Today our Savior is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness. No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing. Our Lord, victor over sin and death, finding no man free from sin, came to free us all. –…
The Holy Habit is a sign of their consecration and witness of their poverty. – SSVM Constitutions, 154 In the past days, 13 of our novices received the Holy Habit. With the opening of our new Contemplative Novitiate this year, there were two ceremonies. Investiture of Contemplative Novices On December 1st, our three contemplative novices received the habit at our Monastery in Brooklyn, NY. Previous Next Investiture of Novices from…
On November 21st, the Feast of the Presentation of Mary, 13 novices from our province were given their new religious names. By these new names, advocations of the Blessed Virgin Mary, they become “New Marys.” These names are a sign of the religious consecration of whom Mary is the prototype: “Among all persons consecrated unreservedly to God, she is the first. She-the Virgin of Nazareth-is also the one most fully…
Today we celebrate the feast of one of the greatest saints of our times, St. John Paul the Great. For us, the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word, this day has particular importance because he is our spiritual father. It is from him that we have learned and continue to learn to be true missionaries of the Church, missionaries after the Heart of Christ. As we celebrate this day, see…
As the upcoming elections approach and in light of the recent events we have experienced as a country, we are reminded of the great importance and efficacy of prayer, especially through the intercession of our Immaculate Mother, patroness of the “Land of the Free”. We ask you to join us in invoking Mary, Immaculate Conception, for the United States of America, especially by praying the Litany of the Immaculate Conception…
This September, by the grace of God, nine sisters who received their formation in our province professed their perpetual vows by which they have given themselves completely to Christ and His Church forever. Seven sisters professed vows in the United States, one in Italy and one in Luxembourg. On September 12, at the St. Edith Stein Monastery in Brooklyn, NY: Sr. Mary of the Holy Face (contemplative)Mother Mary of the…
In the beginning of time, God gathered all the waters together and called them: mare.In the fullness of time, He gathered all His graces and called them: Maria. On September 8th 2020, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, each member of our Religious Family all over the world renewed their Fourth Vow of Marian Consecration in a wonderful union of spirit. As our religious sisters, priests,…
Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach. — from the Rite of Ordination of a Deacon On August 21st, three religious of the Institute of the Incarnate Word were ordained to the Diaconate: Peter Nguyen, IVE Jaime Abundiz, IVE Shadi Naim, IVE They were ordained in the Archdoicese of Washington by Bishop Roy Campbell.…
Our Lady of the Mount – Anjara, Jordan Jn 19: 26-27: When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. From the moment when Mary stood beneath her Son’s Cross, we have been entrusted to her care in a…
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) | (1891-1942) Yesterday, August 9th, was the day Church remembers St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr, (more commonly known by her birth name: St. Edith Stein ). Since her feast day this year fell on a Sunday, we did not celebrate her in the liturgy. However, our religious sisters, especially our contemplative sisters, honored her in a special way…
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