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CHARISM
Our Charism is the pursuit of perfect charity through a life of constant conversion and penance experiencing personally and intensely the love of Jesus who emptied Himself for us, and sharing daily in his poverty, humility, suffering and self- emptying

Personal Expression
Our Charism is expressed personally through deep prayer, universal love, total trust in the providence of God, complete detachment from worldly things, love of the Cross, self- renunciation, humility meekness, cheerfulness, simplicity, hard work, spirit of penance, sharing, availability, inner freedom and fidelity to the Church.

Community Expression
Going to the people as persons of deep God – experience, we express this charism as a community through our loving service to all, especially the poor, the neglected, the oppressed, the exploited and the destitute recognizing Jesus in them, through the proclamation of the Word of God and through all our endeavours in accordance with our charism and suited to the needs of the time to spread the kingdom of God.

The Vision
Led by the holy Spirit we the FCC sisters strive to attain perfect love by growing in intimacy with Jesus, through Sacramental Life, contemplation of the Word of God, constant conversion, self emptying love and Eucharistic life.

In the spirit of the early Christian community which accepted the Holy Trinity as its model, the FCC community should be one that grows and nurtures, through prayer, self gift, and loving service to each other.

The Mission
'The purpose of this Congregation is to bear witness to the poor and humble Christ'. (constitution no.11). The apostolic mission of FCC is to work tirelessly for the spread of the kingdom of God interceding before God for the whole world and taking up its spiritual motherhood. It is our right and privilege to render humble services to all especially to the poor and downtrodden bearing witness to the Gospel even to the extend of Martyrdom for the sake of Jesus.

objectives of our Congregation
To repair and rebuild (the temple of God) wounded humanity
To be living Icons of peace promoting universal brotherhood, eco-consciousness
Transform the society
Empower the marginalized and the unprivileged
The Congregation strives to achieve its goal through apostolic activities like care of destitute, education - giving priority to the marginalized, empowerment of the marginalized, specially woman, through family apostolate adult education awareness programmes, Mahila mandal, care of the sick, services in leprosy, relief-control-rehabilitation-and eradication centers, Tuberculoses, Aids, cancer centers uplifting of the street children, animation programmes, prison ministry, services to the differently able children, old age homes, youth animation,etc. Understanding the mind of the Church and the needs of the time, the Congregation shows much interest in evangelization and re-evangelization - ecumenical programmes and retreats, Inter-religious prayer meetings and dialogues etc. The congregation gives due consideration to the particular needs and circumstances of our country and is ready to remodel her life and work.

MOTTO
To Holiness through lowliness.
Lowliness
“... learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Mt.11/29). This is the only one thing that Jesus demands us to learn from him, i.e., ‘to be gentle and humble of heart.’ In the Greek language they use two words Pravoos (humble) and Thaipanos (gentle). These words connote the same virtue “lowliness”. This is a fundamental attitude not accidental, it is a conscious and free option from the part of the individual. “Even though he was in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but he emptied himself taking the form of a slave, ...he humbled himself...” (Phili. 2/6-8) “Let the same mindsin you that was in Christ Jesus.” (Phili. 2/5). St Paul urges us to imbibe this attitude of lowliness of Jesus Christ in our lives. “...in humility regard others as better than yourselves.” (Phil. 2/3)

Mother Mary who said “the Lord looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant (LK. 1:48), St. Paul stated “By the grace of God I am what I am…(1Cor. 15: 10), St Francis who uttered “My God my all” and St. Clare proclaimed “Christ is my birth right, he is my wealth, nothing shall I want.” When they announce like this it sheds light into the different aspects of the above said lowliness which they voluntarily practised in their lives. Our founding mothers of FCC had also possessed the different attributes of lowliness like deep dependence on the Divine Providence, strong determination to consecrate themselves to God, obedience, and humility. The fundamental attitude of our Alphonsama, who is going to be canonized on 12th October 2008, was also of lowliness.

To Holiness
The call to holiness is meant for everybody especially for religious. St. Paul says “This is the will of God your sanctification” (1Thes: 4:3) He also advises us to “…. Lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called” (Eph: 4:1). God is love (1Jn: 4:6) Holiness is the perfection of love. Religious vow is a means to attain perfect love. In FCC we reach the summit of this perfect love or holiness by practicing lowliness as a special virtue. As FCC daughters, we are pledged to possess the self emptying love of Christ. “Even though we are sinners Christ died for us” and expressed his great love towards us. Without lowliness we can not acquire this “great love.” God elevates the humble minded who stands under his mighty hands with lowliness. Therefore, this motto persuades us to practice lowliness in our daily circumstances of life and to zoom ahead in holiness.