Mission
Our call to mission is clear. We are women who are to preach the good news of
Jesus in season and out of season. We do this by our lives and our works. As our
founder wrote: "We were not founded in God's church simply to nurse, that is an
addition. We were founded to extend the kingdom of God by making Mary reign in
the hearts and minds of all people".
Our task is to extend God's kingdom through our direct and indirect
evangelization. Our spirituality calls us to mission, as does our vocation to
live our lives in union with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, who was given the task
of being Mother of the church from the Cross. We, like her, embrace our call to
bring Christ to birth in the hearts and minds of all, and in particular, those
who are sick, suffering, impoverished or betrayed by their own society and
culture.
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Our constitutions state: "Just as God chose and formed the people of Israel
to reveal and carry out the divine plane, the sisters of the Little Company of
Mary are commissioned to be bearers of the Good News, to be a light to the
nations that God's salvation may reach the ends of the earth (s. 49:6).
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The charism of the congregation draws its members to follow the
inspiration of Jesus total self-giving by responding generously and
courageously to the challenges presented by our mission. This charism is lived
in union with Mary, the pre-eminent disciple of Jesus and model of the Church.
We are called to share in Mary's maternal and evangelizing role in the Church.
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The mystery of the Cross calls us to stand in radical vulnerability and
weakness in order to proclaim the goodness of God who fills the hungry with good
things, and it is our congregational charism that calls us to embrace radical
poverty of mind and heart. #2.09 |
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The hallmarks of our congregation are simplicity, hospitality, compassion.
These are the fruits of our vow of poverty. #2.04.
In all that we do, we seek to bring a message of hope and new life to a world
in which violence, poverty, suffering and injustice destroy human dignity and
integrity. We express solidarity with those who suffer, by our prayer, our
sharing of material resources and our commitment to social justice #2.11 |
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