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1001 Intro | need to visit the future repeatedly. That is a trip that I wish
1002 III,1 | schools. Doubtless they have reported back about various blessings
1003 II,1 | when budgets and financial reports are being drawn up is an
1004 I,0,4 | It seems to me that some requests that come to the General
1005 III,2,3 | the degree of solidarity required. Then, with this study
1006 I,0,2 | are obliged to meet legal requirements for maintaining the quality
1007 I,0,1 | would prove interesting to reread the documents Our Mission
1008 III,1 | taking care of them in their residence. ~What criteria does your
1009 I,0,2 | proximity of many of our residences to such centers, the social
1010 I,0,5 | Samaritan, Jesus gives us a resounding yes to the rhetorical question
1011 Intro,1,a | rely very much on their own resourcefulness, and to seek aid from benefactors
1012 II,1 | operations and to insure respect for the established procedures
1013 I,0,4 | development of our works should respond to genuine needs, and not
1014 Conclu | potential and our growing responsibili-ties. If we're not careful in
1015 II,1 | these Brothers live more responsibly as members of our religious
1016 Intro | loses its taste? How can you restore its flavor? …Your light
1017 III,2 | and what we do, they also restrict our freedom considerably.~
1018 I,0,5 | intervention in history through the Resurrection of Jesus, our Brother and
1019 III,1 | reach retirement age, had retained the services of a woman
1020 I,0,5 | and for us, a matter of returning to our roots. ~Both domestically
1021 I,0,2 | prophetic option most clearly revealed? What aspects tend to conceal
1022 III,1 | sincerely recognize what it reveals to us, and take the necessary
1023 Intro | sense to campaign for a revivified charism and the processes
1024 Intro,1,a | it all sounds like empty rhetoric to them, and that our Institute
1025 I,0,5 | a resounding yes to the rhetorical question of Cain, "Am I
1026 I,0,5 | that the gap between the richest and poorest nations is growing
1027 III,1 | consequence, we decide to get rid of burdensome baggage and
1028 III,1 | of us: "We renounce the right to use or dispose of money
1029 I | How easily we can take the road toward a more professional
1030 I,0,5 | dedicated people, and of course, rolling up our sleeves to do the
1031 I,0,4 | Community of San Egidio" in Rome, an association that brings
1032 I,0,5 | matter of returning to our roots. ~Both domestically and
1033 II,1 | they have to face them. Routinely, they entrust the Provincial
1034 Intro,1,c | The train of thought that runs through this letter is a
1035 I,0,2 | development, these changes did not rupture the simple lifestyle in
1036 Intro,1,a | never been taught about sacrifice, and they live in luxurious
1037 II,1 | paying attention not only to "safeguarding and increasing" the material
1038 I,0,5 | the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus gives us a resounding
1039 I,0,4 | with the "The Community of San Egidio" in Rome, an association
1040 II,1 | don't know if that is a satisfactory way of doing things today.~
1041 I,0,4 | state-of-the-art facilities to satisfy the desires of family organizations
1042 Intro | estab-lishment of a "cap" on savings to allow leeway for times
1043 I,0,5 | of Jesus, our Brother and Savior. Everything will turn out
1044 III,1 | bottom half of the economic scale in our country? At the very
1045 Intro,1,b | into us. Since money was scarce, it was valued. That is
1046 II,1 | have been operating without scaring us half to death and with
1047 II,1 | that allow for flexible scheduling, and which don't take place
1048 Intro,1,a | life already marked by the scourge of extreme poverty.~
1049 I,0,5 | should contribute to this search because we are members of
1050 I,0,2 | education at the primary, secondary, and university levels.
1051 Intro,1,c | followed by a concluding section. The train of thought that
1052 I,0,3 | in poor neighborhoods and sectors, so in need of the presence
1053 III,2,1 | institutions more financially secure. What needs to be reoriented
1054 Intro,1,a | resourcefulness, and to seek aid from benefactors in
1055 I,0,4 | to the heart of things by seeking and being attentive to what
