Vision Statement: A Rationale for Creating
the United States/Toronto Region
Drawn by love, passionate for justice, (1) and impelled by our zeal for God’s mission, we are joining our lives, our voices, and our abundant resources for just such a time as this. (2) We are doing so because we believe that, in the spirit of Sts. John Eudes and Mary Euphrasia, we are called to:
- ensure the generativity of our mission to be witnesses of the merciful love of God (3)
- embrace our zeal for the mission that unites and inspires us
- participate in radical transformation within ourselves and our community
- amplify our voice for justice, particularly to elevate and empower women and girls
We are committed to:
- investing now for the sake of those coming after us
- transforming ourselves and our structures to have a transformational impact now and into the future
- collaborating as Sisters and Partners-in-Mission to promote co-responsibility (4) for the generativity of our mission and charism and our call to respond
- promoting equity, healing, and reconciliation within ourselves, our Region, the world, and all creation to foster a universal culture of justice (5)
- integrating the contemplative dimension of our charism because we know our quality of being determines our quality of doing
By tending to all of this, we believe we will be stronger and more effective together than alone.
1 2021 Congregational Chapter Direction Statement
2 Book of Esther 4:14
3 Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, Constitutions, e.g., Articles 3, 178
4 2019 Zeal Calls Us to Respond
5 2021 Congregational Chapter Direction Statement, Call to Action C, D, F