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Our Global Mission Sites
Sucre, Bolivia
Navajo Nation, Arizona
Borongan, Philippines
Uganda - East Africa
Natural Disaster Recovery - USA
High School Missions - Throughout the Joliet Diocese
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Hi everyone,
Here's the latest updates with mission. We're well into the lazy, hazy, crazy, days of summer. Actually it hasn't been too bad here in Chicago. But the mission season is warming up. So smile and enjoy the latest news of missions. Check out the articles below for the latest info and review the special opportunity. See them below.
Bruce Carlson Missions Coordinator |
Missionaries coming to parishes
One of the Missions Offices responsibilities is to coordinate Mission Cooperative Program (MCP). This is a program of the Pontifical Mission Society. It's purpose is to bring mission groups into the diocese and assign them to parishes so the missionary can share their story of how they work with the poor and underprivileged. We have heard stories of imprisonment, kidnapped children, unfed children and their families, and the strong faith of these people to continue to believe in the God they know and trust.
This summer we're able to place missionaries in about 2/3 of the parishes in the Joliet Diocese. Sr. Nancy and I have had the pleasure to meet many of the missionaries. The missionaries determination to proclaim the Gospel through the stories they tell.
In the coming weeks we are planning a mission blog to share the stories of the missioners that come to our diocese along with our own missioners stories.
Bruce Carlson Missions Coordinator |
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Philippines
Imagine this scene, the waves rolling up on the shore, the smell of salt water in the air, palm trees swaying in the air, coconut and banana trees full of their fruits...
Where would you rather be at the end of January, the beginning of February, in the scene above or here in the coldest part of winter???
We were still accepting applications for the Philippines mission, but you need to get them in quickly.
We leave on January 29th and return to O'Hare on February 13th, 2016. Come join us!
Bruce Carlson
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University Mission to the Philippines
Know any college/university students who would be interested in going to the Philippines during the Christmas break? Send them our way. Once again we are preparing a team of students to work in Bacolod, Philippines. Students build a home and interact with people of the area. This will be an intensive 10 days of mission, but the feeling of service to others will be just as intensive. The dates are January 1st to the 10th of January. Applications are due September 4th. For more information call Natalie at 815-254-7556 or email;
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Faith Promise Dinner
Our Faith Promise Dinner is fast approaching. Please put November 6th on your Calendar. This is your opportunity to help missions continue to reach out and touch people in need at our mission partners sites. Please help pass the word to everyone you know. It's a night of storytelling. Stories of how mission has touch lives. Hear about the building project at Tomas home. Curious about what happens at the hospitals while we're on mission, stop by the Faith Promise Dinner. Do you know what a water women is? Come to the Faith Promise Dinner and find out. You may be one. Which University team has the biggest team? Then you'll know if you come to the Faith Promise Dinner.
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Shirts and Calendar
We are going to place an order for mission polo shirts. To place an order, email missions@dioceseofjoliet.org with your size (S,M,L,XL). The shirts do seem to run large so take that into consideration when placing your order. Our next order date is September 25th.
Calendar
Here's a list of up coming missions. dates are subject to change, but these are the missions we have planned on the board as of now.
- Philippines mission formation starts 11/7/2015
- Faith Promise Dinner 11/6/15
- University Mission Philippines 1/1 - 1/10/16
- Medical/construction/outreach Philippines 1/29 - 2/13/16
- Medical/construction/outreach Sucre, Bolivia 4/2 - 4/16/16
- University Mission Sucre, Bolivia 5/31 - 6/16/16
- Navajo Mission 6/4 - 6/17/16
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Partnership in Mission is an outreach of the Office for Human Dignity.
Thomas L. Garlitz, Director
Partnership In Mission
16555 Weber Rd
Crest Hill, Illinois 60403
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