"We live in a world where hope and fear are mingled, where faith and doubt are intertwined, where violence and oppression grow along with the thirst for peace and liberation. We live in a world near to and yet far from the Kingdom of God. It is in this world, so loved by God, that we have been called. It is to this world that we are sent by the Church to proclaim our faith in God's Kingdom already growing among us and oppose those forces within and without which prevent its full manifestation."

- NDS Constitution # 12