1056 I,0,2 | This kind of economy can seep into the fabric of our personal
1057 I,0,4 | man-made" logic that only sees as "viable" projects with
1058 III,1 | benefits. But we haven't always seized the moment to reclaim a
1059 I,0,4 | should we acquiesce to a select group of families who lobby
1060 I,0,4 | terms, the statement seems self-evident, and we do not go more deeply
1061 Intro | moderation to the point of self-sacrifice, I think it will be difficult
1062 I,0,5 | our society is awash with selfishly affluent people, it is because
1063 III,2,4 | investments. However, we can't sell our souls and do that at
1064 III,1 | woman or child that God sends into their lives. Brothers,
1065 III,1 | Maybe all points of view and sensitivities can't be accommodated, but
1066 II,1 | and charity, animating, sensitizing, and being a social conscience
1067 I,0,2 | lead a simple lifestyle.~Separating elements of financial management.
1068 Intro,1,b | that is still with me. It serves me well, and gives direction
1069 Intro | part played by Brothers serving as Treasurers; our administrative
1070 Conclu,2,1| later, during our plenary session. ~ JUDGING. As a second
1071 Conclu,2,1| looked for references to shed light on this topic. Council
1072 Intro | flavor? …Your light must shine before men and women so
1073 Intro | to be, I offer it to you, shortcom-ings and all. I'm sure that when
1074 III,1 | house. And of course, it shouldn't put money into anything
1075 Intro,1,a | caring for the needs of the sick and the elderly.~Some depend
1076 Conclu,2,1| or do we remain on the sidelines as specta-tors? What are
1077 III,1 | of living. We can't lose sight of the fact that circumstances
1078 II,1 | Constitutions. Those two signatures needed for signing checks -
1079 Intro | of our goods does have a significant effect on our Marist life.
1080 II,1 | two signatures needed for signing checks - isn't it a just
1081 Intro,1,a | my being able to provide simplistic solutions applicable always
1082 III,1 | of our financial health, sincerely recognize what it reveals
1083 I,0,5 | And then there are the siren calls of the various "-isms" -
1084 I,0,5 | least of my brothers and sisters, you did it for me." (Mt.
1085 III,1 | very least, communities situated in poorer areas should fit
1086 Intro,1,a | the poor become somewhat skeptical when we speak or write on
1087 Intro,1,a | societies give a different slant to the idea of poverty.
1088 I,0,5 | of course, rolling up our sleeves to do the work at hand.~
1089 III,2,4 | Institute and taking care of small humanitarian projects that
1090 I | and daring can easily be snuffed out when money becomes "
1091 III,1 | rich people, and in the so-called industrialized countries,
1092 I,0,5 | neoliberalism, capitalism, and socialism. On the other hand, in the
1093 III,2,4 | property re-appraised and sold after several years, and
1094 I,0,3 | educating its members and solving parish problems. ~·
1095 Conclu,1 | The meeting begins with a song or a psalm placing us in
1096 II,1 | themselves to be "true-blue" sons of Champagnat, good stewards
1097 I,0,5 | other people are being made sorely wanting by the system. We
1098 III,2,4 | However, we can't sell our souls and do that at any price.
1099 Intro,1,a | the impression that it all sounds like empty rhetoric to them,
1100 I | never dreamed possible. Our spark of evangelical boldness
1101 Intro | once again discover its sparkle and originality, freeing
1102 I,0,5 | it" proposition. Morally speaking, we must embrace it and
1103 I,0,5 | Every page in the Gospel speaks of "solidarity" - of God'
1104 II,1,1 | guidelines even if we don't have specific administrative responsibilities.~
1105 Conclu,2,1| remain on the sidelines as specta-tors? What are my thoughts and
1106 I,0,4 | and account for what we spend in terms of the values that
1107 II,1 | and instill in them our spirit. Any old money manager won'
1108 III,1 | and those of intimacy, and spiritual ones proper to the consecrated
1109 I,0,4 | through all that?~I have spoken several times about the
1110 I,0,4 | in your schools and your sports fields available for use
1111 Intro | God. Also, so that we can spread our contagious enthusiasm
1112 II,1,1 | placing it at the service of spreading the Gospel in accordance
1113 III,2,4 | interesting alternatives are springing up. Have you heard about
