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Our Vision and Mission
Our
Vision
To hear God’s people and to
empower them to participate fully in Christ’s mission.
Our Mission
The Diocesan Synod of 1992-93, acting
on behalf of the diocesan community, resolved to embrace and promote
the Vatican II understanding of the Church's mission contained
in the following:
The Church because it is the
People of God and the Body of Christ enlivened by his Spirit,
is called to be a sign and instrument of communion with God and
of unity among all people. (LG1)
The Church exists to promote
the Kingdom of God on earth (LG5). This it does by proclaiming
Christ – the Good News of God's love for all people –
and by working in the world for justice, peace and reconciliation.
This mission finds its source
and summit in the Eucharist (LG11) which when lived in everyday
life and celebrated in the liturgy is both the living symbol of
Christ's life, death and resurrection and celebrates the deepest
identity of the Church as a communion of life, love and truth
(LG9).
All those who, through Baptism,
have been initiated into the community of the Church have the
right and duty to participate in its life and mission as a response
to the Spirit in their lives (LG3). We are called to live out
the commandment of Jesus: 'Love one another as I have loved you.'
(Jn 15:12)
Pastoral Goals
The Synod, acting on behalf of the
diocesan community, accepted the following as our diocesan pastoral
goals:
- That we,
the Church of the Maitland Diocese, be recognised as a visible
and credible sign and instrument of communion with God and of
unity among all people (LG1).
- That in
every parish of the diocese all the baptised have the opportunity
and formation to make their contribution to the life and mission
of the Church.
- That all
members of the diocesan community – young and old, poor
and rich, weak and strong, clergy, religious and laity, individuals,
families and institutions – be recognised as working together
to meet the spiritual and pastoral needs of God's people.
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