It was a hostel meant for poor students managed by a religious congregation. Mr Andrew, the hostel warden, came with a list of complaints against Arun, one of the newly admitted boys and suggested to the director that Arun be sent away for the good of all the others. The superior told the warden, “Mr Andrew, this is a hostel meant for poor boys. Arun is from a poor family and he has no mother. His father is a drunkard. If we send him away now, he may end up as a social misfit. Let us be patient with him. After all, this hostel is meant for such boys.”
The superior of that hostel had a clear understanding of the mission of that hostel. Here, by “mission,” we are not referring to missionary work, or the act of preaching the Gospel. By mission we mean “the task one is entrusted with,” “the assignment/apostolate given to an individual or community.”
In the last article we spoke about “vision.” We described “vision” as the ideal that we want to reach. Vision is the ultimate goal to be realized in the future. Vision is future-oriented.
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Fr Jose Kuttianimattathil SDB
