AMECEA Vision

VISION, MISSION, MANDATE OF AMECEA

VISION

AMECEA: A Holy Spirit filled family of God, committed to Holistic Evangelization and Integral Development.

MISSION

To Inspire and empower God's family in AMECEA to a credible and prophetic witness to Christ, by promoting unity, justice, peace, and solidarity, through:

Deeper evangelization, constant conversion and prayer, inculturation, ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue;
Relevant Formation of all agents of evangelization;
Revitalizing and continued emphasis on the role of the Small Christian Communities in evangelization;
Preferential option for the poor, oppressed and marginalized, particularly refugees, persons affected and infected with HIV/AIDS, and internally displaced people;
Empowering the laity and the Religious men and women to play their active role in the Church and society;
Self-reliance in personnel and finances at all levels;
Networking, effective communication, and advocacy;
Poverty eradication, sustainable development and relevant response to all issues affecting God's family.

MANDATE

The Mandate of AMECEA is of a pastoral nature and includes the following:

To make policies through the Plenary Assembly, and entrust the execution of its resolutions to the Executive Board, Secretary General (AMECEA Secretariat), and National Episcopal Conferences, in accordance with the AMECEA Statutes;
To inspire and facilitate a common vision;
To identify priority challenges in Church and society and finding common strategies to respond to them at all levels, e.g. HIV/AIDS and poverty;
To facilitate exchange of pastoral programs through the AMECEA plenaries, publications, information, and pastoral visits;
To undertake research into areas of common interest and analysis of important data for the region;
To promote human rights, justice and peace, freedom of religion, advocacy for the oppressed, and good governance;
To coordinate and make regular evaluation of its programs, institutions, and activities, and take appropriate action.