Gospel: "I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)

St. Vincent: "Do you want a perfect example of the perfection of the Father? You have it in Jesus."

Our Constitutions: "The members of our Congregation make profession of the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience.... By this public act we form a bond with God... promising to constantly pursue perfect love by the observance of the three evangelical counsels." (#16,17)

The counsels of the Gospel are given to all who would follow Christ. As Pallottine religious we make a public profession to witness to our intent to make primary in our lives the following of the poor, chaste and obedient Christ and so take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

We see chastity as a surpassing gift of Christ by which he offers us His friendship and to which we respond by choosing Him as the unique Love of our lives. Chastity liberates our hearts in a special way and inflames it more and more with love toward God and our neighbor.

For us poverty is an expression of our choice to follow Christ who made Himself poor for us. He came to enrich us with His poverty: though divine, he was willing to take on human form to achieve the Father's will. Poverty frees us to seek above all else the Kingdom of God and His glory with eagerness and confidence

By our obedience we make a free and deliberate offering of our will to God. This emptying and offering of ourselves in imitation of Christ who was obedient to the Father frees us to be open to the movements of the Holy Spirit.