Our parishes
Growing in faith together through prayer, formation, and opportunities for young people to serve.
Read about our missionFaith in action · Fort Wayne & Costa RicaWe are Catholics
We are Catholics
on a Mission.
Catholics on a Mission is a student-driven service organization evangelizing our parishes, our cities, and our world through corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
Explore the stories, photographs, and reflections from our years of mission and service.
Our calling
Serving close to home and far away
The original mission brought high school and college students together in prayer, formation, and service. The group supported local outreach in Fort Wayne and traveled to Costa Rica alongside the Franciscan Brothers Minor.
Our cities
Working alongside neighbors and community members to help people facing hardship.
Local serviceOur world
Sharing faith and friendship with communities in Costa Rica, including the indigenous Cabécar people.
Mission reflectionsFrom the journal
Stories from Costa Rica
The mission journal records the experience of the team in its own words—from arriving in Costa Rica to celebrating Mass and meeting new friends.
December 31, 2012
We made it!
First impressions of Costa Rica, the journey to Cartago, and Mass at the Basilica.
January 2, 2013
Happy New Year!
A new year welcomed with prayer and celebrations in local chapels.
“You have my blessing and support. May Our Lord bless you and all who participate in the mission trip.”— Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend
Statement from the original mission website
Statement from the original mission website
This is a historical archive. Original giving campaigns and upcoming-trip notices are not active.
From the original website
Mission video
The earlier Catholics on a Mission homepage included this video as part of its account of the Costa Rica mission. We’ve preserved the original YouTube embed here.
If the video is no longer available on YouTube, the player may not work.
Photographs and memories
A story worth preserving
From the first student mission teams to their work in Costa Rica, this site exists to preserve photographs, travel notes, and testimony about the people they met and the faith they shared.