THE MFC
CORE VALUES
COVENANT RECOLLECTION
SESSION 8
OUR CORE VALUES DESCRIBE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO IN THE WORLD.
OUR CORE VALUES PROVIDE PARAMETERS AND CONSTANT GUIDEPOSTS IN OUR MOVING ON IN OUR LIFE AND MISSION.
Centered on Christ
Evangelistic and Missionary
Focused on the Family
Being Community
Living a Preferential Option for the Poor
Excercising Servant Leadership
Being a Servant to the Church
THE MFC
CORE VALUES
CENTERED ON CHRIST
Jesus is our model in our obedience to the Father, in our Faithfulness to His call, and to total submission to His divine will.
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BUT LIKE THE HOLY ONE WHO CALLED YOU, BE HOLY YOURSELVES ALSO IN ALL YOUR BEHAVIOR; BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN:
“YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”
1 Peter 1:15-16
WE STRIVE FOR CHRISTIAN PERFECTION
Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
WE LOOK TO EXHIBITING THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
EVANGELISTIC AND MISSIONARY
We are called to proclaim the good news of Jesus to the whole world
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AND HE SAID TO THEM, “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION.
Mark 16:15
WE ARE HIS WITNESSES
You are witnesses of these things.
Luke 28:48
EVERY MFC MEMBER IS AN EVANGELIZER
In the normal day-to-day environment of our lives
We look to doing mission beyond our own environments to the very ends of the earth.
FOCUSED ON THE FAMILY
Our life and mission is founded on strong families in Christ.
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WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY PASSES BY WAY OF THE FAMILY
THE FAMILY IS SERIOUSLY UNDER THREAT.
ABORTION
CONTRACEPTION
STERILIZATION
Valueless sex education
EutHANASIA
ASSISTED SUICIDE
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
OUR FOCUS ON FAMILY RENEWAL IS AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING WORK
We defend and strengthen Christian marriage.
We grow as a Christian couple.
We raise our children to be the next generation of God’s people.
We establish our homes as pieces of Kingdom ground.
WE ARE CALLED TO A STRONG ADVOCACY AND DEFENSE OF THE CULTURE OF LIFE.
The culture of death pervading in the world seeks to destroy the family.
We are concerned about quality of life, for God’s people to live according to their
inherent dignity.
BEING COMMUNITY
We not just individual families, but a family of families.
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WE NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES, BUT A FAMILY OF FAMILIES
We need to support one another.
We are part of the larger family of MFC, a worldwide family of many different
nationalities and cultures but all sharing brotherhood and sisterhood in Christ.
WE DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN OUR LIFE IN THE LORD.
We provide love, affirmation, friendship, fraternal correction and healing.
We are committed to the good of our brethren, always living the truth in love.
BUT SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, WE ARE TO GROW UP IN ALL ASPECTS INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, THAT IS, CHRIST
Ephesians 4:15
LIVING A PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR.
We recognize Jesus’ mission to bring glad tidings to the poor.
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“THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR.HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO CAPTIVES,AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,
Luke 4:18
WE WILL BE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE POOR.
Live a simple lifestyle.
Share our resources with those in need.
Fight for social justice in society and in the world.
EXERCISING SERVANT LEADERSHIP
We have been purchased at the cost of Jesus’ precious blood. We now belong to him.
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WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO SERVE GOD AND HIS PEOPLE, BOTH IN AND OUT OF MFC.
We serve with the mind and heart of Jesus, who came to serve and not to be served.
We look not to human recognition or reward.
We do not build turf or seek power.
JUST AS THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY.”
Matthew 20:28
SO YOU TOO, WHEN YOU DO ALL THE THINGS WHICH WERE COMMANDED YOU, SAY, ‘WE ARE UNWORTHY SLAVES; WE HAVE DONE ONLY THAT WHICH WE OUGHT TO HAVE DONE.’”
Luke 17:10
BEING A SERVANT TO THE CHURCH
We in MFC are an integral part of the Catholic Church.
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WE IN MFC ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
We are submitted to our bishops and to the pope.
Our life, formation and service will conform to Catholic values and ideals.
We make ourselves available to be of service in the parishes and dioceses,
especially in the areas of family and life.
WE LOOK TO MARY, THE MOTHER OF THE CHURCH, AS OUR INSPIRATION AND HELP
MFC has been consecrated to Our Lady of the Rosary.
THE MFC CORE VALUES KEEP US ON TRACK IN OUR LIFE AND MISSION
WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE FAITHFUL TO OUR CHARISM AND CALL, AND NEVER VEER AWAY.
THE MFC
CORE VALUES
COVENANT RECOLLECTION
SESSION 8