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Eight Sisters Profess Final Vows in Our Province

Total Surrender As religious, “we surrender ourselves totally to the service of God… through the fulfilling of the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, driven by charity” (Constitutions, 48). Our constitutions outline the characteristics of the profession of the religious vows, by which we are Spouses of Christ: First, it is the “most perfect expression [of the baptismal promises] for the person who thus surrenders himself to God fulfills… 

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IVE Meeting 2023

According to our Constitutions, the specific end of our small religious family is “to extend the Incarnation to all men, in the whole man, and in all of the manifestations of man”; and to this end, we are called to “commit all our strength” (Constitutions, 5). This is a multi-faceted enterprise that requires the collaboration of all the members of our religious family: both male and female branches, active and contemplative… 

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The Feast of Our Lady of Lujan & the Death of our Founder

Our founder, Father Carlos Miguel Buela, IVE, was the first Son of Our Lady of Lujan in our Religious Family. As a young seminarian, he asked for many priestly and religious vocations from her hands. Thanks to him, Our Lady of Lujan is our special Mother and Patroness, officially named by the Holy See in 2011. Father Carlos Miguel Buela, Son of Our Lady of Lujan April 4, 1941 –… 

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Ite ad Joseph! 35th Anniversary of the Servidoras

Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Foster-Father of the Son of God. Also today, on the Feast of our great Patriarch, we celebrate the 35th Anniversary of our Institute Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara, founded on March 19, 1988 (Solemnity of St. Joseph). This video shares the story, the spirit and the joy of our 35… 

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An Opportunity for Lenten Almsgiving: Earthquake Victims in Syria and Turkey

Once again, we find ourselves beginning the liturgical season of Lent. There is an ancient practice in Rome called the Roman Lenten Stations, and one of the prayers beautifully expresses the purpose of this time: “Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our spiritual torpor…” The Church exhorts us to practice prayer, fasting and almsgiving during these 40 days. Everything within the Lenten Liturgies points us to… 

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Remembering Christmas 2022

We are already in the second week of Ordinary Time and approaching the end of January… With the March for Life in DC around the corner (it’s tomorrow!) and Lent around the next corner, we’d like to share a few remembrances of the recent Christmas holidays and celebrations with you – before “last year” seems too far away! For Catholics, Christmas and Easter are the most important liturgical celebrations of… 

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10 Novices Receive the Holy Habit

Our Constitutions tell us that our holy habit “should be as our very own skin” (Const, 154).  For us as religious, the reception of the habit is a solemn and significant moment marking the commitment of consecrated life in a very visible way.  This, together with the receiving of a new name which happens sometime before, shows to the world that the religious is not his own but belongs to… 

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“Come and See” Discernment Retreat: December 2-4, 2022

Our Juniorate House of Formation in Washington DC is hosting a discernment retreat December 2-4, 2022.  This retreat is for young women (18-35) who are interested in learning more about the religious vocation as missionaries within our Religious Family of the Incarnate Word.  The weekend will include talks on our charism, history, missionary life, our Marian spirituality and our contemplative branch, as well as meals and recreation with the sisters.… 

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“Come, Spouse of Christ, receive the crown the Lord has prepared for you!”

11 New Brides of Christ On the Feast of All Saints, 11 Servidoras became new Brides of Christ, professing their first temporary vows of chastity, poverty, obedience and Marian slavery.  By these vows, they commit themselves to live:“chaste, for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven, poor, manifesting that God is the only true wealth for man, and obedient, even to death on the cross, in order to follow the… 

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Feast Day of St. John Paul II – Our Spiritual Father

Our Spiritual Father Today we celebrate the feast of St. John Paul II, spiritual father of our small religious family. He was a light that shone in the world during his pontificate, and he continues to be a beacon of clarity and hope in today’s modern world. He understood the “signs of the times” and clearly pointed the way for the Church through these times. He is our spiritual father… 

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