Missions Office

320 Cathedral Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Phone: 410-547-5498

Kelly Hellmuth, Project Coordinator, Holy Childhood Association

Agnes Supernavage, Project Assistant, Baltimore Haiti Outreach

Purpose: To promote within the Archdiocese an awareness of missions. To coordinate the collection and disbursement of funds to the National Office of the Pontifical Missions Societies and to the various missionary organizations participating in the Missionary Cooperative Plan. The office also organizes mission trips to various developing countries.

Baltimore and Gonaïves, Haiti Outreach Project - Around the time of 1820 a group of free young women, led by Mary Elizabeth Lange, fled Haiti to start a school for black women in Baltimore. The school was followed by a religious one in 1828 and an orphanage was added the same year. In 1829 Mother Lange founded the Oblates Sisters of Providence, first Congregation of Black Nuns in the United States. Find out about the continuing efforts made between Baltimore and Haiti.

An awesome Summer Camp in Haiti!
From July 5 to July 12, 2008, three archdiocesan youths and one youth minister participated in a summer camp at the Good Samaritan school in St. Marc, Haiti.
They spent the week teaching Bible stories, English conversation, arts and crafts, games and science to 60 Haitian third graders.
They learned about life in Haiti, about the faith of its very poor but joyful people.

In the words of one participant:
"This camp was the most amazing thing that I've ever done. It has made me much more thankful for everything that I have, and helped me realize that there are more important things to worry about than the stupid little things of everyday life. I could not imagine having to live in conditions like those of the Haitians... Seeing the respect that the Haitians have for each other, even in the most desperate situations has taught me to be more accepting of others... The Haitians have taught me that the richest life is not one of material possessions but a life with unfaltering faith in God..."
Patrick Hassan, St Bernadette, Severn

The Pontifical Mission Societies - There are four societies, each receiving the official title of "Pontifical" work in 1922, and having their central administration transferred to Rome. National offices exist now in more than 120 countries. Today, this "family" of mission societies is the Church's primary means to inform Catholics about her worldwide missionary work and encourage their active participation--through prayer and sacrifice--in those efforts.

Mission Cooperative Plan

Prayer for the Missions

Other Opportunities