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Mission
Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters live in the world the mission
of “being witnesses of the heavenly goods to all God’s People, especially to the
migrants, in this way helping them discover the love the Father has for them and
the hope they have been called to” (Constitutions of the Scalabrinian
Missionary Sisters, 7).
The power of the charism received from the Founder continues
to work within time, and the Scalabrinian Sisters, in solidarity and daily
mobility, work to support evangelization and improve migrants’ quality of life,
acting as bridges across the distances and differences between the various
situations in which migrants find themselves. The Sisters want their presence
to be a humble witness of communion, sharing and universality, a prophetic voice
speaking out against injustice and proclaiming hope, as well as a constant call
to solidarity and missionary zeal.
Scalabrinian Sisters live their mission among migrants as an
expression of their vocation as consecrated women and as a sharing in the
“already but not yet” of the Kingdom, which started with the Son of God’s
Incarnation. This task takes practical form in the dedication of their own
lives, with respect for differences and other cultures, and with promotion of
the persons and peoples with whom they share history. It is seen in catechesis,
Christian education, the pastoral care of health, social action and the pastoral
care of migrants. MSCS Sisters work in schools, hospitals, orphanages, prisons,
reception centers for children in need, retirement homes, training and formation
houses, ethnic and cultural communities, parishes, dioceses, conferences of
bishops, international bodies, civil-society organizations, assistance centers,
reception and listening centers for migrants, and study and documentation
centers. In response to the challenges of human mobility and in fidelity to the
charism that the Church has entrusted to it, the Congregation makes itself
visible with the witness of consecrated life and with missionary service of
migrants, especially the poorest and neediest. Its animating spirit is that of
universal communion through which the members express their vocation of
recognizing, loving and serving Christ in the person of the migrant.
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