The Friends of St. Paul is composed of Catholic men and women who desire to live a way of belonging to the Congregation of St. Paul of Chartres. They wish to share the spirit of this Congregation and to participate in its mission in response to the call of the Church:

Through this Holy Synod, the Lord himself renews his invitation to all the laity to come closer to him every day, and recognizing that what is his is also their own(Phil2:5), to associate themselves with him in his saving mission.
             _{Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, No. 33}


The Friends of St. Paul is in close communion with the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres. This communion is manifested through prayer, fraternal encounters and participation in the mission of the Church.

Ultimate aim of the Friends of St. Paul:

We come to a full sense of the dignity of the lay faithful if we consider the prime and fundamental vocation that the Father assigns to each of them in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit: the vocation to holiness, that is, the perfection of charity... it is ever more urgent that today all Christians take up again the way of gospel renewal, welcoming in a spirit of generosity the invitation expressed by the apostle Peter "to be holy in all conduct."(1 Pet.1:15)


Life according to the Spirit, whose fruit is holiness (Rom 6:22, Gal.5:22), stirs up every baptized person and requires each to follow and imitate Jesus Christ, in embracing the Beatitudes, listening and meditating on the Word of God, in conscious and active participation in the liturgical  and  sacramental  life  of  the
 

Church, in personal prayer, in family or in community, in the hunger and thirst for justice, in the practice of the commandment of love in all circumstance of life and service to the brethren, especially the least, the poor and the suffering. (C.L. No.16)

To help those who desire to be more seriously committed to journey on the path to holiness and to persevere in fidelity the Sisters of St.Paul of Chartres share with joy the riches of their spirituality:

* Evangelical spirituality of poverty and simplicity as lived from the beginnings of the Congregation

* Christocentric and paschal spirituality rooted in the epistles of
St. Paul their Patron

In communion with the Congregation by which they are spiritually supported, Friends of St. Paul commit themselves to the mission of the Church by being at the service of their brothers and sisters, recognizing "in each one of them the person of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Book of Life No.6)

    Friends of St. Paul bind themselves by a promise that is renewable each year. The Commitment with the Congregation of Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres is essentially spiritual without any legal, canonical or financial obligation.

 









       























Friends of St. Paul Assembly
October 17-19, 2008
St. Paul Center for Renewal
Alfonso, Cavite