Putting it all together….
Finally, in reflecting on our expanded Mission Statement, we come to the part we know best: …we are committed to truth and compelled to justice. To be committed to something means to be dedicated to it, focused on it, drawn to it like a magnet. But what “truth” are we talking about? Well, there is mathematical truth, economic truth, scientific truth, racial and political truth. No doubt, we have been, and still are committed to these truths in our educating and advocacy activities. Yet even more as Dominicans we are committed to the Person who said, “I am the... truth…” We seek to take on his mind, form our values with his heart. The truth we are committed to is a person, not merely a proposition. It is this relationship that compels us to seek a just world. Like the barking dog, so symbolic to the Dominican heart, we cannot be silenced. We cry out to God for justice, for the reign of God to come, for peace. We doggedly search it out in our study ...