paxabbey at The Abbey of Our Lady of Exile, Mount St Benedict, Tunapuna, Port of Spain 00014 TT - Our Monastic Objectives
| Our Monastic Objectives |
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| By His wounds we are healed! |
1. TO PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE THE GOSPEL IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND LIVED INTENSELY, SO THAT PEOPLE FIND THERE A SOURCE OF SPIRITUALITY FROM WHICH THEY DRAW INSPIRATION AND STRENGTH IN THE TASK OF DETERMINING THEIR OWN LIVES.
2. TO PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN DISCOVER DEEPER VALUES OF LIFE AND THE PRACTICAL WISDOM THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
3. TO BE A CARING COMMUNITY – CARING FOR ITS MEMBERS AND WITH A MISSION TO OTHERS – WHERE CHRIST IS EXPERIENCED TO BE TRULY ALIVE AND MINISTERING TO HIS PEOPLE.
4. TO BE A COMMUNITY WHICH PRAYS FOR THE PEOPLE AND MAKES ITSELF AVAILABLE TO LOVE AND SERVE THEM.
5. TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT IS OPEN TO OTHERS AND PREPARED TO DIALOGUE, BY WORD AND HUMAN PRESENCE, WITH THOSE OF OTHER RELIGIONS, CULTS, MOVEMENTS OR IDEOLOGIES.
6. TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT IS OPEN TO UNDERSTAND AND HELP MARGINAL PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY, E.G. PRISONERS, THE SICK, THE AGED, THE YOUNG AND DEFENCELESS, THE LONELY, WAY-OUT INTELLECTUALS AND OTHER OUTCASTS.
7. TO CONTRIBUTE, BY OUR EXAMPLE, TO A HEALTHIER, AND MORE BALANCED AND ORDERED LIFE-STYLE AND A MORE RESPONSIBLE WORK ETHIC.
8. TO BUILD COMMUNITY – OURS, IN THE FIRST PLACE, AS WELL AS ASSIST IN FAMILY UPBUILDING AND COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS.
9. TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE FOR YOUTH AND TO PREPARE THEM FOR LIFE.
10. TO ENHANCE THE IMAGE OF THE CHURCH IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AS WELL AS IN THE CARIBBEAN, BY ASSISTING ITS MISSION THROUGH OUR MONASTIC CHARISM.
11. TO SERVE "CHRIST ABOVE ALL" IN OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.