The Missionary Society of St. John the Evangelist
The Missionary Society of Saint John the Evangelist
The Missionary Society of St. John the Evangelist is composed of men and women, lay and clergy, united by the divine call to gospel mission, catholic unity, and life according to a Rule of Life. Our society encompasses Anglican, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and catholic minded protestant contexts. The Society is canonically resident in the Missionary Diocese of All Saints, ACNA, under the protection of the Rt. Rev. Alberto Morales OSB, 9th Bishop of Quincy, ACNA. Membership in the society is open to all catholic Christians who share this unique charism with the consent of their jurisdictional authority.
Collect for The MSJ:
“Almighty God, who anointed thy well-beloved Son with the Holy Spirit, that he might preach the Gospel to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, proclaim deliverance to the captive, recovery of sight to the blind; to set at liberty those held in the bondage of oppression and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord’s favor: Pour out, we beseech thee, this same Holy Spirit on the Missionaries of St. John the Evangelist, that, following their Lord’s example, they also may proclaim, by words of power and deeds of mercy, the everlasting Gospel of repentance, reconciliation and restoration; and draw those who hear this Gospel from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of thy dear Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who with thee, O Father, and the Holy Spirit, livest and reignest, one God in glory everlasting. Amen.“
“Whatever good work you begin to do, beg of God with most earnest prayer to perfect it…Ora et labora.”
St. Benedict of Nursia