Mission in Iceland – Procession with Our Lady of Lujan May 8 – Solemnity of Our Lady of Lujan On May 8th we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lady of Lujan. (Although this feast is not a solemnity in the Universal calendar of the Church, for the members of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word, it is a solemnity). On November 25, 2011, the Congregation for Divine Worship issued…
“Resurrexit Sicut Dixit!” Christ is risen from the dead! Allelulia! Just as the joy of the Easter season permeates every part of the liturgy of the Church during these days of Eastertide, so too, for the Christian, should the joy of the Resurrection penetrate every part of our lives. The Easter season begins with Easter Sunday and continues with exuberant joy for 50 days, ending with the celebration of Pentecost. …
As we near the end of Holy Week and approach the Easter Triduum, we enter into the most sacred days of the year. These are the days in which Our Lord’s “hour” began and was accomplished: He was betrayed, He celebrated the First Mass and instituted the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and the Priesthood, He was arrested and abandoned, He freely gave Himself up to suffering and death for…
Just as God procured the best parents for His Son, both being chaste, He wanted also that His Son have as His spouse a woman who is chaste, as each consecrated woman is. Every religious chosen for and from this singular love to be the spouse of the Incarnate Word, in imitation of Saint Joseph, must dedicate herself completely to taking care of Him, that is to say, to seek…
This year, 2021, we again begin a Lent marked by Covid. This past year has been filled with making adjustments to “the way we have always done things”. In the midst of a time fraught with upheaval and irregularity, the Church continues to journey with regularity through the liturgical year, a constant movement toward the Paschal Mysteries. This constancy of the liturgical year helps us to keep our perspective on…
Registration is open! Register Our Juniorate House of Formation in Washington DC will soon be hosting two discernment retreats: February 26-28, 2021 and March 26-28, 2021. Those joining have the option of participating virtually or in person. These Come and See Retreats will consist of several sessions in which women who are discerning can learn more about the religious vocation as missionaries within our Religious Family of the Incarnate Word.…
Sister Maria Glória da Igreja — January 8, 1992 – † January 27, 2021 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. On January 27th, 2021, Sister Maria Glória da Igreja (Mary Glory of the Church in Portuguese) finished her earthly pilgrimage and went to meet her Divine Spouse. Sister Glória had suffered much of her religious life from various physical ailments. In December of…
“He called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him” (Mark 3:13). God calls many souls to the priesthood. And some of those that He calls, He also calls to the religious life. Men who are interested in discerning a vocation as a religious of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (the male branch of our Religious Family) are invited to the February 6, 2021 Online Come…
Registration is now open! Register Our Juniorate House of Formation in Washington DC will soon be hosting two virtual discernment retreats: February 26-28, 2021 and March 26-28, 2021. These Come and See Retreats will consist of several ZOOM sessions in which women who are discerning can learn more about the religious vocation as missionaries within our Religious Family of the Incarnate Word. Topics include: the missionary vocation, the history of…
Remember the past with gratitude. Live the present with enthusiasm. Look forward to the future with confidence.– St. John Paul II The ending of one year and beginning another is usually a time of expectation, preparation and hope. A time of making resolutions, thinking about what the new year might hold, planning ways to improve some aspect of our life, hoping that the new year will bring with it many…
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