We embrace chastity as a gift which enables us to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the concerns of the Father. For through this gift of chastity, the Lord Jesus manifests the power of his glory in the weakness of our flesh, thus drawing all people to hope in the life to come.

The chastity we profess fosters a new kind of fraternal communion in Christ; it builds up a community based neither on blood nor on carnal desire, but on the will of God. In a unique way it frees us to love God and all human beings, and strengthens us to struggle in our apostolic ministry against the powers of evil.

By virtue of our profession we bind ourselves by vow to perfect continence in celibacy.

Imitating Jesus Christ, we profess the poverty of the gospel. For our sake he made himself poor though he was rich, that we might become rich by his poverty. We leave all things behind and, like the Apostles, follow the Lord, thus reminding our brothers and sisters of the good things of the world to come.

Voluntary poverty builds up a fraternal community that is one in heart and mind: a community which is expressed in sharing its material and spiritual goods with the poor and in serving them.

Our poverty is apostolic, which means that our life and activities should be imbued with the spirit of poverty. Avoiding every appearance of luxury or of the accumulation of wealth and possessions, we should see to it that our furnishings, food and clothing are in keeping with those of the poor. We should always regard our goods as being at the disposal of others. We should aim at being truly poor both in fact as in spirit.

Through our profession of obedience we offer to God the free ability to arrange the course of our lives, and we bind ourselves by vow to obey the commands of our lawful superior. Thus we are made conformable to Jesus Christ, who for our sake became obedient even to death, death on a cross, and are united in all we do with the saving will of God.

Our missionaries should grow accustomed to obeying the Lord promptly and perfectly out of love, subjecting themselves to others for the Lord's sake. With this disposition of mind, our missionaries will be available to be sent anywhere in the world and ready for whatever ministries to which the Congregation through its superior might assign them.