ASSUMPTIONISTS

The Augustinians of the Assumption (The Assumptionists) were founded by Fr Emmanuel d'Alzon (1810-1880) in France in 1845. These religious men and work and live in the spirit of Saint Augustine and for the Church. Their life is regulated by daily prayer, the service and the deep desire to help for the coming of the Kingdom of God. Today, they are more especially involved in the theological research, media, pilgrimages, vocation ministry, solidarity and proximity with the poor, social concern, and youth ministry. They are present on five continents and in 29 countries.

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In January of 2006, the first Assumptionists set foot in Manila to establish the Adveniat House. It is an international community composed of religious and young men discerning their vocation to religious life living as a family centered on Christ. Its goal is to create an international, inter-Asian community, building God's kingdom with special attention to the poor; in close collaboration with the local church and with the family of the Assumption already established in the Philippines: the Religious of the Assumption and the Little Sisters of the Assumption.

 

 

Vision:

Assumptionists, we are religious who live in apostolic community. Faithful to our founder, Fr d’Alzon, we choose as our prime objective to work, out of love for Jesus Christ, for the coming of the Reign of God in ourselves and around us.

The Assumptionist community exists for the coming of the Kingdom. The spirit of the founder impels us to embrace the great causes of God and of man, to go wherever God is threatened in man and man threatened as image of God.

We must display daring, initiative and disinterestedness, in fidelity to the teaching and the orientations of the Church.

That is our way of sharing in her life and mission.

 

 

Mission:

Our purpose is to build an international, inter-Asian and Christ centered Assumptionist community, sharingour charisma with the Filipino people, attentive to their needs, especially those of the poor.

By build we mean we are a founding community that needs to be constructed day-by-day. We want to insist on vocation ministry for the future and the solid initial and continuing formation of our brothers, as our priorities at this time of founding. We are building this community through a gradual involvement with and insertion into the Filipino context.

We want our community to be international to express the Congregation’s commitment to the mission (General Chapter #68). We want it to be inter-Asian to foster unity among all Asian Assumptionists and to open ourselves to the broader mission of the Church in Asia. We believe in the enrichment brought about by the encounter of diverse cultures and spiritual traditions as a sign of the communion that we are called to promote, especially in a globalizing world.

By Christ-centered we want to say clearly that it is Christ who gathers us together (RL 2,4). We want to deepen our friendship with Jesus Christ, source of our communion and our mission. We want to be attentive to his calls today. We insist on community because Saint Augustine, Emmanuel d’Alzon, our founder, and our Rule of Life all remind us that community is at the heart of our vocation and our first apostolate.

Our charisma defines who we are: to be a people of faith and of communion in solidarity with the poor (see General Chapter 2005). It is a gift to us and to the Church. We take seriously our responsibility to root this charisma in Filipino and Asian soil.

Our apostolate will be defined gradually, by being attentive to the needs of the Filipino people and becoming more involved in their life. In addition to vocation ministry and formation, we envision involvement in the world of education and communications, with a special attention to the poor.