Lay Missionary Identity
We the Columban Lay Missionaries, an intercultural group of women and men, single and married, are called to respond to God’s mission by crossing boundaries of culture, gender, creed and race. We are sent as disciples of Jesus.
With joy, we witness to a new way of being church by finding and celebrating God’s loving presence as we seek to live a simple way of life and journey with the poor and marginalised.
In partnership with one another, with the ordained Columbans, and with local and home communities, and through mutual support and challenge, we strive to be catalysts of transformation in
Columban Lay Missionaries are people whose faith calls them to share their life with the poor and marginalized. They are involved in the pastoral work of the community, in education groups, youth groups, health and human rights promotion, in environmental work and inter-faith dialogue.
‘As people of faith, we envisage a world where women and men of all races, cultures and creeds live life to the full, where there is inclusion, equality and justice for the poor, marginalized and oppressed and where communities and nations live in peace and harmony with each other and all creation.’
Lay Mission Vision Statement. 2000
British Lay Missionaries have been sent to Chile, Peru, Pakistan and the Philippines. Britain has received Lay Missionaries from Chile and the Philippines
