Choose Your Mission

Paredon, Haiti, is home to our mission and school, Our Lady of Altagrace. The children in the community need and deserve a solid education. The 260 children we serve live in poverty. Most cannot afford tuition, but obtaining an education is what will help them come out of poverty in early adulthood. Our school provides both a liberal arts base as well as more technical/ skills based education to help the children find a usable trade.

The Food Pantry at the St. James Mission in Chicago supplies groceries to those in need. It is especially important to care for those who are homebound, elderly, disabled, or otherwise unable to work. Not only do we meet the needs of the poor through the food pantry, we also foster community relationships and strengthen the resolve of those we serve by building friendships.

The Mobile Clinic has traveled to some of the poorest areas of Colombia, Honduras, and Haiti. Doctors have seen over 750 patients who otherwise would have no access to medical care. Brother Carlos would like to expand the project by: 1) adding two volunteer medical doctors -- a gynecologist and a pediatrician -- to the team, both of whom are eager to participate in the project; 2) visiting each of the three locations for 10 days to two weeks twice a year to provide more consistency of care. 3) Adding important medical tools, such as an Echocardiogram, Ultrasound system, and digital video scope for gynecological procedures.

Eight seminarians are in need of medical and dental care. They spend their days in service to the community, learning theology, and growing in pastoral care skills. Covering their expenses for healthcare will allow them to focus on growing in the Lord and serving the community’s many needs.

Eight seminarians need basic clothing in order to serve the communities near Medellin, Colombia. Although the temperature is usually predictable, Medellin experiences two rainy seasons and downpours can be very intense. Our seminarians need clothing/rain gear that is useful for walking in the rain, both in urban settings in the heart of the city, and in steep, mountainous terrain.

Our seminarians spend a lot of time doing outreach and, since many people do not have regular transportation in Medellin and outlying areas, our future priests and Brothers need to go to them in order to serve. Providing basic transportation will help these young men spread the hope of the Gospel.

Many of our future priests and Brothers come from Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica and Haiti. They need assistance coving fees for their visas. These young men are willing to leave behind their homes and loved ones to serve the Lord. Covering these costs ensures that borders don’t stop our seminarians from spreading the love of Jesus.

Think of the deep impact reading has had on your faith. Give the gift of learning to our seminarians by covering the costs of books and learning materials (including some digital media materials.) These young men will become the spiritual teachers to so many. Help us ensure they are well-versed in theology, Church history, and Catholic spirituality.

Our seminarians come from modest backgrounds and need help furnishing their living spaces. Are you a natural homemaker? Do you enjoy making your living space a respite from the harsh world? Share that love of home with our seminarians! Your donation allows for them to have a comfortable place to land after serving their community each day.

Eight seminarians living in Colombia are being shaped into holy and upright leaders. During the education and discernment process, they need to attend retreats and workshops to foster their faith and prepare them to teach sound doctrine. A priest’s vocation demands knowledge and skills in many areas, will you help prepare the future of the priesthood? Retreats vary from individual spirituality to pastoral care, and workshops include topics such as parish administration and liturgical customs.

Between ministering in the heart of Medellin, to outreach in rural Colombia, our seminarians put vehicles to good use! Will you help us with maintenance so we can ensure our future priests and Brothers can get where they need to in order to serve their communities?

The life of a seminarian is focused on service and dying to self. It is important, however, that our priests and Brothers take occasional time to see their families and have time for respite. Supporting the travel/vacation fund allows future priests and Brothers to maintain family relationships that are critical to their success in the priesthood and religious life. There is no “paid time off” for priests or Brothers. Will you make it possible for them to enjoy a humble vacation occasionally?

Our seminarians come from backgrounds that include economic distress, food scarcity, and lack of access to basic needs. Most of their families still live in such conditions. Our seminarians desire to be generous to others, but since they don’t earn an income for the hard work they do, they are unable to give monetary donations to charity. Providing funds for this will allow our future priests and Brothers to make charitable donations and walk in solidarity with causes they care deeply about.

Our school provides a Catholic education for about 260 students, but as with most buildings in the area of Paredon, Haiti, our school facilities need improvement. Helping the Mission improve the quality of infrastructure will help the students better able to focus on learning.

The students at our school in Paredon, Haiti, cannot afford basic school supplies. Support them by providing paper, pencils, crayons, calculators, books, and other supplies to ensure these children receive the education they deserve.

The elderly priests and Brothers who reside at the Fr. Judge Missionary Cenacle have devoted their lives to serving the poor and Holy Mother Church. These priests and Brothers are familiar with conditions such as unpaved roads and living without air conditioning, but as they age they have health concerns. We need the Body of Christ to join together and support these Missionary Servants in their golden years.

By the end of this year, the I Thirst Initiative will have served as many as 1,000 men and women in northern New Jersey who are recovering from opioid addiction. Since the recovery ministry in Stirling partnered with local rehabilitation centers to provide weekend retreats at a house on the Shrine’s property, a missing component was the lack of quality aftercare for those in recovery. The I Thirst Initiative addressed that important element in the recovery process by opening a “Sober Community” house in Paterson, NJ. Those living in the sober community are in need of basic food, clothing, and toiletries. When these basic needs are cared for, they are better able to focus on emotional, mental, and physical healing.

Through an initial grant, women in Gumal, Colombia, are learning to sew and make clothing, handbags, belts, and sandals for themselves and their families. This empowerment program has quickly enhanced the self-esteem of the women participating and raised the potential of developing an enterprise that would further benefit them and the community.

Over 20,000 individuals are served annually as one Missionary Servant, Fr. Stan Bosch, S.T., works with the gangs in Los Angeles. He is a psychotherapist, Director of Mental Health/Personnel Development for gang intervention workers and case managers at the Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA) and the City of Los Angeles’ Gang Reduction and Youth Development Project (GRYD).

We have two missions dedicated to working with Native Americans -- Holy Rosary Indian Mission in Tucker, Mississippi, and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Tucson, Arizona. More than 10,000 members of the Choctaw nation live on the Holy Rosary Indian Mission in Tucker, Mississippi, and count on you and Trinity Missions to bring them hope and comfort. In both Mississippi and Arizona, our Trinity Missionaries work to spiritually empower all the people, educating every member of the family and engaging them in a vibrant and welcoming practice of Christian faith.