On February 18th, the 30 days of preparation for the Feast of St. Joseph (March 19) began. The sisters of our Institute, Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, have a special devotion to St. Joseph and since we were founded on his feast day in 1988 we take him as our special protector and patron. The Servidoras all over the world, begin a 30 Day Prayer to…
This year’s Come and See retreat is April 3rd-5th, 2020 at the Juniorate House of Studies in Washington D.C. This retreat is for young women (18-35) who are interested in learning more about religious life in our community. The weekend will include talks on our charism, history, and missionary life, as well as meals and recreation with the sisters. Each day’s schedule includes time for prayer, Holy Mass, and opportunities for Confessions and consultation.…
This coming weekend, February 14-17, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are being offered in the DC area both for women and for men. The Spiritual Exercises are a spiritual retreat developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola to help people re-focus their lives on what is most important, namely, the glory and service of God. The time set aside for prayer offers an opportunity for people to hear God speaking…
We-we are pro-life! We-we are pro-life! These were the sounds of our group of more than 300 youth who joined our religious family for the March for Life in Washington DC on January 24th. Marching for Life These youth came from our various parishes throughout the country, including Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Mankato, MN, Avondale, PA, Wauchula, FL and New Bedford, MA, as well as many local youth and…
“Sion, adorn your bridal chamber and welcome Christ the King; take Mary in your arms, who is the gate of heaven, for she herself is carrying the King of glory and new light. A Virgin she remains, though bringing in her hands the Son before the morning star begotten, whom Simeon, taking in his arms announced to the peoples as Lord of life and death and Savior of the world”…
On February 2nd, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, our website will have a new look!
On December 30, 2019, Father Rubén Maldonado, IVE, priest and monk of the Incarnate Word, died after almost a month of hospitalization at Teodoro Schestakow Hospital, in San Rafael (Argentina). He had been diagnosed a short time before with a cancer that had metastasized. In the weeks before his death, he was cared for in the IVE St. Martin of Tours Home and by the Major Seminary in San Rafael. …
“Oh, to be in England”…once when it was August! (Alas, the Oxford Patristics Conference is not held in April…and the current climate of darkest winter and cultural uncertainty do not call me thither “now that it is” January. No doubt Browning would understand.) But as 2019 draws to a close and 2020 gets started, I turn my thoughts back to lovely summer days at Oxford, to the martyrs of the…
We wish you a very holy and happy New Year and we dedicate this year of 2020 to Mary, Mother of God and our Mother. Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
Spiritual Exercises for Men and Women [In English] Registration for the upcoming spiritual exercises is open for the retreat being held February 15th-18th in the DC area. The Spiritual Exercise retreat is a silent retreat which was developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola to help people center their lives on the Will of God, and to provide an opportunity to hear God speaking in the silence of their hearts. There…
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