Missionaries of God's Love

Missionaries of God's Love

The Missionaries of God's Love (MGL) is a Roman Catholic religious congregation that came into being in Canberra, Australia in 1986.[1]

It was founded by Fr Ken Barker who is the moderator of the congregation and is also the founder of the Young Men of God Movement.[2]

20 years later, the MGL has more than 40 members, 13 ordained priests, two deacons, 16 at its seminary in Melbourne which is overseen by Fr Chris Ryan. Today in addition to missions in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, the MGL operates missions in Darwin where chaplaincies minister to the Aboriginal community, and in Manila where the brothers live amongst the poor in the squatter settlements of North Quezon City.[3]

Inspired by St Francis of Assisi during a visit to Umbria, Italy in 2000, Fr Ken founded the Young Men of God Movement (YMGM) to reach out and empower young men with the love of God and to encourage them to become leaders within their own communities, maximise the talents God has given them, and realise their full potential.

The following are some facets of the MGL's ministry:

  • managing parishes at Narrabundah (Canberra), East Burwood (Melbourne) and Manila, Philippines which are developing as centres of renewal and evangelisation, and drawing the young back into the life of the Church
  • involvement in evangelising young people through Summer Schools of Evangelisation in four different locations
  • partners in the Asia-Pacific School of Evangelisation which trains young people as evangelists and sends them on cross-cultural missions in the Asia- Pacific region
  • a key role in the biennial Light to the Nations pilgrimage held at the Redemptorist Monastery, Galong

The MGL is becoming a multicultural brotherhood, drawing vocations not only from Australia and New Zealand, but also from PNG, Indonesia, Philippines, India and Africa. This cultural mix is symbolic of the Church in Australia today and the challenges facing our society.

The congregation is an Australian foundation with an international membership. Its first mission is to the Church in Australia which is suffering from the emptiness of secularism and relativism with a particular concern to reach the young and the alienated who do not yet know the love of God.[4]

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