CLC Mission

1) Description

Mission is not so much something we do as it is the quality of our presence….to be Christ-bearers, like Mary. Christ’s mission was not just what He did; it was who He was. His life and death revealed his Father’s love for us. Like Christ, we are sent to set the world on fire with love and compassion. We are sent to build a world of peace and justice in which all people can live as sisters and brothers of a loving God. Anything that is about caring and loving is about mission.

2) Seven distinctive characteristics

• Preferential option for the poor: includes all who are marginalized in society, including unborn children, persons with disabilities, the elderly and terminally ill, and victims of injustice and oppression.
• Live simply so others may simply live
• Frontier: go to where there is a greater need for a greater glory of God (AMDG)
• Sent by Christ in the Christian community
• Solidarity: not just doing but also being with people
• Collaborate with all people of good will to reveal God’s presence
• Creative fidelity — living and promoting Gospel values in a way that speaks to our society today.