 3165 353 527 678 6395

15 2007 609 34 618 125 169 3142 325 460 719 6201



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U.S. Catholic Missioners

Primary Work Activity

Within U.S. Borders/Outside U.S. Borders

Primary Work Activity Within Outside Total

U.S. U.S.

Administration 234 219 453

Caregiver 0 2 2

Catechetics 51 70 121

Chaplaincy 25 7 32

Contemplative 27 24 51

Counselor 3 5 8

Day Care/Child Care 11 4 15

Development 16 43 59

Education 733 604 1337

Elderly Care 10 1 11

Formation - Priestly/Religious 37 200 237

Health Care 187 253 440

Housing 1 0 1

Immigration/Refugees 137 15 152

Legal 5 1 6

Maintenance 17 0 17

Mass Communication 3 17 20

Orphanage 3 37 40

Other 226 414 640

Parish 112 61 173

Pastoral 512 951 1463

Prison 6 0 6

Relief Services 55 11 66

Religious Education 16 13 29

Retired in Country 0 1 1

Retreat 17 11 28

Social Justice 150 23 173

Social Transformation 106 46 152

Social Work 361 57 418

Translation (Official) 1 3 4

Volunteer 1 1 2

Youth Ministry 32 12 44

Totals: 3095 3106 6201




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U.S. Missioners by Church Role: 1960-2007

Years

Diocesan

Priests

Religious

Priests

Religious

Brothers

Religious

Sisters

Seminar-

ians

Lay

Persons Totals

1960 14 3018 578 2827 170 178 6785

1970 373 3117 666 3824 90 303 8373

1980 188 2750 592 2592 50 221 6393

1990 200 2257 477 2347 42 421 5744

1992 181 2183 449 2222 26 406 5467

1996 173 1770 347 1513 18 343 ***4164

1998 ·167 • 1903 370 2693 11 739 º5883

2000-01 180 1784 349 2589 15 1191 º6108

2002-03 147 1840 361 2812 8 1368 6536

2004-05 • 136 1663 366 2819 9 1402 6395

2006-07 º105 º1582 342 2717 10 º1445 º6201

*** Alaska and Hawaii are no longer in the category of overseas missioners

º These numbers include Bishops and Deacons

• These include missioners serving within and outside U.S. Borders in Cross-Cultural Mission

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(Arch) Bishop

Diocesan Priest

Lay Person

Religious Brother

Religious Priest

Religious Sister

Seminarian

US CATHOLIC MISSIONERS

AGE DISTRIBUTION BY CHURCH ROLE

2006-2007

Age Group

(Arch)Bishop

DiocesanPriest

Lay

Person

ReligiousBrother

ReligiousPriest

ReligiousSister

Semi-narian Total

21-29 0 0 702 0 0 5 3 710

30-39 0 3 347 5 17 27 6 405

40-49 0 10 77 16 87 96 0 286

50-59 1 11 64 65 194 261 1 597

60-69 3 11 108 105 392 844 0 1465

70-79 14 14 35 102 485 1017 0 1668

80+ 2 4 3 40 278 396 0 723

TOTAL Re-sponse

20 53 1336 333 1453 2646 10 5854

No Answer 2 51 106 9 108 71 0 347

Grand Total 22 104 1442 342 1561 2717 10 6201

Average

Age

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Comparison - All Missioners 2000-2007

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Missionary Activities - All Missioners

Percentages PercentagesCategory 2000-01 2002-03 2004-05 2006-07 Category 2000-01 2002-03 2004-05 2006-07

Administration7.83 7.71 7.74 7.31

Mass Communication0.28 0.32

Caregiver 0.03 Orphanage 0.53 0.65

Catechetics 3.75 3.58 2.02 1.95 Other 13.18 12.13 11.09 10.32

Chaplaincy 0.53 0.52 Parish 2.44 2.79

Contemplative 0.81 0.82 Pastoral 28.31 28.27 23.74 23.59

Counselor 0.09 0.13 Prison 0.08 0.10

Day Care/ChildCare

0.59 0.46 0.13 0.24Relief Services

1.2 1.21 1.08 1.06

Development 1.29 1.27 1.16 0.95 Religious Education 0.44 0.47

Education 20.55 21.1 21.81 21.56 Retired in Country 0.02

Elderly Care 0.14 0.18 Retreat 0.42 0.45

Formation -Priestly/Religious

3.9 3.69 3.69 3.82Social Justice

2.49 2.79

Health Care 6.45 6.93 7.11 7.10 Social Transformation 10.13 10.74 2.86 2.45

Housing 0.02 Social Work 5.83 6.74

Immigra-tions/Refugees

1.98 2.14 2.31 2.45Translation (Official)

0.09 0.06

Legal 0.06 0.10 Volunteer 0.02 0.03

Maintenance 0.28 0.27 Youth Ministry 0.72 0.71

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Primary Work - Within U.S. Borders 2006-2007

Caregiver

0.00%Catchetics

1.65%Chaplaincy

0.81%

Contemplative

0.87%

Counselor

0.10%

Day Care/Child Care

0.36%

Development

0.52%

Administration

7.56%

Youth Ministry

1.03%

Volunteer

0.03%Translation (Official)

0.03%Social Work

11.66%Social Transformation

3.42%

Social Justice

4.85%Retreat

0.55%

Religious Education

0.52%

Retired in Country

0.00%

Prison

0.19%

Relief Services

1.78%

Legal

0.16%

Orphanage

0.10%

Other

7.30%

Pastoral

16.54%

Parish

3.62%

Maintenance

0.55%Mass Communication

0.10%

Immigration/Refugees

4.43%

Housing

0.03%

Health Care

6.04%

Elderly Care

0.32% Formation - Priestly/Religious

1.20%

Education

23.68%

U.S. Catholic Missioners Outside U.S. Borders

Volunteer

0.03%

Youth M inistry

0.39%

Social Work

1.84%

Translation (Official)

0.10%Administration

7.05%

Caregiver

0.06% Catechetics

2.25%

Chaplaincy

0.23%

Contemplative

0.77%Counselor

0.16%

Development

1.38%

Day Care/Child Care

0.13%

Education

19.45%

Elderly Care

0.03%Formation -

Priestly/Religious

6.44%

Housing

0.00%

Legal

0.03%Maintenance

0.00%

Orphanage

1.19%Mass Communication

0.55%

Immigrations/Refugees

0.48%

Health Care

8.15%

Other

13.33%

Parish

1.96%

Prison0.00%

Retreat

0.35%

Relief Services

0.35%

Social Justice

0.74%

Social Tran sformation

1.48%

Retired in Country

0.03%

Religious Education

0.42%

Pastoral

30.62%

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