US Catholic missionary organization
Saint Paul's Outreach Abbreviation SPO Established 1985; 39 years ago (1985 ) [1] Founders Gordy DeMarais, Christina Smith, Fr. Kevin Finnegan[2] Focus Campus ministry and young adult outreach Headquarters Mendota Heights, Minnesota Region
United States President
David Fischer Website spo .org
Saint Paul's Outreach (SPO ) is a Catholic missionary organization in the United States which serves college students and young adults.[3] Affiliated with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal , SPO describes its mission as follows: "to build transformational communities that form missionary disciples for life."[4]
Description
SPO was founded as a private association of the faithful in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis .where it reached students at the University of St. Thomas .[2] [1] By 2016 it had mission centers in seven different parts of the country.[2]
Affiliated with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal , SPO is part of the global network of Kairos, which is the youth outreach division of the Sword of the Spirit .[5] SPO sees itself as a movement of the "new evangelization " popularized by Pope John Paul II .[6] [1] Its ministry model is "reach, call, form, send."[2]
In 2016, SPO's Kansas City mission center expanded to include the University of Missouri–Kansas City .[3] SPO's Florida region expanded to the University of South Florida in 2021.[7]
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