The Missionary Society of St. Thomas the Apostle

OUR VISION

• Proclaim the Good News to all especially the poor, hungry, exploited and less privileged.
• Respond to human needs through actions modeled after Jesus and his Gospel
• Establish, develop and sustain new mission stations to maturity
• Animate the existing Christian communities to generate missionary enthusiasm, vocations and contributions.

OUR MISSION

• Proclaim the Gospel to all nations, through establishing new mission stations and involving in various ministries of education, health, developmental activities.
• Promote Missionary Vocations through mission animation of Christian communities and missionary formation.
• Serve and support missionary and pastoral needs of the Church anywhere in the world.
• Inspired by St. Thomas the Apostle who reached the light of Gospel to India.

MY LORD MY GOD

St Thomas - Our patron

OUR VALUES

• We believe that Jesus came to give life to all in abundance. This refers to the whole person and all human needs
• We believe that all human beings are the children of God, irrespective of religion, caste, creed, color or country and deserve to hear the Good News.
• We believe that dialogue, development and inculturation are the best paths of mission.
• We believe in simplicity of living which would identify a missionary with the people around him in the fashion of the Incarnate Word.
• We believe in the courage of St. Thomas to say “let us go and die with Him”.

Bp Sebastian Vayalil

Our Founder

OUR STRATEGY

• Personal witness of life is the best strategy for evangelization
• We engage in dialogue with religion, people, cultures as the best way to bear witness to the Kingdom values.
• We endeavor to foster a global vision of the Kingdom of God as part of the Catholic mission.
• We undertake all forms of developmental activities like education, health care, social animation and humanitarian assistance for the empowerment of the people.
• We also undertake special ministries of charity like education for mentally challenged, care for AIDS victims.
• We provide sustained effort and prolonged support to communities in the developing world to empower the people through Gospel values.
• We wish to engage all available means of communication, traditional and modern, for the spreading the Gospel values and consciously try to evangelize the media.
• Mission animation of the Christian communities through pastoral work as well as special programs are organized to raise missionary vocation.

Fr Kurian Ammanathukunnel

Director General