CFED-Mary

• Jesus the Incarnate Word was sent by the Father to redeem humankind
• Jesus' act of redemption does not only refer to saving from sin, but includes liberation from socio-economic evil such as poverty, ignorance, discrimination, disease, etc.
• The CICM is dedicated to Jesus the Incarnate Word, who lived a life of ultimate service
• The Word


  Jesus Christ, who is God himself
• The heart of the CICM spirituality is "completely centered on the Incarnation of the Word, as its principal source"
• The CICM is at the service of the work of Redemption
• CICM's missionary spirituality

  Characterized and oriented by our dedication to the Incarnate Word
• The CICM is consecrated to the Incarnate Word
• The Incarnate Word is the fundamental inspiration for all CICM missionary commitments
• The incarnation of the Son of God "makes us aware of the fact that to evangelize, following the example of Jesus, means to accept the cross that results from the proclamation and the inauguration of the Kingdom"
• The CICM coat of arms symbolizes the link between Mary and her Son dying on the cross
• Mary


  Mother of the Incarnate Word, model of faith and total dedication to God and to her Son's mission
• The CICM Constitutions invite us to turn towards Mary as "model of faith and of total dedication to God and to her Son's mission", and "to follow the example of Mary in the way that she deepened her own vocation"