Mission and Pizza

Several times during the year, missioners would gather at the USCMA national office in Washington, DC to share pizza and fellowship while listening to a presentation on a timely mission topic.

A NEIGHBORHOOD CONVERSATION


Mission and Pizza was a lunchtime gathering of people in the Washington, DC area who are interested in mission.

This gathering was usually made up of lay missioners preparing for mission, returned missioners, people who work for mission and/or peace and justice organizations and others interested in a particular topic.

A presentation by a speaker or speakers was followed by questions and discussion, and the meeting concluded with local announcements of activities of organizations in the area.

Occasionally, the presentations by speakers were edited and printed in the quarterly Periodic Paper.

Future Mission and Pizzas:

USCMA hopes that this type of gathering will be held as regional gatherings in different parts of the country. These lunchtime conversations could easily be replicated in other areas as appropriate.

Past Mission and Pizzas:

We have enjoyed a variety of speakers and topics in our Mission and Pizza series.  Some of these include:  Wen xi Zhang and Chao Peng Gao, both priests from China studying at Catholic University of America on new developments in the Church in China; Sr. Connie Gemme, MSOLA talking about her work in Ghana to educate people about Trafficking; Rev. Joseph Zhand Wenxi on "The Church in China Today"; Rev. Victor Bongiovanni about his work with child soldiers in Sierra Leone; and a panel discussing the situation in Venezuela.

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