1114 III,1 | years, communities have sprung up among people in simple
1115 I,0,2 | community as a teaching staff.~This being the case, as
1116 I,0,2 | especially in the early stages of a school's development,
1117 Intro | hand. Our credibility is at stake, and for that reason our
1118 I,0,2 | are. By taking a prophetic stance, the religious life will
1119 II,2 | women in the religious life stand aside and avoid having anything
1120 III,3 | objectives and ends that it stands for, etc. It seems that
1121 I,0,4 | exit strategy. We design state-of-the-art facilities to satisfy the
1122 III,3 | spending habits are from the stated aims found in their official
1123 I,0,2 | keeping with our customary statements about simplicity, witness,
1124 I,0,4 | and indirectly. ~· Steer clear of promoting activities
1125 III,2,2 | the needs and challenges stemming from our apostolic works
1126 II,1 | sons of Champagnat, good stewards of our material household,
1127 Conclu,2,1| can offer to Provinces to stimulate evangelical reflection and
1128 I | pressures raise returns on stocks and increase their profitability.~
1129 | stop
1130 Intro | des-tined for; the reserves we store up and the funds we create
1131 Conclu,2,1| the Gospels and Epistles, stories relating to the life of
1132 Intro,1,b | b) My own personal Story~4. I have my own ideas about
1133 I,0,4 | from which we have no exit strategy. We design state-of-the-art
1134 Intro,1,a | apostolates are living on easy street.~· Different ways
1135 I,0,5 | economic order that will strike a balance between the lure
1136 Intro | Some Brothers feel very strongly that it doesn't make sense
1137 I,0,5 | internationally, countries are struggling to find a new economic order
1138 I,0,5 | to lives of poverty and stunted development; to millions
1139 I,0,5 | building projects, and styles of housing. And I think
1140 III,2,3 | 3. Studying and subsequently discerning about a Province'
1141 I,0,4 | justice and solidarity (it succeeded in bringing peace to Mozambique),
1142 I,0,5 | of Christ's embrace of suffering and death as part of our
1143 Intro | Institute. By not being suffi-ciently clear and in command of
1144 I | gentes." Frequently they lack sufficient resources and are supported
1145 I,0,1 | points that have not been sufficiently thought out. The 18th General
1146 Conclu,1 | Father or some other prayer suggested by the moderator. ~ ~
1147 III,2,3 | uses; also about the most suitable organizational and operational
1148 I,0,4 | that we are investing large sums of money on big schools,
1149 II,2 | quite often, buy community supplies, etc., usually make use
1150 I | sufficient resources and are supported by their Province. There
1151 I,0,1 | this letter with a host of supporting texts and documentation.
1152 III,1 | distant countries and when it supports projects run by humanitarian
1153 Intro,1,a | The social milieu that surrounds our communities and apostolates
1154 Intro | into the future. We can't survive on nostalgic memories nor
1155 III,2 | these cultures and societies sustain who we are and what we do,
1156 I,0,2 | and consumerism holding sway in today's world. This kind
1157 I,0,4 | genuine needs, and not be swayed by social pressures and
1158 III,1 | mistaken or indulging in sweeping generalities. How would
1159 I | person wields are a two-edged sword. They are valuable when
1160 Intro,1,c | exactly the result of a synthesis of the Council's collective
1161 III,2 | to marshal all our faith, talents, and convictions to determine
1162 Intro | what if the salt loses its taste? How can you restore its
1163 Intro,1,a | when they have never been taught about sacrifice, and they
1164 I,0,2 | income that Brothers earn as teachers is problematical for the
1165 II,1 | community, the Province Finance Team, and the Provincial Council
1166 Intro,1,b | During my childhood and teenage years, I lived through privation
1167 Intro | topic. And then again, to tell the truth, up to this point
1168 I | one. We can fall into the temptation of pleasing authorities
1169 I | With money comes power. The temptations that Jesus endured are also
1170 I,0,2 | clearly revealed? What aspects tend to conceal its appearance?~
1171 I,0,2 | financial management. Today the tendency is to clearly separate the
