“To Adhere to the Word with all her Strength…” Final and Temporary Vows in our Province “When you shall see a soul leave all things to adhere to the Word with all her strength, live by Him, allow herself to be guided by Him, conceive what she should bring forth by Him; a soul, in short, who can say: for me to live is Christ, and to die is gain,…
On September 14 the Church celebrates the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross. As we wear the Cross of Matará as part of our habit, this day is the proper and principal feast of our Institute. This year on the Feast of the Holy Cross, eight sisters of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará professed their final vows in Washington, DC. Sister Mary New…
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…
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…
Profession of Final Vows November 13, the Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, marked an important and joyous day in our mission in Guyana. On that day Sister Mary Our Lady of Charity, the second Guyanese vocation for our Institute, professed her final vows in the town of Charity on the Essequibo Coast. Sister Mary Our Lady of Charity with her family after the Mass of Profession of Perpetual Vows…
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…
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