The profile of this ministry emerges as
one which expresses the love of God to every person. Its inspiring
model is the "Greatest Love" ~ Jesus who on the cross gave the
greatest proof of His love. Its objective is a holistic formation
of the heart. The process involves instructing, forming and
enabling persons through the modalities of formal and informal
education.
In seeking to rediscover Magdalene's
insights in today's context, this ministry emphasizes 3 dimensions:
the human-spiritual dimension which focuses
on the individual - respecting the person's dignity as a unique child of God and fostering
an awareness of his/her human and spiritual dimensions.
the social dimension, with an option for the
least previliged, the negelected.
the vocational-pastoral dimension through an
educative community which maintains an on-going dialogue with the family, other
educational, ecclesial and social bodies.
The Canossian educator
seeks to express this through a delicate blending of amiablity and firmness, familiarity
and respect, gratuitousness and joy.