1172 II,1 | every bit as important as tending to the needs of formation
1173 I | communities may reveal their tenuous existence if the Brothers
1174 I,0,4 | Hermitage, and elsewhere. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, penniless,
1175 I,0,4 | Our reflection on this theme ought to take us in two
1176 I,0,4 | can be in agreement about theory and general principles.
1177 Intro,1,b | circumstances a sense of privation, thrift, and the need to economize
1178 II,1,1 | services in our Institute. Thriftiness is part of the fabric of
1179 | thus
1180 Conclu,0,c| Jesus, making his attitude to-wards material goods your own. ~
1181 | toward
1182 | towards
1183 Intro,1,a | economies, etc. India has its tradition of the holy mendicant; in
1184 II,1 | that he needs to be well trained and very competent in his
1185 I,0,4 | mission plans should help transform our schools, leading them
1186 I,0,3 | bring about a series of transformations: ~· The practice
1187 I,0,4 | responsibilities. We are trapped in a vicious circle from
1188 II,1 | will of our Provincials Treasures more than from any guarantees
1189 Intro | future repeatedly. That is a trip that I wish we could take
1190 I,0,4 | activities such as class trips and social functions that
1191 I,0,2 | big paychecks can run into trouble when it comes to realistically
1192 Intro | and concerns, some quite troubling, about the way we look upon
1193 I,0,5 | solidarity in action. It is so true that acts done in solidarity
1194 II,1 | shown themselves to be "true-blue" sons of Champagnat, good
1195 I,0,5 | Charity begins at home." "Trust in the markets." And then
1196 II,1 | transparent in his dealings, trustworthy, and firmly committed to
1197 Intro | then again, to tell the truth, up to this point we haven'
1198 Intro,1,b | our companions con-tracted tuberculosis from insufficient nourishment.
1199 I,0,5 | such, for Christians, it turns out to be a fundamental
1200 I | that a person wields are a two-edged sword. They are valuable
1201 III,1 | money into anything that two-thirds of its members wouldn't
1202 I,0,3 | the area. Sometimes this type of community brings together
1203 I,0,5 | In its latest report, the UN has noted that the gap between
1204 Conclu,0,a| successfully carried out un-less we modify, redirect, and
1205 III,2,2 | into account challenging uncertainties that go with our profession
1206 Intro | allow leeway for times of uncertainty and reliance on Divine Providence…~
1207 Conclu,1 | points in the Circular seem unclear to you or are different
1208 II,1 | consequently, they feel uncomfortable when they have to face them.
1209 II,1,1 | And this obliges us to uncover and eliminate conditions
1210 Intro,1,b | life. It may be the reason underlying my desire to offer my views
1211 III,2,4 | some 2% to solidarity when undertaking new construction or improving
1212 I,0,4 | without money or property, undertook projects for his parish
1213 Intro,1,b | tied in with some of the uneasiness in the religious life or
1214 I,0,5 | whose social teachings are unequivocal, as well as of an Institute
1215 I,0,5 | solidarity lead us to the unexpected discovery of our main objective,
1216 III,2,4 | several years, and from unexpectedly high income yields on your
1217 I,0,4 | confuse the issues and feed unfounded fears.~We undertake to discern
1218 Intro,1,a | with every reality using a uniform, universally valid set of
1219 III,2 | all around them, and in union with us they are committed
1220 II,1 | ask each Administrative Unit to establish a finance commission.
1221 Intro,1,a | reality using a uniform, universally valid set of solutions.
1222 I,0,2 | primary, secondary, and university levels. No distinction was
1223 I,0,2 | Our calling to lead an unpretentious and prophetic way of life.
1224 Intro,1,a | value of being poor and unselfish for Christ when they regard
1225 | until
1226 I | Brothers. And it is not at all unusual that inflation pressures
1227 I,0,4 | fear - and they are quite up-front about it - that this way
1228 III,3 | security and they receive updates and advice about risk and
1229 I,0,2 | facing growing demands to upgrade in size and quality, so
1230 I,0,3 | formulate community responses to uplift the poor. ~· The
1231 I,0,2 | offset when it proclaims its uplifting call to life and hope.~In
