A religious superior asks:
Our congregation was invited by the bishop of a diocese twenty years ago, and entrusted with a school in a parish. We did not have a proper written agreement. We continue to teach in the school, with minimum salary. Today, this school is one of the best-known schools in the city and is financially strong. But we are given the same salary. When we approached the present bishop, he said: “You are doing the work for the diocese, not for salary.” How shall we deal with this problem? Financial stability is also a need for a religious congregation.
The Congregation for Bishops and The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life jointly published a document in 1978, called “Mutuae Relationes” (Mutual Relationships). This document precisely speaks about the guiding principles between the Bishops and Religious Congregations.
Sr Navya Thattil OSF
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