I wasn’t feeling creative today, so I’m just going to paste from a document that I got from Andre House. It’s pretty self-explanatory. The Core Community consists of nine staff members. We basically do everything together- live, work, play, etc. This is our mission (and I didn’t write it).
André House Core Community Mission Statement
André House is a ministry of hospitality, which combines the gifts of many people to pursue community in the body of Christ reflective of the Reign of God. We blend traditions of the Catholic Worker and the Congregation of Holy Cross. We are dedicated to serving poor persons by living and working among them. In serving and welcoming we strive to foster peace in an alienated world.
We believe in a philosophy of personalism, which values the gifts of every human being and calls everyone to a creative personal response to the world in which we live. André House provides opportunities for all our brothers and sisters to share their gifts through direct personal contact. This exchange engenders understanding, justice, and compassion, and together we honor the God who dwells in all.
André House intends to serve the poor through its capacities to provide food, shelter, clothing, companionship and other service, while recognizing other’s freedom to accept these. In serving the poor we seek to learn from them. We strive to say with our actions: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”
Many donors, volunteers, and neighbors cooperate to finance and operate André House. A Core Community of full-time André House volunteers resides together to live and work for a life of greater solidarity with the poor. This covenant expresses aspects of their communal life, which both challenges and brings joy, to give clarity to those members.
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