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As Carmelites of the North American Province of St.
Elias, our primary mission
is to follow Jesus Christ through prayer, fraternity,
and prophetic service and
presence in the spirit of Mary and Elijah. Our chief
means for fulfilling this
mission is by our lives and ministries.
Therefore, we need to develop and encourage a sense of
contemplative service
to all God's people, with special attention to the poor
and to developing lay
participation in the Church.
This Mission will require: respect for the Church's
expectations of all religious to
Her sense of the Gospel; assessment of our resources
especially financial and
personnel; discernment of the viability of current
apostolates; evaluation of and
decisions about established and discontinued apostolates,
Provincial and
individual ones, and those based either internationally
or in the United States.