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Our Missions:
Ghana | Kenya | Liberia
Tanzania | USA

Becoming a Missionary:
SMA Missionary Priest
SMA Lay Missionary

Since SMA's earliest days in Africa, lay men and women have worked alongside priest missionaries, sharing their gifts and their love in service to the Gospel of Christ and for the people of Africa. The special calling of SMA is to serve "the most abandoned" wherever we are sent.

SMA ministries are diverse, using our gifts to respond to the specific needs of the local Church. Our lay missionaries serve in education, healthcare, community development, religious education, refugee assistance, administration, computer training, music and the arts, and more. They work in Africa's rural areas and large cities. All talents and skills are needed and useful. SMA lay missionaries also live in the spirit of prayerful community as they strive to live the Gospel in their daily lives.

The SMA Lay Missionary Program is in the process of becoming an Association of the Faithful, which is open to laypersons, priests, sisters and brothers.

Requirements:
Catholic men and women; Single, married (without dependents), Between ages 23-50 (negotiable); College degree or qualifications in their area of expertise. A faith commitment and open to community life. Members will help with fundraising.

Formation Program: September to December (4 months)

Language and Culture Training -This training takes place during the first 3-4 months in the mission country for assignment.

Terms of Service - After language training, 2 years of mission service in their assignment. Commitments are renewable. Long-term commitments are encouraged.

SMA lay missionaries are currently serving in Ghana, Tanzania, Liberia and in ministries in the United States.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
SMA Lay Missionaries
256 North Manor Circle
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Phone: 301-891-2037
FAX: 301-270-6370 E
e-mail: smausa-L@smafathers.org

Contact Persons: Members of the Leadership Team for the SMA Lay Missionaries Theresa Hicks, Steve Price Fr. Dan Lynch, SMA

See more information on the SMA Lay Missionaries web-site at: http://sma.cua.edu/

Becoming An SMA Missionary Priest