Rooted in God and the Gospel

Invite others to join us in bringing about God’s Dream

for this beautiful yet wounded world

Continually stippled with new colors, your generosity will inevitably

reveal Christ in the world.

Hospitality with Open Hearts

The Hospitality of Abraham and Sarah Debra Korluka

St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, Minneapolis, MN

Lumen Gentium 10. . . all the disciples of Christ, persevering in prayer and praising God,

should present themselves as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. Everywhere on earth they must bear witness to Christ

and give an answer to those who seek an account of that hope

of eternal life which is in them. 1 Peter 3: 15-

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Mysticism and Mission Christ sent by the Father

We in relationship with God are sent into the world, receiving with Christ & the Spirit the movement of love of the Father.

Apostolic life (ministry) is God’s hospitality in us. Our instrument for mission is the way my person is worked on by God.

Our vows do not have an apostolic aim, but they do have apostolic consequences.

Sylvie Robert, SA. February 2011

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1962 The Nun in the Modern WorldCharter for the developments that would flow from VC II

• Understanding the “world” as loved by God

• Church’s self-understanding of its relationship with the world

• Affirming the church’s solidarity will all of humanity

• Unreserved commitment to the common human project

Invitation to Religious

• Re-conceptualize vocation in light of Church’s espoused solidarity with the world.

• Commit to life-giving personal development which is essential for a mature capacity for self-donation.

• Probe our radical stance of relationship (community), material goods, & power.

Sandra Schneiders IHM

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Imperatives of the Vocation of Hospitality

GOD

God

Self

Neighbor

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Easter Dynamic of Spirituality of Hospitality

Jesus shows himself to his disciples as forgiveness in person.

- Response to betrayal in “Shalom” wholeness, - unconditional love, - reconciliation

Jesus renews friendship with them. - Intimacy & community in conversation & shared ritual

Jesus sends them on mission - Various ministries of witness, reconciliation & service -

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Interplay of Community & Ministry

Hospitable people experience the communion that is the ultimate goal of all living & ministry.

Friendship & community open into loving service of neighbor.

Honest & consistent witness of mutual love

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Discernment

An ministerial spirituality requires that I learn how to live & act as a discerner of spirits & a seeker of God’s desire for me.

Growing as a person in hospitality to the world means growing as a contemplative in action.

Joining with God (contemplative) as God labors in the world (action)

Christian Hospitality

Lawyer to Jesus: How should I live, in order to inherit eternal life?

Has a unique role in moral development

Welcomes a relationship with the whole person, not just an aspect of the person.

Caring for the needs of strangers, even if risky,leads to a transformation of the self & the other by discovering the depths of human connectedness.

• Civility & tolerance are character traits that rational beings endorse, enabling people to live with fundamental differences without reconciling them. They mediate our relationships with those we do not love.

• Proceed from a view of human community with minimal expectations.

• Do not require sacrifice

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Virtues are defined in relation to happiness.

Virtues carry real risks & dangers, of a sort toleration does not.

The virtue of hospitality is open to differences; invites strangers into a deeper relationship & welcomes their goodness – not just their beliefs.

De-centers one’s perspective Shifts the frame of reference

from self to the “other” Changes our idea of “home”

Christian Hospitality

Institutional Hospitality

Activities & policies that promote positive character traits

Arenas for metanoia

Interior landscape witnesses to the exterior landscape

Awareness of structural inequalities lead to acts of justice.

Puts people goals ahead of system goals

Shares facilities & grounds with neighbors

Servant leaders & respected employees

Desire for mutuality in conversation rather than mere consensus

Public space that values the articulation & engagement of differences.

Good Samaritan Francis & the Leper

How does a spirituality of hospitality illuminate your IHM 2014 Chapter Direction Statement?

What image of “hospitality with open hearts” will help you invite others to join you in bringing about God’s Dream for this beautiful yet wounded world?