1999 Direction Statement

Holy Cross Women Seeking Justice in the New Millennium

“This is what I ask of you: to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God.”
                                                      Micah 6:8

We, freely vowed women of Holy Cross, desire and struggle to live more deeply the Gospel call for justice and nonviolence in the context of our global reality. We are a community of women living the vows and ministering among very diverse peoples, religions and cultures. As we enter a new millennium, the systemic injustices that produce alienation, impoverishment, and domination, compel us to act.

We commit ourselves to pray, study, reflect and act to reinterpret religious life and the vows in such a way as to direct, empower and free us to walk the path of justice, to do what we must to address violence, and to restore right relationships in our congregation, church and society.

We seek:

• a shared understanding of religious life and the vows for our mission in the new millennium;

• a shared understanding of the causes of violence and a stance of nonviolence;

• respect for difference and diversity as integral for community wherever we are;

• interconnectedness as God's design for all of creation;

• mutuality in our use of power in solidarity with all working to create communities of justice and love.