St. Vincent Pallotti is often called “apostle and mystic”. This means that there existed an intimate relationship between the active and contemplative dimensions in his spiritual life. Each spirituality is defined through a series of characteristic concepts and it manifests a specific image of God and of man, through a set of values and a concrete style of life. It expresses itself also through the official prayers and the liturgical celebrations.

The essential traits of the Pallottine spirituality are found in the idea of “catholic” or “universal” apostolate. We can say that all the elements of the Pallottine spirituality stand in relation to the universal apostolate of all the faithful. In a concise way, the essential elements of Pallottine spirituality are expressed in the Law of the Society:

All members of our Society live in a spirit which is ever renewed by the love which Jesus brought to earth. As the Apostle of the Eternal Father, he makes known to the world that God is infinite love. He calls man and woman, first created in God's own image, and later restored to grace through his death, to give themselves entirely to God and to the service of their fellow human beings and to work for the salvation of the world.

Members of the Society “are guided by a spirit of generous love which desires not only to serve and does not seek its own interests”. (1 Cor. 13)