The Vow of Fidelity to the Pope

We live in a world which is becoming pagan once again, as far as the faith is concerned, and it is the faith above all, and the love of Jesus Christ which must rebuild the world.’
Bring closer to the evergreen plant, which is the Church, the scattered and separated branches of the plant which is the great Christian and human family, and they will become green once more; gather the thoughts of all the generations and all races and of the centuries and all will come into a bond of faith, hope and love whose heart will be the Pope on earth and heaven above. Let us truly give the world a universal brotherhood in truth and in the fatherhood of the Pope’। (St. Luigi Orione.)

We the Sons of Divine Providence are one among the congregations who have the Forth Vow of Obedience to the Pope. The special goal of our congregation is to spread the knowledge of Jesus Christ, of the Church and of the Pope, especially among the people of working classes and the poor in a special way to draw and unite them to the Holy See, with the gentlest and closest ties of the whole heart and mind.
Our Founder Don Orione had a real passion for the Pope, for unity of the Church and salvation of the souls, which could not remain only of a spiritual level, but it inspired the whole spirituality and apostolate of the Little Work of Divine Providence and specifically the rule of life
In our congregation obedience due to the Supreme pontiff and our particular distinguishing charism, find appropriate expression in the profession of the forth vow of special faithfulness to the Pope. With this we oblige ourselves to full acknowledgement of hierarchical authority in the Universal Church and unconditional adherence to his magisterium and his programme, and most absolute availability for whatever he decided with regard to us for any services in any part of the world, so as to fulfill charism as indicated by the motto: “Re-establish every thing in Christ, so that there may be one flock and one Shepherd”.
Don Orione wants us to toil and sacrifice ourselves with all works of spiritual and corporal mercy, so as to spread the love of God and the Pope and cause to grow, especially in the heart of the little ones and the poor and those afflicted by different misfortunes and pain so through this we are able to ‘Re-establish all things in Christ, so that there may be one flock and one shepherd.’ We the Sons of Divine Providence are sworn guards of the Pope. It is not enough for us to give him full support in mind, in heart, in deeds in the apostolate but we give every thing, sacrifice every thing, and offer ourselves completely as living victims
We live and work for the Pope in all the parts of the world in order to fulfill his desire and love; we present ourselves to the poor and the needy as the representatives of the Pope and the Church because the Pope is the gentle Christ on earth and love of Pope is the sweetest love on earth. As Sons of Divine Providence we have been sold and consecrated our life to the Pope
In the Pope we recognize not only the Vicar of Christ, not only the infallible Head of the Church inspired and led by the Holy Spirit, not only the foundation of our religion, but also the unshakable rock of human society
Bro. Lenish P. L. FDP