Congregazione
delle Suore Missionarie
di San Carlo Borromeo - Scalabriniane
Via di Monte del Gallo, 68
00165 Roma - Italia scalabriniane@scalabriniane.org
Social Pastoral work
“Seeds emigrate on the wings of the wind, plants emigrate
from continent to continent, carried by the currents of the waters, birds and
animals emigrate, and, more than any of these, human beings emigrate, sometimes
collectively, sometimes alone, but always as instruments of the Providence that
watches over human destinies and guides them, even through disasters, toward the
goal, which is the perfecting of the person on earth and the glory of God in
heaven” (Blessed Scalabrini, 1879).
Through the social pastoral ministry, the Congregation of the
Missionary Sisters of St Charles Borromeo–Scalabrinians shows that it is
committed to forming a more humane, fraternal, just and solidary society,
according to Gospel principles and fundamental human rights, in this case the
rights of migrants.
The Congregation promotes basic education, and revitalizes
and intensifies fundamental activities of welfare service in areas affected by
migration. It also draws up programs to train “operators of transformation”
capable of acting against the injustice and discrimination of which migrants are
often victims, in order to offer them a more humane and fraternal atmosphere.
In fidelity to its mission, the MSCS Congregation is
sensitive to social problems, especially those springing from the phenomenon of
migration, and strives to extend and coordinate the common commitment, so that
migrants may lead a more dignified life.
