“This is a most glorious day for Holy Mother Church and for the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word!” These were the fitting opening words of the homily of Bishop Chad Zielinski (New Ulm) in the Ordination Mass of four new priests and one new deacon for the Institute of the Incarnate Word. On Saturday, February 7, 2026, these five men were ordained at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, DC.…
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Madonna col Bambino, Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. 1300) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons From our province of the Immaculate Conception, we wish a Happy New Year to all! We dedicate this New Year of 2026 to Jesus Christ, Lord of History, through the hands of His Mother, Mary. The Octave of Christmas ends on the first day of the new year, which is dedicated…
The Nativity, Federico Barocci (1597) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Christ is born! “Christ, the Redeemer of the world, is the one who penetrated in a unique unrepeatable way into the mystery of man and entered his ‘heart’. Rightly therefore does the Second Vatican Council teach: ‘The truth is that only in the mystery of the Incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light. For Adam, the first…
Feast of Our Lady of Lujan, patroness of our Religious Family We want to wish you a happy Feast of Our Lady of Lujan! Today we celebrate Our Lady of Lujan, named by the Holy See in 2011 as the patroness of our Religious Family. As she is also the patroness of Argentina, we entrust the soul of Pope Francis to her hands, and pray for her maternal intercession as…
Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons We join the Universal Church in mourning the death of Pope Francis. We pray for the repose of his soul.The Bishops of the United States have asked that the faithful pray a novena for the repose of his soul from April 26 to May 4. You may find the text of the prayers here.We also ask you to…
We wish to wish you a very happy Solemnity of St. Joseph, Foster Father of the Son of God and spouse of the Virgin Mary. “To other saints, Our Lord seems to have given power to succor us in some special necessity, but to this glorious saint (I know by my experience), he has given the power to help us in all things. Our Lord would have us understand that,…
Last month, our Religious Family held our annual March for Life & Winter Youth Festival at the Venerable Fulton Sheen Seminary. We had participants from all over the country including Florida, Chicago, Alaska, Massachusetts, Texas and many more places! March for Life The week began with the Vigil Mass for Life at the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on the evening of Thursday, January 23, 2025…
There are events in the life of an Institute that mark milestones in its history. This is the case of the consecration of the Shrine of the Baptism of the Lord in Al-Maghtas, Jordan, which took place on January 10, 2025 and whose pastoral administration was entrusted to the Institute of the Incarnate Word and the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará in 2008. The consecration, which…
Entrusting the New Year to Mary! Public domain, wikicommons From all the Servidoras of our Province, we wish you a Happy New Year! The Church dedicates the first day of the year to Mary, Mother of God. By doing this, she indicates to us that Mary is the one who will lead us safely through the upcoming year. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, in a beautiful exhortation on the Names of…
Merry Christmas! The Nativity by Lorenzo Monaco, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY A Christmas Prayer from St. Bernard of Clairvaux Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we, made in your image, conform ourselves to it. In our own strength we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder nor is it fitting for us to try. But Your mercy reaches from the heavens through the clouds to the earth…
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