The “Heart of our Religious Family”
“Within our communities and also within the heart of our religious family, they [the contemplatives] will endeavor to benefit all by their own dedication…” — SSVM Monastic Rule, 141 On the Front Lines Our congregation, the Institute Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, has both active missionaries and contemplative nuns. Our contemplative sisters share in the apostolic work of our Religious Family by their life of prayer and penance…