Comboni Mission Center & St. Joseph Parish in Canada

Comobni Mission Center and St. Joseph Parish
148 Madison Ave. S.
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 3M6
CANADA
Phone: (519) 744-4680
Fax: (519) 744-4840
Email: cmoffice@combonimissionaries.ca

The Comboni Mission Center is a place were all are welcome ~ we are involved in promoting awareness of the Church’s missions and work of the Comboni Missionaries worldwide. Located in the Hamilton Diocese, the center first opened in Cambridge in 1977 and transfered to Kitchener in 1985. The Comboni Missionaries, together with Comboni Lay missionaries, religious and volunteers work to inform and support ~ both materially and spiritually ~ the Church’s missions. The community publishes a quarterly mission newsletter and makes available it’s resources to local groups such as schools and parishes in the surrounding area. The Comboni Missionaries participate as well with the mission cooperation plan established by the dioceses of Ontario.

St. Joseph Parish was founded in 1930 to serve a then mostly German population. The Comboni Missionaries began ministry here in 2005. This downtown parish has a congregation that is now extremely diverse, including a long-standing Portuguese community and African, Asian and Eastern European immigrants. The Eritrean and the Sudanese Catholic Community of Kitchener hold their monthly meetings and Masses at St. Joseph.

With a focus on fellowship and outreach, St. Joseph Parish strives to be a welcoming faith community that reaches out in service to the wider community. Many dedicated volunteers are involved in activities such as the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Social Outreach Committee. We offer the usual sacramental and worship programs and activities of spiritual development that are making an impact in the community and helping to develop Christian leadership and faithful stewardship. There is close collaboration between the parish and St. Bernadette School in the religious education of children.