Organizational Stability

Organizational Stability

Pequena Casa de Nazareth is one among the many organizations in the Church where we see dedication, courage, loyalty and zeal to be of service to others that had been animating the church for the past two millennia.

However, running an organization is not only about commitment and love for others. There are issues and problems that demands knowledge and deep understanding of the organizational structure and environment, legal policies and cultural sphere.

The visit to Pequena Casa de Nazareth reminds me again of the very same challenges we are facing in our own organizations engaged in humanitarian service and work of evangelization in a foreign country.

It has been SVD strategy to collaborate with local organizations, specifically the diocesan bishop whose authority is recognized within the local domain. Secondly, we always prioritize the recruitment of local members. Because of this strategy, the SVD has been known around the world among male congregations to have enlisted within its rank members of the local population. For instance, the first black members of the clergy in the US are SVDs, the first members of foreign congregations in the Philippines are SVDs. In Africa as well as in many other countries in Asia where SVDs are present, local members are rapidly growing. These developments are but result of the strategy that local talents can significantly contribute to organization stability and efficiency.

At present, Pequena Casa de Nazareth faces difficulty in addressing many local issues and problems because of they lack of local members who have a deeper understanding and can provide deeper insight on the local environment.

In particular, Pequena Casa de Nazareth is paying taxes on their donations, where in fact, our laws exempt all religious and charitable institutions from taxes.