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Missionaries from England and Wales, inspired by faith and a sense of compassion for the poor- have travelled over the years to the four corners of the earth. The CMU is about representing their organisations and promoting the work of missionaries.
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CMU Annual General Meeting

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"Mission for Today's Church"
Tuesday 13th September 2011

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The Catholic Missionary Union of England and Wales is the forum where all missionary activity and interests come together.  
The objectives of the Catholic Missionary Union are: 

1) the promotion of awareness in the Catholic Church of England and Wales and in society at large, of the Church's role and activity in missionary works worldwide and the practical implications this has for local Catholic churches and society;

2) the co-operation and sharing with the local church in its activities of interfaith dialogue and in its pastoral concern for minorities;

3) acting as the bridge between the local church in England and Wales and the local church across the world for their pastoral and theological development.

The Catholic Missionary Union of England Wales (CMU) succeeded the National Missionary Council of England and Wales (1972-1998) in October 1998.  On 14th August 1998 it became a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 and a registered charity on 24th October 2000.

The CMU is the forum where all missionary activity and interests come together.  CMU is established in conformity with the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales as a consultative body.

Book: Foundations for Mission

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Foundations for Mission offers insights to all interested in the theology and practice of mission and contains full data analysis for the serious researcher.  It also contains useful tools for continuing mission audit and reflection.

Chapters include: Search of websites: national churches and agencies, In-depth interviews with local survey leaders
Buy it HERE

Mission News:

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4 day retreat led by Fr Donal Dorr SPS missionary priest and author. At Geo House in Hampshire, UK. £220. contact 023 8029 2337 or reception@geohouse.org.uk
National Launch Event - mission:alive  11th October 2011
 Westminster Cathedral Hall 
Over 60 people gathered in London’s Westminster Cathedral Hall last week to celebrate October as World Mission Month and to launch a new collaborative programme entitled mission:alive.

The new initiative which aims to promote a greater understanding of global mission, is adapted from a successful campaign of the same name in Ireland.  In England and Wales it will be coordinated by the Catholic Missionary Union (CMU), which is the umbrella body for 37 religious congregations and lay mission groups – there will also be close collaboration with Missio, which already resources World Mission Sunday on 23 October.

Assembled missionaries, with decades of experience working in the global south, heard Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, express admiration for “your faithful contribution to mission and your great contributions to health and education in so many countries”.


Fr Carmine Curci, the Director of MISNA, the Rome-based missionary news agency, gave a presentation about its work, highlighting the perspectives of missionaries working in remote or dangerous situations not reached by mainstream media. “Missionaries on the spot,  know the local languages and know the people” he said “and they are all potential journalists”. He pointed out that most of the world's news is covered by a very small number of powerful agencies, such as Associated Press, UIP and Reuters, who have their own agenda and also lack local knowledge. 

Speaking of the 'wind of change' sweeping across the Arab world and elsewhere Fr Carmine said it has never been more important for the Church to produce good, well balanced and accurate news reports.  The discussion for chaired by the former MP, John  Battle and commented how a missionary attitude in all the baptised Christians will renew the Church and the world.

Attention now moves to the core partners sitting down together to plan mission:alive events and promotions- such as a parish catechesis DVD and an international Mass- for the coming year.

THANKS to the Mill Hill Missionaries and the SMA Fathers for sponsorship of the event.