One people, one Spirit, many gifts ⁵

34. The roots of our renewed understanding of sharing in mission, and therefore of its concrete expressions in our ministry, are to be found in how the Church sees itself today as a missionary communion. ⁶ In Jesus’ words at the Last Supper, "I call you friends", we hear at once a call to unity and a commissioning. ⁷ Inspired by such images, ⁸ we are invited as Christians to live out together our common baptism, our common call to mission. ⁹

35. Inspired by the one Spirit of God, Christians and those of other Faiths, ¹⁰ we are united around a common set of life-giving values that are fundamental to our vision and practice of education: respect for the dignity of each human person, honesty, justice, solidarity, peace and a sense of the Transcendent. ^* Together, we give the best of ourselves to provide the young people in our care with the means of achieving their full potential in life, including their growing faith and their responsible participation in society.