— Matthew 28:19
Glenmary is dedicated to sharing the love of the Gospel with all individuals, including the unchurched, the unengaged, other Christians, and all people. Evangelization is prioritized in every ministry, and new initiatives and approaches are encouraged. We are committed to a life of evangelization.
— Midwinter letter, 1948. Fr. William Howard Bishop, founder of Glenmary
Glenmary strives to bridge the gap between tradition and the modern world by adapting and evolving its strategies to address the needs and challenges of the changing religious landscape. Our community is forward-thinking and responsive to the dynamics of society. Therefore, we seek to bridge tradition and post-modernity.
Glenmary is committed to empowering individuals to live out their faith confidently, influence their communities positively, and embody a willingness to be evangelized. It seeks to cultivate a community where daily work is seen as a spiritual calling and a means of living out the call of the Gospel. Thus, we want to empower individuals to live out their faith.
Glenmary’s mission goes beyond conversion and emphasizes creating a community where hearts are open to the love, grace, and hope of Christ. As a religious society and followers of Jesus Christ, we value each individual’s unique potential and strive to create an environment that encourages spiritual growth and openness to a living relationship with Jesus Christ. Therefore, we seek spiritual growth and openness to a living relationship with Jesus Christ.
“Pastoral ministry in a missionary key seeks to abandon the complacent attitude that says: “What have always done it this way.” I invite everyone to be bold and creative in this task of rethinking the goals, structures, styles and methods of evangelization in their respective communities.”
— Pope Francis Evangelii Gaudium paragraph 33
Glenmary has been living this encouragement from Pope Francis long before his pontificate. For 80+ years Glenmary priests, brothers and laity have been abandoning the status quo to think creatively about bringing the Gospel and Sacraments of the church to regions where it is not present. Catholics are called by their very baptism to spread the Gospel and to live into the mission that Jesus announced in Matthew 28:19, “Go therefore and disciples of all nations.” The key word that we can overlook is GO. Too often we wait, we expect, or we anticipate the kingdom to come to us. At Glenmary we take very seriously that our call is go out, to seek, to engage and live into a world that is in desperate need of good news and we do that in living among the world and working in collaboration with other members other non-Catholic members in our communities and regions. Glenmary has had a missionary and evangelical posture since it’s inception and we strive to maintain that approach to bringing the gospel to the nations.
— A Plan for an American Society of Catholic Home Missions to operate in the rural sections of the United States, April 1936 (page 12)
Glenmary brings our rural and small town experience to our collaboration with various national organizations, including these:
USCCB Evangelization
4119 Glenmary Trace, Fairfield, OH 45014
Mailing Address: PO Box 465618, Cincinnati OH 45246
