Serving Others

OUR COMMITTMENT

Canticle Ministries is committed to Human and Community Development in ourselves and our services. This mission stems from the mission of our sponsors, The Wheaton Franciscans, a community of vowed women and covenant members. Through the work of Canticle Ministries and our sponsors, we are called to foster the DEVELOPMENT of individuals (HUMAN) and the relationships between them (COMMUNITY). While this is a simple message, it comes with complex challenges. It provides the context for defining the individual’s contribution and responsibility, and guides our principles for action. The needs of our times with regard to HIV, and holding true to our mission, lead us to hold the following values and principles as we do our work;

• All individuals are worthy of dignity, respect and attention and their lives are sacred;
• They are not alone, that they belong and are related to others;
• People and relationships need to grow and develop.

While our mission and philosophy are embedded in the teachings of the Catholic Church, our ministry serves and honors all people without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex, or sexual orientation. There is a clear separation between the beliefs of our sponsors and respecting the unique values and beliefs of each individual.

The goal of Canticle Ministries is to always meet the client where he or she is at. We then work to help them identify both their goals and barriers, and to proactively and holistically support them in any way that we can to help remove the barriers.  It is then up to the individual to make the rest happen – and do they ever!