Medical Mission Sisters
A Society called to Mission
Medical Mission Sisters (The Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries) is an international missionary congregation within the Catholic Church, with a membership of over 600 women from 22 different nations.
International group of Medical Mission Sisters and Associates
at the Society's General Chapter in the Netherlands, 2009
Our Mission is the promotion of health, healing and wholeness in the spirit of Jesus the Healer. We live out this mission in 15 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America.
"Drawn by God
present in the centre of our being
and in all created life,
and in the spirit of Jesus, sign of hope and contradiction,
we are women of many cultures and from many nations.
We are called
to be a healing presence at the heart of a wounded world,
to witness to the integrity of all creation,
and to build one world
where the gifts of all people, all cultures, all creation
are affirmed and celebrated.
We commit ourselves to promote healing and wholeness in all aspects of life,
to seek to preserve the integrity of life
and to act where this integrity is threatened,
to participate in the movement of empowerment
of those made poor and those who are oppressed,
weaving care and compassion into the web of life.
Together with others similarly called,
we participate in the birth of a new world reality
as we link our lives with those made poor,
with those who suffer,
with those who are victims of systemic injustice..."
(Medical Mission Sisters Constitution)
Medical Mission Sisters - United Kingdom