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Our Mission

The Black and Indian Mission Office is comprised of three distinct but inter-related organizations, each with its own purpose and history, but all seeking to fulfill the one Mission to the Missions! Founded by the Catholic bishops of the United States, each organization cooperates with local diocesan communities to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and respond to real and pressing needs on the ground. Read more and join us in our Mission to the Missions!

Catholic Negro-American
Mission Board

established 1907, united with BIMO 1980

the Black and Indian
Mission Collection

The Black and Indian Mission Collection exists to help local African American and Native American Diocesan Communities throughout the United States spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and respond to real and pressing needs on the ground.

News and Events

Black Catholic Mission | 

At Saint Peter Claver Catholic School, pastors from each of the some 40 different churches attended by SPCCS students are all invited to celebrate a ecumenical prayer service.

Black Catholic Mission | 

Welcome! All were welcomed to join a collaboration of Catholics of African, African American, or Caribbean descent.

Will These African Americans Be Canonized?

Black Catholic Mission | 

Learn about six holy lives in an upcoming EWTN documentary.

Black Catholic Mission | 

The AACC scholarship committee started a school supply drive for students in need at Catholic schools on church sites.

Indian Mission | 

Many native Americans from San Carlos Apache Mission gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday with Father John Paul Shea.

Indian Mission | 

May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and your family. It is my pleasure to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous support of the mission for the month of June and July.