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Our Generous Promises...
...to Ourselves and to the World!
At our Chapter in April, 2007, we created and committed to four compelling direction statements for the next six years that challenge us to risk our personal and communal energies and resources for our mission of unity. In recognizing that we are called to incarnate our mission and charism in our world in fidelity to God's call in the Gospel, we commit ourselves:
- to take the risk to surrender our lives and resources to work for specific systemic change in collaboration with others that the hungers of the world might be fed.
- to recognize the reality that Earth is dying, to claim our oneness with Earth and to take steps now to strengthen, heal and renew the face of Earth.
- to network with others across the world to bring about a shift in the global culture from institutionalized power and privilege to a culture of inclusivity and mutuality.
- to be mutually responsible and accountable for leadership in the congregation.
According to our President,
Sister Nancy Conway, "Our statement to work for systemic change is
our sacred promise to God and to one another. This is how we experience
the Spirit's call to be God's great love in the world today. Fundamentally,
the desire 'to be and act more as one' drove our journey to become one
congregation. We knew we could do more together than any one of us could
do alone."