The
Establishment
of
The American Catholic Church
in the
United States

We the undersign do hereby establish The American Catholic Church in the United States, this 23^rd day of May in the year of Our Lord, 1999, in the State of Maryland and in these United States of America.

This Incorporation is of Not-for-profit and of a religious nature.  The American Catholic Church in the United States, is an organization established with Jesus the Christ as its head.  We are a Church Body with Catholic Doctrine and the Seven Sacraments instituted by Christ to give grace.  We hold to the Scriptures as the Word and Example to live by as give by the Great Teacher and Lord, Jesus the Christ.  The motto of this institution is, “Serve All With Love”.

Mission Statement
of
The American Catholic Church in the United States

The following text is the Mission Statement of

“The American Catholic Church in the United States”

The Mission of “The American Catholic Church in the United States” is to respond to the command of Jesus the Christ – To Teach, Preach, and To Sanctify.  To Teach and Preach love among all people through the Gospel, and to Sanctify through the Seven Sacraments.

 The Mission to administer to the People of God, through the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy, which are:

The Corporal Works Of Mercy

Feed the hungry

Give drink to the thirsty

Clothe the naked

Give shelter to the homeless

Visit the imprisoned

Care for the sick

Bury the dead

The Spiritual Works Of Mercy

Instruct the ignorant

Advise the perplexed

Comfort the unhappy

Bear wrongs patiently

Forgive all injuries

Pray for the living and the dead

Admonish the sinner

The Mission to follow the example of its Patron Saint, St. Francis of Assisi, in his prayer of peace:

Lord; make the people of this Church an instrument of your peace;

Where there is hatred, let us so love

Where there is injury, let us pardon

Where there is doubt, let us show faith

Where there is despair, let us offer hope

Where there is darkness, let us bring light

And where there is sadness, let us bring joy.

We ask the Divine Master, to grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console others;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we will receive, it is in pardoning, that we will be pardoned, and it is in dying that we will be born to eternal life.

 
This is the Mission of “The American Catholic Church in the United States”.  Let its Bishops, Clergy, Seminarians, and Parishioners uphold this Mission, and be true to it in all they do, administering to the People of God.   Amen.

We do now and hereby establish this “The American Catholic Church in the United States”,
this 23^rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, 1999, in the Sate of Maryland and these United States of America.

The Most Reverend Lawrence J. Harms, D. D.
Presiding Archbishop
The American Catholic Church in the United States
and
Affiliated Worldwide Jurisdictions