Resources for Parishes
Welcome to the Resources for Parishes page, and thank you for your hospitality toward the mission group that is assigned to your parish. Below you will find resources to help you with the mission appeal process. As always, if you need assistance or have questions, please email us at wmo@archmil.org; we will gladly assist you.
On this page, you will find the following resources
MCP General Information
MCP Parish Preference and Feedback Survey
MCP Collecting and Processing Donations - Parish Deposit Card
MCP Twinning or Requested Group Appeal Arrangement PDF
MCP Mission Group Information - Bulletin ads
MCP General Information
Since 1954, The Society for the Propagation of the Faith office (SPOF) in Milwaukee, on behalf of the archdiocese and the archbishop, has facilitated the Missionary Cooperation Plan (MCP).
The Missionary Cooperation Plan (MCP) is:
- an annual chance for mission congregations, lay organizations, and mission dioceses to personally appeal for prayer and financial support from Catholics of the U.S.
- an opportunity for parishioners to learn about what is happening in the mission field today. It connects the local church with the global Church and allows us to realize our baptismal call.
To this end, as determined by the Archbishop, all parishes in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee are required to welcome a missionary as part of the MCP each year - sharing the Good News and broadening our collective understanding of the Global Church.
The Society for the Propagation of the Faith (SPOF) Office (part of World Mission Ministries) manages and facilitates these appeals in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The SPOF Office reviews mission group applications and evaluates parish needs to assign the mission groups to the parishes for annual appeals.
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MCP Parish Preference and Feedback Survey
In order to ensure a mutually convenient appeal process for parishes and mission groups, before we choose and assign mission groups to parishes, we ask that a parish representative fill out the Parish Preference Form. This survey makes it possible for us to assign a mission group that will meet your parish's needs. It also provides us with valuable feedback about last year's MCP process.
Parish Preference and Feedback Survey
We kindly ask a representative of your parish to complete the survey by January 31, so that we can begin the assignments process as soon as possible.
Parishes with a twinning project will be allowed to designate their twin as their mission group
In order to designate a twinning project as your MCP appeal, it must comply with all MCP guidelines, including providing us with the appeal date, suitability letters (if applicable), and following the 90/10% fund split. This is the case whether or not the SPOF office facilitates the appeal or creates the online pages. If your parish does not want to have its twinning project subject to these rules, it will be assigned a separate mission group for the MCP cycle (and the parish may handle any twinning appeals outside of the MCP process and timeframe).
If you have any questions or need help completing the survey, please email us at wmo@archmil.org for assistance.
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Collecting and Processing Donations for Appeals
There are three options to donate to the Mission Groups:
- An in-pew collection (cash or check) immediately after the appeal
- Distribute envelopes before the appeal date and ask parishioners to return donations in envelopes the following Sunday parishioners should make checks payable to the parish– noting MCP in the memo
- Donations online by credit card (SPOF provides the Parish with a link to an online giving page once all groups have been assigned
The process remains the same as in previous years:
- If you receive a check made out to the Mission Organization, please ask the donor to rewrite the check to your parish
- After your appeal is complete and all funds are received, the parish should then deposit these funds and submit one check to our office. Please make a final check out to Society for the Propagation of the Faith | P.O. Box 070912 Milwaukee, WI 53207 with a memo line including MCP and the current year and your group number
- Please send the check and deposit card within 45 days of your appeal
- Do not make checks payable to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
- Do not make checks payable to Office for World Mission or World Mission Ministries
- Do not send funds directly to the mission organizations
Download Parish Deposit Card
Collecting and Processing Donations for Appeals - PDF version
Please contact Letzbia Laing-Martinez at laingmartinezl@archmil.org or 414-758-2283 for all financial questions or needs.
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