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“To receive Jesus and to take him to others is the true joy of the Christian!”
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"At the moment of his Ascension, Jesus gave his disciples a mission and this reassurance: 'All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations ... and behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age' (Mt28:18-20). For two-thousand years Christ's followers have carried out this mission. Now, at the dawn of the third millennium, it is your turn."
-Pope Benedict XVI
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The facts are clear - the Catholic Church in the USA is losing too many people. The way we have operated is clearly not changing the culture or the direction of our world. More than ever, the Church needs to rediscover the model of ministry that Jesus handed on to the Church.
Using the collected wisdom of Sacred Scripture, the Saints, and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Catholic Missionary Disciples is ready to meet the challenge head-on.We help Catholic leaders rediscover the joy of fruitful ministry. We invest deeply into a small number of Catholic leaders and coach them to do the same in their particular settings. We then collaborate with the leaders to help them move their ministry toward the multiplication of missionary disciples.
The reality is that there are no magic bullets or quick fixes. Jesus spent nearly every day of three years training 12 men in what it meant to be Catholic leaders, and they still misunderstood him, sinned, and fell short of his call. We do the same. Still, he left us not only with the content of his teaching, but the very model and mission we are to achieve - the universal call to "make disciples of all nations," by helping others come into a life-changing encounter with Jesus, accompanying them, forming them, and sending them back into the world that needs Good News!
We invite you to learn more by visiting What We Do and our FAQ pages.