Preamble

Catholic Association of Latino Leaders

In communion with the teachings of our Catholic Church, and called by our bishop representatives as leaders within the Hispanic community in the United States, we come together for the purpose of serving God through the mission of the Church. Accordingly, we seek to form this organization - Catholic Association of Latino Leaders, or C.A.L.L. - to serve as a means by which we might facilitate the dialogue and collaboration between our Church and our Latino community.

In our work, we shall hold in highest priority the faithfulness to God's Plan for mankind and for our own lives seeking to give him Glory and to follow the Lord Jesus whom we recognize and embrace as the Truth, the Way and the Life. We make ourselves available to serve to the fullest of our capabilities and possibilities the mission of the Church. We gratefully embrace the blessing of being part of God's family, the Church, and commit to building it up as a community of mind and heart through the friendship and solidarity we extend to each other and our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

We actively embrace the issues of preserving and promoting Catholic values such as the sanctity and dignity of life, of marriage and family life, Catholic faith formation and education, vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life, promoting the dignity of every person, and promoting the evangelization of culture and the common good, all in collaboration with our bishops.

Our ranks shall include Hispanics from varying business and professional backgrounds dedicated to transforming our own lives and communities according to the Gospel, and speaking out on social and faith issues important to both the Catholic Church and Latinos. As such, we shall seek to not only be a part of a national dialogue on these important issues, but to be a force of influence on the outcome of such dialogues in ways tangible and relevant to our Church and communities.

In the Spirit which leads us, this organization shall always provide a welcoming and inviting atmosphere by which Catholics might reengage in their faith and reestablish their place in this community of faith.

Called by a vision to serve our Catholic Church, and compelled by a desire to preserve our human and faith values, members of this organization commit themselves to a personal effort to grow in holiness and the obligation to work for the common good and be teachers of faith through example.

From Bylaws of C.A.L.L. 2007.