MISSIONARIES OF PRAYER & MERCY
Called by God to carry the merciful love of Jesus to all we encounter
About Us
​​​Empowered by the Holy spirit, we are a ministry of lay Catholics and women religious who have responded to God's call to be conduits of His love and mercy to the isolated, afflicted, and neglected; bringing peace, joy, hope, and a sense of dignity and identity as children of the Father as a response to Christ's call in Matthew 25:31-45.
We are called to lead others to become missionary disciples through a personal encounter with God's love and mercy. Some of the ways we partner with the Holy Spirit are encounter retreats, Spirit filled conferences, adult and youth evangelization, healing and deliverance ministry, ministry to women in prison, as well as prayer and support for the dying and their families. With deep roots in Catholic tradition and Charismatic Renewal, we empower individuals to embrace their faith, break free from spiritual bondage, and live transformed lives through the power of Jesus Christ.
The seeds of the Missionaries of Prayer and Mercy (MOPAM) were planted in our hearts back in July 2021, when three of us joined Renewal Ministries for two weeks Tanzania, Africa conducting evangelization events, retreats, and prayer ministry. We fell in love with the people of Tanzania and felt a call to support the people there with our prayers and ministry. We continued to grow in our friendship and calling to serve as missionary disciples in our local ministries in Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee. We gathered together in June 2022 to provide a Holy Spirit Retreat for St. Catherine of Siena parish in Columbia, TN. ​
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After much prayer and discernment, one of our members was given permission from her religious community to spend two years discerning God's call to begin a new religious community in Tanzania. By the end of 2024, MOPAM was given encouragement from the Bishop in Moshi, Tanzania to begin the process of meeting with with young women who are discerning a call to live a radical live of poverty, chastity and obedience.
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Family members have given the ministry a plot of land consisting of 1/2 acre with a three room, 600 sq ft home which is only a 10 minute walk from the local parish. With the local Pastor's guidance and support, we plan to use this generous gift as the foundation of the new convent and formation house.
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MOPAM was officially founded in September 2024 as a charitable corporation in the state of Tennessee and registered as a 501c3 Non-Profit with the IRS.
Teaching Children a Song in Tanzania
Last Day Fire Rally in Tanzania
Praise in School in Tanzania
Prolife Teaching in School in Tanzania
PRAYER AND MERCY MINISTRY
SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL AND MORAL FORMATION
We conduct retreats, conferences, and teaching for children, youth and adults that lead to an encounter with Christ's love and mercy.
Youth Ministry
SICK, HOMEBOUND, ELDERLY, AND DYING
We cultivate a compassionate community dedicated to uplifting the marginalized, instilling values of mercy, inner healing, hope, joy and peace. We follow God's call to help them build their self-esteem and thrive as children of God, living a peaceful, hopeful and joyful life.
HEALING AND DELIVERANCE
We provide individual and group inner healing and physical healing prayer. We believer that inner healing and interior freedom is on-going. The freer and more healed we are, the more we can love God and neighbor in truth.
PRAYER
We pray for and with all God's people especially those who are spiritually and socially forgotten or marginalized, like the poor and marginized children, the sick, homebound, and prisoners.
A New Religious Community in Tanzania, Africa
With the support of the MOPAM and the Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania, we have begun the process of forming a new Catholic religious community rooted in Franciscan spiritualty and empowered by the Gifts of the Holy Spirit for mission. Our hope is to complete the remodel of the existing house so that we can have a place for the founding members to live and a place for young women to visit as they begin a period of intense discernment. These women will have an opportunity to attend a Come and See Retreat and spend a few days living in community and participating in the ministry in preparation before they are invited to enter into the Postulancy period.
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We have already received donations of $17,200 which we used to purchase the 0.5 acre plot of land with the small house. Now we are launching a fundraising campaign to raise the initial and ongoing support that this new religious community will need to grow and flourish in the ministry that God is calling into existence. The goal is to be able to begin the remodel of the initial small home during the summer 2025 which should take about 3 months to complete. The formal period of discernment for the young women will continue until the end of 2025.
In 2026, we will begin the second phase of fundraising to accommodate the next step of the process in forming a new community which is Postulancy, we will build a formation house on the property which will have 1,600 sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, and dining/classroom. This will become the place that all the women will live and study for the three years of their formation beginning as Postulants and then becoming Novices until they take temporary vows in 2028.
Once the first group of women have taken their temporary vows, we will then complete the expansion of the initial small home for them to live in and the second group of women will move into the formation house to begin their formation. This phase of the project will begin in 2029, with the final expansion expected to begin in 2031.
Young Women in Tanzania that are discerning becoming part of the Missionaries of Prayer and Mercy.
2nd Phase of Fundraising Formation House:
Elevation and design of the formation house to the first group of women who become Postulants.
Donations to support the growth of this ministry in Tanzania can be made by check to:
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Missionaries of Prayer and Mercy
619 Prominence Road
Columbia, TN 38410
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Online through the form below:
THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US IN THE MISSION .
YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
The existing 3 room, 600 sqft house with electricity but no indoor plumbing before remodel.
Preparing the land with oxen and pinto beans are growing.
