Mission
The BVM Sisters have a distinctive philosophy of living that:
- incorporates the core values of Freedom, Education, Charity, and Justice;
- includes strong public witness against oppression brought about by unjust political and social structures;
- stands in solidarity with those marginalized by society, especially women and children.
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Famous quotes containing the word mission:
“When you’re dealing with monkeys, you’ve got to expect some wrenches.”
—Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson, Objective Burma, giving a subaltern a mission (1945)
“The mission is too important to allow you to jeopardize it.”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)
“Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.”
—Umberto Eco (b. 1932)