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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
As a young man marries a virgin,your Builder shall mary you;and as a bridegroom rejoices in his brideso shall your God rejoice in you. — Isaiah 62:5 First Profession and Final Profession of Vows This month our province has had the joy of welcoming two novices who professed their first temporary vows, and seven sisters who professed their perpetual vows. And in the coming weeks more sisters from our province…
“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…
Registration is open! Within our congregation we have both active missionaries and contemplative nuns. Our contemplative sisters live a simple and hidden life in the cloister, but they are “the vanguard of all the apostolic works of the Institute, since with their prayer life and penance they obtain from the Lord the necessary graces for salvation of many souls” (SSVM Directory of Spirituality, 93). Our Contemplative House of Prayer in Brooklyn, NY will…
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