Constitutions and Statutes - The Mill Hill Missionaries

C7In evangelisation, our preference is for pioneeringwork: to open up new fields, to respond boldly tofresh needs and face unfamiliar challenges.C8 We approach people of different races andreligions, seeking, in a spirit of dialogue, to listen tothe Spirit speaking in their cultures and traditions.We do this within the context of the Local Church,under the leadership of the Ordinary, striving tobuild up the Christian community as a signpost of theKingdom, and helping it to realise its missionarycalling.C9C10C11D12We are conscious of a special obligation to serve thepeople with whom we have worked in the past andwith whom we have established firm ties. However,as missionaries, we always remain ready to moveto where the need is greater.We strive to evaluate our work from time to time interms of the Gospel and our apostolic mission, and, indialogue with the local church and others, seek tomake it more effective. In a spirit of service we areready, according to local need, to accept positions ofresponsibility and to withdraw from them, so as tofacilitate the passing on of leadership to the localChurch.We are also present as missionaries in our churches oforigin, carrying out our missionary apostolate there invarious ways.It does not fall within the scope of the Society to havelong-term parish commitments except when this isthought to be essential to the furthering of the proper2