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Eight Sisters Profess First Vows

“Come, Spouse of Christ, Receive the Crown the Lord has prepared for you from all Eternity” These past weeks, our Religious Family had the joy of celebrating the first profession of vows for eight sisters in our province.  There were two celebrations, one in the contemplative monastery in New York and one in Washington, DC. Brooklyn, NY – Profession of vows in the Contemplative Monastery On October 7, Feast of… 

The “Heart of our Religious Family”

“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… 

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