What is the charism of the Community?
The Customary says: “the combination of prayer propelled into healing action is the Charism of the Companions of St. Luke”. The Companions feel that such healing action can be as obvious as a doctor working with children or as subtle as a well timed smile that lightens the day of someone who might otherwise not have known such a moment in their day. The Companions believe that healing starts with the self, with the acknowledgement of our own brokenness and pain serving as a touch point from which we can reach out to others, not as superior beings bent on fixing others but as fellow humans extending a hand, knowing the place from which those who suffer are coming.
