Society for Unity and Integral Progress
Vasudaivaka Kudumbakam (the whole earth as one family) is the ideal that inspired Dr. Thomas Kulangara to found a charitable society named “Society for Unity and Integral Progress” (registered under the 12 th Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Organisations, Registration act of 1955, with the registration number 632/1995).
OUR MISSION
The society endeavours to cultivate a sense of social sensibility especially for the poor, and to foster harmony and tolerance among all sections of the society.
Association of the Missionaries of Unity (AMU)
The Association of the Missionaries of Unity is canonically erected pious association in the Malankara Catholic Church with His Beatitude the Catholicos of the Major Arch Diocese of the Malankara Catholic Church as its president and Fr. Thomas Kulangara as Founder-Director. AMU includes a community of professed Sisters, and a community of brothers and priests. The Society for Unity and Integral Progress is the service wing of AMU.
Our Spirituality
We follow the spirituality of unity as developed and lived in the Focolare movement of which Chiara Lubich is the founder. This spirituality is based on living the Word of God in view of fulfilling the prayer of Jesus: "that all may be one". Following the commandment of Jesus to love one another as Jesus loves as we practise the 'art of love' consisting of loving all, taking initiative to love, seeing Jesus in others, loving the enemies, loving mutually and loving especially the poorest and least. Through mutual love we seek two experience the presents of Jesus in our midsts. Our preferential love for Jesus Forsaken enables us to accept any suffering we encounter on our way to complete Unity and Harmony in the whole world.
"That all may be one"
(Jn, 17,21)
Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu
A United World
where all live together in peace & harmony
The universal family of God
The realisation of the universal family of God, i.e a united world, is our goal. Ever since its foundation in 1995, the society has been striving after the realisation of this goal through various training programs offered for its beneficiaries. Such programs include residential training programs for children and youths, evening schools for children who have difficulties to study at home in the evenings, special courses for weaker students during vacation, motivation program for parents, unity camps for children and youths etc. The society runs four centres for facilitating residential training programs.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIETY ARE THE FOLLOWING:
- To offer educational, psychological, cultural, social and spiritual training for the children and youths hailing from the poorest strata of the society, from all castes and religions, in order to facilitate their integral progress.
- In particular, the society seeks to develop in the minds of its beneficiaries a sense of universal brotherhood and a legitimate pride of their national heritage.
- The society endeavours to cultivate a sense of social sensibility especially for the poor, and to foster harmony and tolerance among all sections of the society.
- Besides, the society encourages its beneficiaries to develop in them a habit of hard work, both in studies and in human service, and to attain self-reliance in economic matters.
- Skill development, especially the development of vocational skills, is another cherished goal of the society.
Ever since its foundation in 1995, the society has been striving after the realisation of its goals through various training programs offered for its beneficiaries. Such programs include residential training programs for children and youths, evening schools for children, who have difficulties to study at home, in different villages. We also organise summer schools for weaker students during vacation, motivation programs for parents, unity camps for children and youths etc. The society runs four centres for facilitating residential training programs.
The society meets its financial needs through the voluntary contributions of friends in India and abroad who subscribe to the ideals for which the society stands and functions. Thanks to the voluntary service of many friends, the administration costs of the society is reduced to the minimum. Most of our collaborators render honorary services and are happy to be involved in such a work for a better world, for the one universal family of God.
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