The Missionaries of God's Love exists as a consecrated group within a charismatic Catholic Covenant community called the Disciples of Jesus. Our brotherhood consists of priests and brothers. The Missionaries of God's Love priests are incardinated into the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn (Australia), but with the understanding that they are released for the work of the Missionaries. In Canon Law, we are a Public Association of Christ's Faithful. 

Disciples of Jesus Community
A distinctive feature of the Missionaries of God's Love is that it is a consecrated group within a Catholic charismatic Covenant community, the Disciples of Jesus. The Disciples of Jesus are located in Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Cairns, Wodonga and Hobart. The Community is also present in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and Manila (Philippines).  The Community is made up of people from all walks of life, all states of life, and all stages of life. Members are dedicated to developing a Catholic way of life which is true to their baptismal calling. They seek to live out their baptism by developing a way of life that is true to the gospel, and by bringing the Good News of Jesus to others through various works of evangelisation.

Layers of Identity
We are fundamentally Catholic—rooted in Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.

We are charismatic—springing from the experience of the "Baptism in the Holy Spirit" which is a "big grace" that renews sacramental baptism, opens one to charismatic gifts, brings one into deeper conscious relationship with Jesus as Saviour and Lord, and brings personal transformation, enabling a person to yield the fruits of the Spirit in a new way.

We are members of Disciples of Jesus covenant community. Full membership of the community is attained by covenant, a public commitment to give one's life to the Lord under the grace, vision and mission of the community.

We are Missionaries of God's Love. Full commitment as a Missionary is attained through private vows, which are solemn promises before the Lord taken in a public manner to live poverty, celibacy and obedience, and to offer oneself as a consecrated person for the preaching of the Good News to the ends of the earth.

When the Missionaries take vows they call upon the fire of the Holy Spirit to empower them and they consecrate themselves to the heart of Jesus broken in love for the world, and they place themselves under the mantle of protection of Mary the Mother of God, who they trust graciously intercedes for them.