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IV. EVANGELICAL POVERTY
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Guideline 12: Processes required for change.
Let each community:
• Ensure that confreres know and put into
practice what is indicated in the Provincial
Directory’s poverty and administration
section, especially in reference to personal use
of good and technological tools.
• Diligently make the annual scrutinium
paupertatis in view of a more credible witness.
• Prepare the annual budget, present the
financial statement, regularly inform confreres
of the financial situation and sensitise them to
the cost of living; punctually hand over to the
province any monies left over.
Guideline 13: Solidarity with the poor.
Let each community:
• Express its solidarity with the poor not only
through ‘charity’, but also through choices
that have an impact on the tenor of our lives.
• Educate, in collaboration with the educative
and pastoral community, to a culture of
solidarity, helping young people to bring a
critical spirit to their interpretation of the
economic and social phenomena of our time,
involving them in initiatives and projects of
development, and encouraging their taking
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part in similarly ordered activities of
solidarity.
• Educate to a respect for ethnic and religious
difference and encourage a spirit of brotherly
concern.
Guideline 14: Responsible management of
resources in a spirit of solidarity.
Let each community:
• Periodically assess the objectives and
strategies of the work to avoid it being simply
a business venture rather than a service of
education and evangelization.
• Ensure that the financial transactions of all
sectors of the work are referred to the
administrative officer, the inventory is kept up
to date, and that all necessary information is
made available to assist the administrative
personnel in carrying out their work.
• Guarantee good planning and management
with regard to personnel we employ,
respecting the rights and duties laid down in
law and seeing that they are respected.
• Be responsible for the planning, execution and
monitoring of building and maintenance
works, in understanding with the Provincial
Economer.
• Study its own financial situation to ensure the
sustainability of the work and, if dependent on
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external help, set up a plan for financial self-
sufficiency.
• Give attention to the correct use of funds
which come from other bodies or institutions.
• Respect the intentions of benefactors.