SPICMA was set up in 1967 in the Parish of St. Peter in Chains, Hornsey, London. Several people at our church wanted to support the work of Fr. Bernard Phelan,  a Mill Hill Missionary, recently ordained at St Peter's where he had grown up. So SPICMA (Special Projects in Christian Missionary Areas) was born – and then it grew and grew..

The charity has assisted with the building of churches, mission schools, hospitals and clinics, the provision of pharmaceutical products and ambulances, the financing of bore holes and the relief of starvation. It has also supported the provision of education in mission schools to children  who were orphaned as a result of both AIDS and war.

SPICMA usually works through the various Missionary Congregations and Diocesan Clergy as we can then be certain that the relief gets to the people it is originally intended for. 

SPICMA is still unique, in that all our workers are volunteers. We are small in number but collectively we have a  experience and skills in a number of areas, which we hope will benefit the organisation and, above all, the people we endeavour to help with your support.