History
The Mission Resource Center was begun
in the autumn of 1988 as a missionary, educational and collaborative
project. Its purpose is threefold:
- to promote mission education and awareness in the local Church
- to promote on-going mission education among ourselves as fmm
- to collaborate with other groups, especially ecumenically, in promoting mission education, awareness
and research
Mission
The understanding of mission underlying
the orientation of the MRC contains the following elements:
- mission is the central vitality of the Holy Spirit in the life
of a Christian community, directed
toward communicating the Gospel message;
- mission is local and universal;
our fmm presence in a place is especially, although not exclusively,
directed toward opening to the universal;
- mission is a path of dialogue,
discernment and collaboration in God's project; we try to live
mission in this way, allowing new contacts and situations to question
us.
- mission involves a commitment to justice,
to peace and to promoting the care of all creation;
- mission involves contributing to the creation
of communion among all peoples in view of the Reign of God.
Collaboration
The MRC works in collaboration with Bethany Retreat Center and
the Communications Office - both programs of
the FMM United States Province. Together we are seeking ways to
respond to the new situations in our context of mission. At present
we are trying to discern critical issues and questions for mission
in the context of current events and developments. This provides
the basis for the various programs we carry
out as fmm and in collaboration with others.
For more information:
MISSION RESOURCE CENTER
399 Fruit Hill Avenue
North Providence RI 02911
Phone: 401-353-4470
Fax:401-353-8779
almaduf@aol.com