Unity of the Institute

9. The Institute, having spread across the world and taken root in different cultures, bases its unity on the spiritual heritage received from Father Champagnat and handed on by his followers¹. This unity calls for a union of prayer, a life of brotherhood, co-ordinated apostolic action, and the service that authority renders at all levels.

We are drawn into unity around Mary, our Good Mother², as members of her family. We strive to be faithful to the Spirit of the risen Jesus, who gives to us, as to the believers in the early Church, the grace of living one in heart and soul³.