About Us - Trinity Missions

Our Mission

We are on a mission to preserve the Faith in areas and among people who are spiritually neglected and abandoned, especially the poor. Our chief effort is to develop the missionary spirit of the laity.

Our Vision

That every Catholic, whether priest, religious or lay person, embrace the call to apostleship – working together to serve the needs of the poor and marginalized, witness to the Faith in our daily lives, and preserve the Faith among those most in danger of losing their Catholic Faith.

“There is no truer proof of a great love of God than a great love of our neighbor.” – Fr. Thomas Judge, Founder of Trinity Missions.

Our Impact

Trinity Missions has 43 missions serving the parishes of inner-city neighborhoods and isolated rural areas in seven different countries: the United States, Mexico, Haiti, Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico.

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OUR HISTORY

The history of our missionary community started with one man, Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge, born to Irish immigrants in 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts. The story of his growing faith and missionary outreach is the seed that has born so much fruit in our order and in the missions we serve.

1899

Fr. Judge was ordained a Vincentian priest after receiving formation at St. Vincent’s Seminary in Pennsylvania and studying theology. During these formative years, he organized catechetical and social work among the Italian immigrants in the neighborhood. Shortly before his ordination, he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, which required him to rest and carry out lighter responsibilities for a time.

1920

The Missionary Cenacle Apostolate (MCA) was approved.

1953

The Missionary Servants established property in Virginia as a Seminary.

1990s

Missions were established in Central America and Houses of Formation were founded.

1903

As a Vincentian priest, our founder was assigned to a number of parish missions, ranging from New Jersey to Puerto Rico.

1921

The Congregation of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity was founded.

1958

The Vatican granted approval to the Missionary Servants as a clerical religious congregation of the pontifical right.

2000s

Missions were opened in Colombia and outreach increased to immigrants in the United States.

1909

Six female volunteers in Brooklyn met with Fr. Judge to discuss their interest in assisting new immigrants from the Catholic countries of Eastern and Southern Europe. They began an outreach program to visit homes and offer what help they could. This was the beginning of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate (lay missionaries).

1924

The Shrine of St. Joseph in Stirling, New Jersey, was established.

1960s

The Missionary Servants established a presence in a number of cities, including DC, Cleveland and Los Angeles as well as cities in Latin America.

2018

A new mission was established in Haiti.

1915

Fr. Judge was assigned to a mission in Opelika, Alabama. Some of the men and women who had assisted him up North followed.

1933

Fr. Judge died after many years of leading missions and retreats, as well as manifesting an extraordinary zeal for souls.

1970s

The Missionary Servants opened two parishes in Mexico.

TODAY

There are 145 members of the Missionary Servants — including priests, deacons, Brothers and novices — serving in 43 missions located in the United States, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico

1899

1903

As a Vincentian priest, our founder was assigned to a number of parish missions, ranging from New Jersey to Puerto Rico.

1909

1915

Fr. Judge was assigned to a mission in Opelika, Alabama. Some of the men and women who had assisted him up North followed.

1920

The Missionary Cenacle Apostolate (MCA) was approved.

1921

The Congregation of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity was founded.

1924

The Shrine of St. Joseph in Stirling, New Jersey, was established.

1933

Fr. Judge died after many years of leading missions and retreats, as well as manifesting an extraordinary zeal for souls.

1953

The Missionary Servants established property in Virginia as a Seminary.

1958

The Vatican granted approval to the Missionary Servants as a clerical religious congregation of the pontifical right.

1960s

The Missionary Servants established a presence in a number of cities, including DC, Cleveland and Los Angeles as well as cities in Latin America.

1970s

The Missionary Servants opened two parishes in Mexico.

1990s

Missions were established in Central America and Houses of Formation were founded.

2000s

Missions were opened in Colombia and outreach increased to immigrants in the United States.

2018

A new mission was established in Haiti.

TODAY

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Our missionaries work with the poor and abandoned wherever the need is greatest.

Our main goal is the preservation of the faith among people who are spiritually neglected and abandoned, especially the poor.

You would have to travel far and often to meet every Trinity Missionary!

We are across the United States – in the heart of the inner cities, on Native American reservations, and in the isolated towns of rural America. We also work in Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Puerto Rico and Honduras.

We are pastors and teachers, chaplains and counselors.

We visit the sick and elderly, and we feed the poor and homeless. Our priests and Brothers work in prisons, hospitals, and other institutions where people feel abandoned and alone. Wherever we are, whatever we are doing, we share a common goal: to preach the love of God and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.