Mission
To cultivate the culture of encounter, mutual appreciation and fellowship, spiritual and pastoral support and accompaniment, where people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds can feel at home in our diocese and parish communities.
Vision
An interculturally vibrant and ethnically diverse diocesan community brought together through the grace of the Holy Spirit and the Universal Call to Holiness (Matthew 5:48).
Objectives
- Devotions (Various Languages) – Provide accompaniment to parishes and their support of popular devotions from the different ethnic and cultural communities of our diocese.
- Liturgy and Spirituality (Various Languages) – Help embrace the richness of the different liturgical expressions and spiritualities that form part of the Catholic faith of our diocesan family.
- Outreach and Encounter (English/Spanish) – Create and implement pastoral strategies that help welcome and journey with newcomers while helping to build bridges among them and others.
- Intercultural Competencies (English/Spanish) – Equip all who serve in the different parish communities and schools on the importance of being interculturally competent when engaging with our sisters and brothers of other ethnicities and cultures.
- Migrant & Refugee Ministry (Various Languages) – Support parishes that accompany and serve migrants and refugees in our diocese.
