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Mercy Over Sacrifice

By Joanne Huestis-Dalrymple | July 18, 2025

Years ago, the director of religious education at my former parish asked if I could help out as a sponsor for the RCIA program. I had no idea how much I would learn and relearn! It was great. One evening the director posed this question, “Is it wrong for a mother who can’t feed her…

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I AM

By Maggie Martin | July 17, 2025

Today’s reading is one of my absolute favorite passages from the Old Testament. Particularly in my days as a borderline-atheist philosophy student, God’s response to Moses really knocked me over like a brick. Kind of like the soldiers who fell to the ground in the Garden of Gethsemane at Jesus’, ‘I AM. ’(John 18:6). Those…

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Becoming Simple

By Celina Manville | July 16, 2025

As we continue our spiritual journey of faith, we often struggle with the complexity of God. When we were young, we were taught that we can compare the Holy Trinity to a 3-leaf clover or shamrock…three persons in one God. Simple and easy to understand, but as we grow older, that definition seems childish, and…

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Let Us Be Faithful as God is Faithful

By Fr. Sylvanus Amaobi | July 15, 2025

MOSES’ BIRTH AND DELIVERANCE: In the first reading, we hear the story of the birth of Moses and how his mother made a conscious effort to hide and preserve him for three months to avoid being killed by Pharaoh. But when she could hide him no longer, she prepared a papyrus basket with bitumen and…

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Upsetting the Order

By John and Kathy Schultz | July 14, 2025

We often gloss over the implications of living fully as a Christian. It’s more acceptable to many if we embrace the Christmas card image of the Incarnation; that is a stable as clean as a cottage with happy barnyard animals surrounding a beatific Mary who cradles a chubby infant Jesus. Easter should be full of…

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We Are Sheep Among Wolves

By Jerry DeMelo Jr. | July 12, 2025

The Gospel: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” Mt 10:16. The discipleship command given to the Apostles and to us as His disciples, as we heard in yesterday’s Gospel, seems difficult to understand. We can appreciate it more in the…

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BENEDICTUS: Speaking Good of the Other

By Fr. John Bosco Obiako | July 11, 2025

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Benedict, the Patron Saint of Europe and the father of Western Christian monasticism. He remains a shining example for every Christian, regardless of their state in life. Benedict as a name originates from the Latin name Benedictus (the feminine version would be Benedicta). Etymologically, it comes from two…

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Come Near to Me

By Radhika Sharda, MD | July 10, 2025

Revelation scenes are the jewels of great literature. Consider Odysseus’ encounter with his wife at the end of the Odyssey, or the moment in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment when the murderer Raskolnikov finally confesses his crime. Revelation of identity brings about tremendous catharsis. I would propose, though, that Joseph’s revelation to his brothers ranks among…

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Lessons in Salvation History

By John and Kathy Schultz | July 9, 2025

Today’s readings remind us that God reaches out to us across time. In the first reading from Genesis, Joseph, saved by the hand of God from his jealous brothers and Potiphar, feeds the starving masses. Joseph has been given great power from Pharoah. Yet, he wields that power with great mercy; even extending mercy to…

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GVM Charity Works

Each year we devote some resources to works of charity as the need may be in the countries and communities that meet the criteria for each year’s project. It's a way we show faith in action and lead as agents of grace in communities. Be part of leading by helping the needy in places of most need. 

Is there a situation that needs a helping hand where you are? Fill the form and describe it. You may be qualified for our annual charity support program.

Would you like to be part of our donors for works of charity? Please fill this form and we will contact you or simply donate

GVM 2021 Faith in Action Projects

Every year, we take up unique projects as part of our Faith in Action initiative. In 2021, the call for help from three situations of need caught our attention. The videos below explain what we have done in two of the situations, and what remains to be done. GVM—agents of grace in communities. 

Speeches

The rapid evolution of digital media technologies presents unique opportunities and challenges for the Church in the digital landscape. During a theological conference (April 2-5, 2024) organized by a premier theological group in Nigeria (the Catholic Theological Conference of Nigeria, CATHAN), Fr. Maurice Emelu was invited to present a commissioned paper. He argued that transitioning from tool dependency to innovation is the surest way to advance the Church’s place and relevance in the digital ecosystem. Watch the presentation and be motivated.

How We Started

Our ministry was inspired by the vision of a well-known priest from the Catholic Diocese of Orlu in Nigeria, Father Maurice Emelu. He’s dedicated to sharing and living the Catholic message of love and grace in the spirit of joy in a cross-cultural way. Sharing in the same mission and values, we’re able to inspire many across cultures to be agents of grace and healing in their various communities.

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Core Values

Six guiding values shape who we are and how we live out our mission and are at the heart of everything we do.

  • Christ-Centered
  • Grace-Filled
  • Catholic
  • Sacrificial Love
  • Missionary Spirit
  • Living Agents of Grace Across Cultures

GVM Mission and Vision

Mission Statement

We equip and empower people to become living agents of God’s love, healing, and grace. Through God's vision for mission (GVM), we commit to being active agents of Divine Grace in our everyday lives—at home, at work, and within every community we encounter.

Join us in this mission as we live out our Catholic faith and bring God’s grace to the world, one step at a time. Together, we make His love visible and His grace tangible.

Vision Statement

To be a leading Catholic global center where individuals and communities draw inspiration, accessibility, and high-quality tools to live God's grace of love and healing in their everyday lives.

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Testimony of the Week

Share your faith testimony with us and have a chance for the world to hear and glorify God.

Fantastic reflection. Thank you for sharing it. — Lori Kayes
 
Amen 🙏...
This is really beautiful Fr. Maurice Emelu... God bless You always, I love Your beautiful heart... I love to help others when I can...—Kaye Roberson
Lord Jesus Christ, let your love rest upon us even as our hope rests on you 🙏🙏 Psalm 33vs22—Chidi O. Chidi 

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God—Psalm 40:1-3

Psalm 119:11

Biblical

I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Kathleen DiNobile Campagnone

Personal

That was Beautiful! Thank you—a GREAT reading to begin my day! Thank you & God Bless🙏🙏

Revelation 12:10-11

Biblical

Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.