Message from the Provincial Government of Chile in the face of the serious crisis unfolding in the country.
“As the Provincial Government of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts (ss.cc) in Chile, we fully endorse the words of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile and of the Conference of Religious of Chile [CONFERRE], in their call to unity and to prayer in order to face the issues of social justice that lie at the heart of this outbreak of discontent that we are experiencing in these days and which is most distressing.
We are on the side of those who have helped us to wake up as a country; without hatred, without violence, but with the sureness of knowing ourselves to be children of God, and therefore, brothers and sisters to each other, with the dignity that this implies.
This is also the time to restore that dignity to every human person, that each person receives what God has given them, which each one deserves ... a country in which is found equal conditions, reciprocal relations of equality, not a country in which there is a scandalous gap that we have witnessed for so many years.
In moments of violence from place to place, we must accompany our brothers and neighbour residents weaving networks of solidarity, which sustain us and free us from everyday and invisible prisons such as lack of opportunities or drug trafficking.
We call on all lay people, permanent deacons and all those who participate in our pastoral works, to be united in prayer, for only prayer will strengthen our hopeful commitment to use active nonviolence as a way of peaceful protest, and it will renew our resolve to work in building a fair and equitable Chile, seeking together and creatively, the deep solutions that our people seek.”
10/23/2019