The Order’s Values
Hospitality is our core value, as embodied and expressed in the four guiding values of quality, respect, responsibility and spirituality.
QUALITY =
excellence, professionalism, holistic care, awareness of new needs, model of union with our Co-workers, model of St John of God type care, welcoming architecture and furnishings, collaboration with third parties
RESPECT =
respect for the other, humanization, human dimension, mutual responsibility towards Co-workers and Brothers, understanding, holistic vision, promotion of social justice, civil and human rights, involvement of relatives
RESPONSIBILITY =
fidelity to the ideals of St John of God and the Order, ethics (bioethics, social ethics, management ethics) protection of the environment, social responsibility (for Europeans: the European Union), sustainability, justice, fair distribution of our resources
SPIRITUALITY =
pastoral service, evangelization, offering spiritual care to those of other religions, ecumenism, collaboration with parishes, dioceses, other confessions