Madhya Pradesh Samaj Seva Sanstha is the social face of the Catholic Church for facilitation, coordination, development, strengthening administrative and programmatic systems of institutions and people engaged in social work with non-profit motive. It was registered on 25th September 1998 under the Madhya Pradesh Firms and Societies Act 1973 and bears the registration number 6387/98. Madhya Prades
h Samaj Seva Sanstha commonly known as MPSSS in the development sector is the Social Work Wing of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Madhya Pradesh. It was formed with the basic objective to facilitate and coordinate the development activities of the Catholic Church in the region. It constitutes the forum of social work comprising the 9 dioceses of Madhya Pradesh namely; Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jhabua, Khandwa, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain which spread across the state. The major thrust of the forum is to create awareness among the poor and the marginalized especially women and children of their rights and duties, empowering them to jointly act to claim for their rights through the capacity building of the Diocesan Social Service Societies.
