Ministry Spotlight

Ministry Spotlight: Oblate Missionary Society

DonorDirect is excited to celebrate our partnership with the Oblate Missionary Society and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate!

Ministry Overview

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate are a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1816 by St. Eugene De Mazenod to work among the poor. Saint Eugene recognized early on that missionary work could not be a task for the Oblates alone. He began inviting others to join the Oblates in their ministries by donating to the cause.

The Oblates’ work in the United States began over 150 years ago. Today the Oblates are involved in parishes, schools, retreat centers, and shrines throughout the United States. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate serve poor and needy people in the United States and more than 60 countries around the world. Today nearly 4,000 Missionary Oblates are ministering in some of the world’s most difficult missions, reaching out to serve those most in need.

The Oblate Missionary Society, Inc. (or OMSI) was founded in 2008 as a ministry of the United States Province of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate to consolidate Oblate fundraising efforts. OMSI’s purpose is to help support the Catholic identity and mission of the United States Province.

Within OMSI are four Oblate fundraising entities, each working toward the goal of providing the funds needed to support the Oblates’ mission to serve God’s poor:

  • Missionary Association of Mary Immaculate (MAMI) in Belleville, Illinois began as a vision of hundreds of thousands of lay members sharing, praying, and sacrificing to help carry out the mission of the Church through the work of the Oblates and has grown dramatically over the years. Today it boasts over 90 employees who plan, write, design, and print direct mail programs and produce web-based campaigns year-round.
  • Oblate Missions is an OMSI fundraising organization located in San Antonio, Texas that supports the efforts of the Missionary Oblates by focusing on spiritual ministry and by supporting Oblate missionaries, seminarians, and humanitarian projects around the world.
  • The Office of Charitable and Planned Giving in Belleville, Illinois fosters its benefactors’ partnership with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. By making a planned or charitable gift to the Oblates, these benefactors personally join Oblate missionaries as partners in Christ.
  • The Missionary Oblate Partnership is a group of men and women who seek a deeper connection with the Body of Christ. This connection includes not only philanthropy but spiritual development and a personal encounter with the poor whom the Oblates serve. The Partners consider themselves co-missionaries with the Oblates throughout the world.

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DonorDirect is honored to come alongside OMSI and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate to empower their team and support their efforts through software and services that are uniquely designed to support the wonderful work they accomplish every day. We encourage you to connect with this amazing ministry and learn more about how they seek to serve the poor and most abandoned around the world.