VISION STATEMENT OF THE CONGREGATION OF JESUS AND MARY IN INDIA
We, the sisters of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, serving India since 1842, commit ourselves to the promotion of a more just and humane society in our country. The inspiration provided by our Foundress Claudine Thevenet since 1818, continues to strengthen this commitment.
In the India of today, the pressures of casteism, communalism, poverty, and exploitative structures make it imperative to equip our students not only with intellectual skills but also with a set of attitudes imbued with social, moral, and spiritual values.
Our commitment to this kind of education is made in order to serve especially the young and, among them, the poor. We will also seek to concretize them of their rights and struggle with them in the face of ongoing oppression and exploitation.
We invite our collaborators, students, and parents to work with us in realizing our challenging vision of bringing about a New India.
We are essentially an Apostolic Community whose special mission is to make GOD known and loved according to the Charism of our Foundress, St. Claudine Thevenet.
We direct our service of Education to all people, especially to the young and the underprivileged. We accept responsibility for the development of the child by:
- PREPARING her/ him to live confidently in a rapidly changing world. To involve themselves in the social problems of our times and to be effective agents for the transformation of society.
- HELPING her/ him grasp basic human values- to internalize these into their behaviour and to be ever open to the Spiritual.
- UNFOLDING and ACTIVATING her/ his unique potential equipping themselves with skills to earn their livelihood, stimulating their creative ability so that they will have an impact on their home, neighbourhood, and country.
- AWAKENING in them a social consciousness and a spirit of availability and ready service at all times and in every sphere of life.
- Thus, by helping her/ him leave school with principles and ideals which will guide and motivate them through life and help them strive to influence, share and use the Blessings of their education for the benefit of others. It is a “FAMILY SPIRIT” that exists in a Jesus and Mary School.
- The children must learn to look upon ‘school’ as an extension of their home and do their best to cherish and preserve in school a spirit of Love and Happy Living.