OUR STORY

Glenmary Home Missioners (aka The Home Missioners of America) is a Catholic church missionary society and was founded in 1939 by Father William Howard Bishop, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, to serve what he termed “No Priest Land, USA.” At that time, he noted that more than one-third of the counties of the United States, mostly in Appalachia and the South, had no resident priest. Father Bishop foresaw that this area—then as populous as Canada, as large as Mexico and covering one-fourth of the United States—could be lost to the Church unless this vast priestless “home mission” area was recognized by and designated a specific ministry of the Church.

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WHO WE ARE

A CATHOLIC CHURCH
MISSIONARY SOCIETY

of priests and brothers who, along with coworkers, are dedicated to serving the spiritual and material needs of people living in mission counties throughout Appalachia and the South.

PRIESTS, BROTHERS,
AND LAY PEOPLE

who work exclusively within the United States and who are dedicated to bringing the Catholic Church to people who live in counties where the Church is not effectively present.

THE GLENMARY SISTERS

who share a history and charism with Glenmary Home Missioners, are a separate religious community.

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