April 17–19, 2026 | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA

Are you a Catholic healthcare professional discerning a call to serve in mission?
Join us for a transformative weekend Retreat/Seminar designed to help you reflect, learn, and take the next step in your mission journey.

Explore Your Call to Mission

Over the course of the weekend, participants will have the opportunity to prayerfully reflect on how God may be calling them to serve and learn about the practical realities of mission work—including visas, licenses, insurance, and more.

The Retreat/Seminar is free of charge and includes:

• Presentations from returned Mission Doctors sharing firsthand experiences
• Information about mission locations and common medical needs
• Discussion of how spouses and children can participate in mission life
• Time set aside for personal reflection and prayer

Why Attend?

This weekend offers a unique blend of spiritual discernment and practical preparation, equipping you with valuable insights, inspiration, and community support. You’ll leave with a clearer sense of how your skills and faith can meet the needs of communities around the world.

• “The Mission Doctors Association Retreat for Short-term volunteers provides a great foundation of theological, spiritual, practical, professional and cultural insights for physicians (and their spouses) considering short-term mission opportunities.”
  — Bruce Compton, Senior Director, International Outreach, Catholic Health Association of the United States
• “My experience with the Mission Doctors retreat was very inspiring. I felt inspired & motivated by other physicians sharing their Mission experiences.
  I also felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in our midst. I had always felt the calling to serve but did not know how. The retreat gave me enough information to feel confident about moving forward, in other words gave me ‘the nudge’ I needed. Even if now is not the time in your life, the retreat is very enlightening.”
  — Dr. Ann Marie Raffo, OBGYN
• “Thank you for all your efforts to offer such an exceptional discernment weekend. Your generosity was evident in so many ways – the genuineness of the relationships you have formed with volunteers and donors and board members over the years, your interest in our genuine well-being and fruitfulness of our discernment, the myriad of details that it takes to organize a weekend as you did.
  I feel that I can speak for all of us attendees, that we felt privileged to participate and are truly grateful for your time, commitment, and efforts. The opportunity to personally meet and thank several board members whose heart is in this mission was the perfect way to end the weekend. Thank you once again for all you do.”
  — Dr. Chad Kritzberger, Pediatrician

Register Today

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, gain practical skills, deepen your faith, and build lasting relationships with others called to mission.

Please complete the registration form below to submit your preliminary registration. Be sure to include your email and phone number so we can provide any necessary updates about the event.

To complete your registration for MDA’s Spring Retreat Seminar, please fill out an updated Preliminary Application and send a confirmation of the names and number of Retreat Seminar attendees in an email to MDA’s Program Coordinator, Amie Garcia, at agarcia@missiondoctors.org. 

We look forward to welcoming you!