Community is the first place of mission because it offers the sign of communion. Through the sign of our oneness in life and mission, we can offer to this war-torn, post-modern world a most profound image of unity and peace amidst diversity.

The central element of religious life is the following of Christ. The heart of that following is found in profound and inclusive relationships among ourselves that extend out to society and the world.

Letting ourselves be touched by the tenderness, meekness, and compassion of Jesus, we are able to live a way of relating that prefers and chooses profound attention over indifference, solidarity over individualism, forgiveness over violence. (Sr. Joanna Puntel, FSP)

We seek to live in community a life of beauty, culture, and gratuitousness, a life which is capable of confronting every pretense of measuring existence with commercial criteria, mere appearance, or efficiency with the loving mercy of God.

Daughters of St. Paul proclaim with Christ that real power is strong enough to be open-handed, vulnerable, ready to serve and empower others. It is self-forgetful and moves out to others in love. It stoops down, and lifts up.   –Sr. Veritas Grau, FSP

The house of God, the Church, is adorned and enriched by the presence of the consecrated life. What in people's eyes can seem a waste is, for the individuals captivated in the depths of their heart by the beauty and goodness of the Lord, an obvious response of love, a joyful expression of gratitude for having been admitted in a unique way to the knowledge of the Son and to a sharing in his divine mission in the world.” –John Paul II

Consecrated life is first of all life in its fullness,
a liberating life, a life that is saved,
creative, profound,
and happy.