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Mission Statement
The Center for Faith and Culture seeks to understand and affect the relationship between the Gospel and the American way of life in relation to God’s ongoing encounter with humanity in the light of faith. Through dialogue it assists participants to live as faith-full citizens of our democratic republic. It brings the Catholic voice to the ongoing conversation about the meaning of life, and the liberty and pursuit of happiness we hold in common as Americans. In its activities it also seeks to relate the Gospel to various American subcultures, e.g., Hispanics/Latinos, African-American, and Asian.
In its programmatic offerings the Center incorporates both theory and practice, giving special emphasis to the formation of community leadership that will be capable of integrating faith and culture through ongoing reflection and action. Since we believe that holistic spiritual development is at the very core of all cultural development, this too, constitutes an essential dimension of the Center's work.
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Goals
The Center for Faith and Culture endeavors to fulfill its mission by:
- Forming community leaders capable of assisting others in learning how to integrate their faith and way of life in Christ and live as an evangelizing community. The process of formation will incorporate human, spiritual, intellectual and communitarian development of potential leaders.
- Providing leadership candidates with a formation program that incorporates human, spiritual, intellectual and communitarian aspects of development that responds to the demands of living in today’s cultural context.
- Making dialogue the primary mode in which it undertakes its activities and programmatic offerings.
- Giving attention both to theory and practice in its approach to the relationship between faith and culture; especially in areas relating to institutions such as education, marriage and the family, science, economics, law, etc.
- Being proactive in ecumenical and inter-religious activities which seek areas of relationship and collaboration with other Christians and non-Christian religions as we seek to fulfill our common desire to serve the One God.
- Exposing participants to the best contemporary thinking on issues related to the ongoing dialogue of faith and culture.
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