New ministry, UTG at Work, will help professionals share their faith at work catholicnewsagency.com

The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work during his or her lifetime — approximately one-third of his or her working life. That means each person has approximately 3,750 days to “unleash the Gospel” and be a missionary disciple while working 9 to 5.

To help lay Catholics do that, UTG at Work, a new nonprofit launched by Deacon Mike Houghton and Mary Martin, will serve as a center to help “women and men understand their identity as missionary disciples, equip them to discover their unique mission from God, and support them as they joyfully deliver faith and witness to Christ and the Gospel in the workplace,” according to its mission statement.

Houghton, former director of missionary strategic planning for the Archdiocese of Detroit, and Martin, a former coach and team leader in the department, will lead the effort.

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