Our discerned priorities at our Australian CLC Assembly February 2022 are:
To Develop Lay Leadership and Spiritual Formation
As members of CLC, we are people called to live our baptismal charism which requires reading the signs of our times. In doing so, we recognise the emerging role and vocation of the laity and CLC in the Church and the wider world. We will contribute to lay leadership and spiritual formation in the wider community by offering formation experiences and programs that will enable participants to develop a deeper relationship with God, raise their awareness of their relationship with all of creation and release their gifts for mission. We wish especially to introduce younger people to Ignatian Spirituality and to create spaces for their voices to be heard.
To Care for all Creation
Given the environmental crisis and the social teaching of the Church about caring for our common home, this Assembly states our commitment, individually and communally to caring for all of creation. We wish for this commitment to permeate our organization at all levels including awareness raising, collaboration with other organisations, promoting a simple lifestyle, supporting the Season of Creation, keeping our carbon footprint small and ensuring our investments are ethically-based.
To Act Against Poverty and Marginalisation
CLC will work individually and with others for justice and reconciliation by:
- supporting those who are poor and or marginalised in our society;
- walking with and supporting First Nations People in their pursuit of justice and reconciliation. This will include supporting the Uluru Statement of the Heart, developing relationships with local Indigenous communities and supporting NAIDOC Week.