Charism, Identity and Mission

The foundation of our being a family lies in having the same vocation to live and bear witness to Merciful Love, which constitutes the “founding charism”. «God is a kind Father who seeks by all means the way to comfort, help and make his children happy and who follows them and seeks them with tireless love as if He could not be happy without them» (M. Esperanza). We are called to welcome, keep, deepen and develop this gift in the Church and in the world.

The spirituality of Merciful Love is centered on total surrender to the Father (obedience) and to friends-enemies (mercy). In this sense, our spirituality is a priestly spirituality (offering oneself in obedience: cf Heb 10,6ff), and it is a charitable spirituality: two aspects that must be closely linked and that will be concretized in a single mission: priests and the poor.

To reach priests, children, the poor, those who suffer, families, the world of work, and to bring the same message of Merciful Love to all, union is required on the one hand and on the other the diversity that emanates from the six forms of belonging to our Family.