This National Course is a collaborative project between MISSIO and the Catholic Missionary Union (CMU) which was established in 2018 for pastoral ministers from overseas who are working in England and Wales. It helps participants to:
- Value their own cultures and be open to the culture in which they are serving
- Share their own gifts in the service of the Church
- Adapt to the complexity of ministry in a cross-cultural setting
- Understand the vital need for Safeguarding Structures
- Be friends in the host culture to the most vulnerable
- Have a profound respect for people of all cultures, appreciating diversity
- Value collaboration
Sister Fe Rosalie DC, pastoral worker with the Filipino Community in London and Sister Anastasia DC, who works in a multicultural parish in Abbey Wood attended this two-part course with 50 other participants and found the course extremely useful for their ministry,