1232 II,1 | who, being competent and upright in their profession, also
1233 I,0,2 | top-of-the-line goods and services, upscale cars, expensive hobbies,
1234 I,0,1 | Charles Howard's Circular, An Urgent Call: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis.~
1235 I,0,5 | Solidarity is on the march, urging us to turn our talk into
1236 III,1 | first glance seems to be useful for the house. And of course,
1237 III,2,3 | administrative criteria that it uses; also about the most suitable
1238 I,0,5 | Matthew, Chapter 25 is of the utmost importance, even more so
1239 Intro,1,a | using a uniform, universally valid set of solutions. Situations
1240 I | two-edged sword. They are valuable when used for good, but
1241 Intro,1,b | money was scarce, it was valued. That is an aspect of my
1242 Intro,1,a | is relative, given these variations and how rapidly the world
1243 I,0,1 | the Church emanating from Vatican II, Perfectae Caritatis,
1244 III,2,1 | when planning new apostolic ventures? And that such planning
1245 Intro | though I feel that this version isn't as complete as I would
1246 I,0,4 | logic that only sees as "viable" projects with strong economic
1247 I,0,4 | responsibilities. We are trapped in a vicious circle from which we have
1248 Intro,1,b | underlying my desire to offer my views on the evangelical use of
1249 Intro,1,a | train young people in the virtue of moderation when they
1250 Intro | world of today. We need to visit the future repeatedly. That
1251 III,1 | share with them. When I have visited some of these communities
1252 III,1 | prophets?~Once, when I was visiting a Province, I noticed that
1253 III,3 | procedure. It involves periodic visits to administrative offices
1254 I,0,1 | the Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata. We must also
1255 I,0,5 | for charitable causes?~How vivid the calls that we are hearing
1256 Intro | our economic affairs, the volume of goods that we are acquiring,
1257 I,0,6 | increase in programs for volunteering, going on mission, and acting
1258 III,2,3 | are prepared to assume as vowed religious who have chosen
1259 Intro,1,a | vow of poverty than to the vows of obedience and chastity.
1260 I,0,4 | and "economic resources vs. educational effectiveness"
1261 Intro,1,a | does not provide a living wage, and the Brothers have no
1262 III,1 | into the habit of being "waited on." And sometimes we are
1263 III,1 | considerate and help someone waiting to reach retirement age,
1264 Intro,1,b | continent devastated by war. On top of that, my country
1265 III,1 | to afford something that wasn't within the reach of the
1266 II,1 | whether or not we are wasting money in some cases. The
1267 III,1 | Brothers drank nothing but water at their meals. On the day
1268 II,1,1 | nails and had looms for weaving. Today, our material well-being
1269 Intro,1,b | last groups that sometimes went without basic necessities
1270 | whether
1271 | While
1272 | whose
1273 Intro | consider this matter from a wider per-spective. New situations
1274 I | and power that a person wields are a two-edged sword. They
1275 III,1 | and moderation. And - God willing - may many communities dare
1276 I,0,4 | prestige or competition win out due to dwindling numbers
1277 II,1 | way to avoid it, and we wind up not giving it the attention
1278 III,2,4 | investment. Occasionally, windfall profits will come your way.
1279 III,1 | happen when we open our windows and see what's going on
1280 II,1,1 | aboveboard and managing it wisely, and above all, placing
1281 Intro | repeatedly. That is a trip that I wish we could take quite often,
1282 Intro | will remain at the level of wish-ful thinking unless we come
1283 III,1 | they brought out beer. I wondered about this, but I couldn'
1284 I,0,5 | careful analysis of the worldwide processes behind neoliberalism,
1285 Intro,1,a | are very poor with many worries, and others that are financially
1286 II,1 | frequently, they get all wrapped up in their work and become
1287 III,2,4 | it comes time to draw up year-end balance sheets, distributing
1288 | yes
1289 I,0,4 | think its bank accounts are yielding it any big payoffs. ~I am
1290 III,2,4 | unexpectedly high income yields on your investments; ~·
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