Mission
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Go where it hurts
While walking along the Fuji River in 1684, poet Matsuo Bashō encountered a starving child, abandoned and crying. His act of compassion—and his haunting reflection—raise deep questions about suffering, God, and human response that still speak to today’s world.
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Tailor-made mission
To be truly catholic today means empowering the local church, listening to its context, and embracing its authority to act. Mission begins—and must be discerned—right where the people of God live and serve.
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