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From Our Constitutions
The Society of Divine Vocations, S.D.V. (Vocationists Fathers),
founded by
Fr. Justin Russolillo, is a clerical religious community of
Pontifical Right, whose members intend to live in the footsteps
of Jesus, following His chaste, poor and obedient way of life.
Their first duty is "to be with Him."
ULTIMATE GOAL
The
ultimate goal of the Society of Divine Vocations is to direct
and lead all members, and through them all people, to a perfect
union with the Divine Persons, through communion with the Sacred
Heart of Jesus.
For the achievement of this divine union, it works for Universal
Sanctification promoting ascetical and mystical life and the
propagation of religious life in every walk of life.
For the achievement of Universal Sanctification, it considers
the whole world as "a great sanctuary" and directly works for
the furtherance of all parochial, Diocesan and pontifical
ascetical activities.
MISSION IN THE CHURCH
Within
the Church, the Society of Divine Vocations embraces as its own
particular mission, the searching out and formation of priestly
and religious vocations, especially among the underprivileged,
through its characteristic work, the VOCATIONARY.
Through this charism received from the Lord, it serves the
Church in Dioceses, fostering local vocations both for the
Diocesan clergy and religious life.
SPIRITUALITY
The
Holy Church, the Holy Family, and the Divine Trinity are the
center and axis of the Society of Divine Vocations. The
Vocationist works in the Church, with the Church, for the
Church. He imitates the Holy Family in the relationships of
soul-child, soul-spouse, and soul-mother of God.
The spirit of the Vocationist toward the Lord is that of a
living image and likeness of Him and of a personal relationship
of love with Him with docility to the divine inspirations
controlled and approved by the Church.
Toward the neighbor, in every ministry, the spirit of the
Vocationist is that of the humble, faithful and loving servant,
who becomes everything to all men, according to the
characteristics of the good servant found in the revelation of
the Old and New Testaments, in order to unite all to the Lord as
true religious of God.
Toward himself, the spirit of the Vocationist is that of the
daily conversion to the Gospel, in the silence of all his being,
and in the multi-faceted oblation of himself to the Lord, in
order to be all absorbed in His glory, love, and will.
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