Our Mission: Missioners of Christ is a Catholic Christian community rooted in prayer, united in covenant, and centered in Christ that disciples others to live out the Great Commission, bringing the Gospel to all peoples and loving those in greatest need.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation based in the Commonwealth of Virginia and we are a Catholic Christian lay apostolate with canonical recognition as a Private Association of the Christian Faithful in the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia and the Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation based in the Commonwealth of Virginia and we are a Catholic Christian lay apostolate with canonical recognition as a Private Association of the Christian Faithful in the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia and the Diocese of Comayagua, Honduras.
OUR COVENANT
Our Covenant defines our commitments to each other and collectively to God, in how we live out our daily experience as a Missioner. This Covenant serves as a general rule of life, which allows us to be in solidarity with the greater Missioner community, whether we are in proximity to other members or not. The Covenant also reinforces and emphasizes aspects of the Catholic Christian life which are already expectations of the Church for its faithful, such as frequenting the Sacraments, stewardship, prayer and fasting, and charity to one’s neighbor.
OUR PILLARS
Our four "pillars” shape the essence of our formation and spirituality.
EUCHARISTIC
Understanding the Eucharist to be the "source and summit of Christian life" (CCC 1324).
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CHARISMATIC
We believe in and call upon the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, which are "at the service of charity which builds up the Church" (CCC 2003).
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MARIAN
We hold a special devotion to Our Lady, which is "intrinsic to Christian worship" (CCC 971).
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MAGISTERIAL
We are submitted to the teach authority of the Catholic Church, whose "authority in this matter is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ" (CCC 85).
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OUR PATRONS SAINTS
The Missioners of Christ have adopted the spirituality proposed by St. Pope John Paul II for the New Evangelization, who stated that we must strive to be "contemplatives in action," an approach which we understand to be a fusion of Carmelite (contemplative) and Ignatian (active). In pursuing and establishing this spirituality, we have sought the intercession of four individuals who exemplified this disposition in their lives:
ST. JOHN PAUL II
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ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX
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ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
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ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA
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