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ible and meaningful only if we are faithful to our mission to evangelise, a mission expressed today in humanising structures and actions; and by announcing the Gospel in ways that make sense to young people and which respond to their needs and aspirations. Here are some steps which might help our mission in Europe achieve such a goal: – The richness of the shared mission, to which we have already referred, will be fundamental if our ecclesial witness is to be credible. The ability to rise above any misgivings we may have, together with the afore-mentioned processes of joint formation, are possible ways forward in facilitating the continuity of the Marist identity in our works. – The specific mission of the brother has its own value and its own challenges which perhaps we have to face up to and renew, helping the retired brothers to find their place again in the mission and the younger brothers to concentrate on evangelisation and presence rather than on administrative posts. – The object of our mission continues to be children and youth, especially the most deprived. There is still a need for us on the rich evangelisation soil of the school. At the same time, we feel the call to respond to the children and youth on the margins of society, who are experiencing such a variety of material, emotional and spiritual deprivations, in the midst of the new kinds of poverty that are emerging. – In addition to all this, there is the equally essential matter of structures, and the continued search for different models of viability and for a future which is open to evangelisation in whatever form our apostolate may take.
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