We open space and develop diversity of communities so that each person who may feel called to be part of our Communion can do so, regardless of his status, situation or even religious convictions.
In the following section we explain the types of community and the forms of association that we have, as well as the process of becoming a member of our communion.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NAZARETH COMMUNITY
Those who feel called to be incorporated into our Community ought first to know and share the specific aspects of our spiritual and apostolic identity; they have to do a process of discernment to see if belonging to our Communion is the path for responding to the calling that the Lord has given them; and likewise they ought to be disposed to live with particular radicality all the aspects of our spirituality and mission, by participating in communal life.
When these requisites are met, the candidate ought to express to the Coordinator of the Nazareth Community his objective of belonging to it and, in each specific case set out the path of instruction and the stages of incorporation into the community that have to be followed.
ON BECOMING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY YOU WILL FIND:
The means by which in your ordinary life you may succeed in imitating the attitude of Mary in Nazareth and in that way you will allow the miracle of the presence of the resurrected Christ to continue to be manifest in the world.
You will progresssively discover the deep and healing significance that your life has and the mission that the Lord has entrusted to you for the salvation of all humanity.
Given your spiritual identity and religious tradition, you will contribute to the goal of forging unity among all Christians.
By your personal life you will help the transforming power of the resurrected Christ to illumine and transform other human beings wherever they may live, even when they maintain their own beliefs.
TO BE A LAY MEMBER WITHIN THE COMMUNION
We believe that we are called to encourage, by all possible means, the creation of lay communities that share our spiritual identity and mission. |