Overview

• What is Mission Youth?
• Let's Get R.E.A.L.!
• History
• Mission Stages
• Meet the Team
• Mission Network and Regnum Christi
• MY Patron Saint
• Related Programs

History

Mission Youth was founded in Bethesda, Maryland in 1995 and has organized over 700 parish missions in the United States and internationally. So far, Mission Youth has knocked on over 200,000 doors with over 7000 missionaries.

A look at some of our past missions

"Extreme Missions"

Each year, MissionYouth organizes "Extreme" International mission trips to Mexico. Missionaries construct churches; organize Eucharistic and Marian processions, and serve according to the needs of local pastors. Mission sites have expanded to include the Philippines, Bahamas, and Eastern Europe.

Holy Week Missions

In 2000, Mission Youth organized the first Holy Week Missions in the Catholic Diocese of Denver. Today, local Regnum Christi members assist in working with bishops and pastors in dioceses throughout the United States and Canada to arrange the presence of 20-30 Mission Youth missionaries who spend the week volunteering at a parish. Local parishioners are also invited to join in. Missionary youth and families serve by promoting and participating in parish liturgies, conducting youth events and kid's camps, and inviting people around the community to come back to the sacraments. The 2007 Holy Week Missions will focus specifically on reaching out to Hispanic populations. Learn more about this year's Holy Week Missions.

World Youth Day

Mission Youth Missionaries played a vital role at the World Youth Day Celebrations in Paris (1997), Rome (1999), Toronto (2003), and Cologne (2005). Young men and women spent one month before the celebrations volunteering on behalf of the International World Youth Day Committee. Missionaries prepared venues, meals and lodging for WYD attendees, served as ushers for special events, and promotions coordinators for the vocation.com coffeehouse.

Mission Hope Louisiana

Throughout 2005 and 2006, Mission Youth missionaries participated in Mission Hope Louisiana, an outreach to victims of Hurricane Katrina based in New Orleans. Over 1,000 missionaries participated in helping to rebuild Catholic schools, gutting homes, clearing debris, and restoring furniture for local parishes and convents. Learn more about Mission Hope Louisiana.