God so loved the world 
that he gave his only Son as Savior. 
Moved by the deepest need of people 
to find life and to know the only true God 
and Jesus Christ whom he sent,
Francis of the Cross and Mary of the Apostles founded our Congregation. 
Our apostolic purpose is 
to glorify God and to make him known, 
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, 
through the proclamation of Jesus Christ 
as Savior of the world.

(Constitution, 2)