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Lay Mission Partners

We use this term to indicate lay people who collaborate in our missionary work by assisting us in our communication apostolate. They are not our employees, hence, we do not have an employer-employee relationship with them. Right at recruitment, we tell them that we are not looking for employees but for lay mission partners, that is, people who will help us carry out our mission, accept the invitation to become collaborators and not salaried employees, agree to undergo formation and to live a good Christian life. They have no salary but stipend which is more than the minimum wage law has set, and which are raised according to their performance. They enjoy certain privileges, such as vacation leave, sick leave, maternity leave with stipend, 13th month bonus, and other fringe benefits. As spiritual benefits they share in the prayers and sacrifices of the sisters, they have recollection two times a year (Advent and Lent), and they are given human, Christian and Pauline formation. They are enrolled as self-employed in the Social Security System, but we contribute as part of the payment as our help to them.