Servants of the Lord & the Virgin of Matará
About Us
Our Founder
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1941, Father Carlos Miguel Buela was ordained to the priesthood on October 7, 1971, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
During his years as a seminarian and young priest, Fr. Buela was influenced through his reading and contact with some of Argentina’s great Catholic intellectuals, notably Fr. Julio Meinvielle and Fr. Leonardo Castellani. After ten years as a diocesan priest working in youth ministry and parish work, he received the foundational grace in 1981, inspiring him to found a religious order of missionaries.
Three years later, on March 25, 1984, Fr. Buela founded the Institute of the Incarnate Word, the priests, in the diocese of San Rafael, Mendoza. He founded the sisters, the Institute Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, on March 19, 1988. The two institutes share twin constitutions and both have monasteries dedicated to contemplative life.
Together with the laity of our Third Order, all the members of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word share the same charism: the prolongation of the Incarnation of the Word of God in all the manifestations of the human person. Our specific aim is the evangelization of the culture. The two institutes of religious life have approximately 1600 members who are working in missions around the world.
“To ‘put out into the deep’ is to take the demands of the gospel seriously and thoroughly: go, sell what you possess (Mt 19:21). It is the longing of our restless heart, yearning to possess the Infinite. It is the impetus of the saints and martyrs who gave everything for God.”
— Directory of Spirituality, 216
His Videos
These spanish videos of Fr. Buela discussing important topics, recalling meaningful experiences and reflecting on aspects of our Religious Family, such as the Fourth Vow of Marian Consecration and the practice and virtue of “eutrapelia” (community time of joyful recreation).
His Writings
Fr. Buela’s writings are comprised of numerous articles, homilies, and books, including the prize-winning Jóvenes en el Tercer Milenio (Youth in the Third Millennium); Catecismo de los Jóvenes (Catechism for Youth); Modernos ataques contra la familia (Modern Attacks on the Family); Sacerdotes para siempre (Priests Forever), and Pan de Vida Eterna y Cáliz de Eterna Salvación (Bread of Eternal Life and Chalice of Eternal Salvation). Audio files of many of his lectures and homilies are also available in Spanish for free download.
Books
Books written by Fr. Buela are available for free download in various formats in Spanish, English, Italian, Urkainian, Icelandic, Dutch, and Arabic. Some are also available as hard copies or for Kindle in the United States from IVE Press as published books.
Selection of Homilies in English
- “Spouses of Christ” Servidoras I (II edición), p. 193 (English)
- “A Brief Dialogue of the Friend with the Beloved” (English)
- “Diálogo breve del Amigo y del Amado” (Español)
More Homilies, Articles, and Reflections
More of Fr. Buela’s homilies, articles, and reflections are available in Spanish under the following general categories:
- Actualidad / Current Events
- Arte / Art
- Circulares de viajes(Albania, Rusia, Lituania) / Chronicles of Journeys (Albania, Russia, Lithuania)
- Diálogos / Dialogues
- Eucaristía / Eucharist
- Evangelización de la cultura / Evangelization of the Culture
- Familia / Family
- Grandes personajes (P. Julio Meinvielle, great figures)/ Great personalities (Fr. Julio Meinvielle, great figures)
- Jóvenes / Youth
- Nuestra Fe / Our Faith
- Sacerdocio / Priesthood
- Santos / Saints
- Sagrada Escritura / Sacred Scripture
- Signos de los tiempos / Signs of the Times
- Vida Religiosa / Religious Life
- Virgen María / Virgin Mary
