Local Engagement with Glenmary’s Mission

Glenmary’s missionary activity includes building Catholic communities, fostering ecumenical cooperation, evangelizing the unchurched, social outreach and working for justice. This page features resources to help our missions engage in those activities at the local level.

ECUMENISM

Glenmary’s ecumenical ministry seeks to enhance understanding, reduce alienation and foster reconciliation between the Catholic Church and those of other Christian communions, particularly Evangelicals and Pentecostals.

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EVANGELIZATION

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.

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JUSTICE, PEACE AND INTEGRITY OF CREATION

ocial justice ministry flows from Glenmary’s love for rural and small-town America. Our founder Father William Howard Bishop enjoined us to “adopt all the people of your mission area as your own.” We reach out to people in need in our mission counties, and work to change unjust conditions that contribute to their suffering.

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MISSION RESOURCES

See below for resources and events helpful to Glenmary mission communities and counties.

COMMUNITIES OF SALT AND LIGHT

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SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CHARITABLE WORKS

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HELPFUL LINKS

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The USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services serves and advocates for refugees, asylees, migrants, unaccompanied children, and victims of human trafficking.

Glenmary works in areas where the poverty rate is as high as twice the national average, with many residents caught in a cycle of generational poverty. Watch a 3-minute video about poverty in the U.S from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

The Laudato Si’ Action Platform equips the universal Church and all people of good will to act on Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for our common home and his 2023 apostolic exhortation Laudato Deum.

The US Bishops’ Civilize It: A Better Kind Of Politics initiative is a response to Pope Francis’ invitation to help bring about a better kind of politics.

“The Gift of Being Christian Together: An Ecumenical Statement of Fidelity and Recognition” is a one-page document that identifies areas of common ground among the two largest Christian groups in the world.

Evangelii gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) is a 2013 apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis “On the proclamation of the Gospel in today’s world”.

As the Church continues to search for creative means to reach out to the unaffiliated, this Field Guide is designed to be a practical tool to inform ongoing discernment, as well as a resource for the use of effective principles for formation of missionary disciples.

The Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network provides accompaniment, outreach, and spiritual development to migrant farmworkers, many of whom work in Glenmary regions.