In the month of December, 14 of our novices received the holy habit for the first time. This is an occasion of great joy for our province and for our congregation! On December 6, 10 novices received the habit at the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. A week later, on December 14, four contemplative novices were also invested in our contemplative monastery in Brooklyn, New York.…
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “You are all beautiful, O Mary; in you there is no trace of original sin!” (from Morning Prayer for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception) Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception from all the members of our province! Today is a special celebration for us – not only is the Immaculate Conception the patroness of the United States of America, she is…
19 Novices Receive the Holy Habit In the first few days of December, 19 of our Servidora novices received the holy habit. Four of our contemplative novices received it on December 4th at the Precious Blood Monastery in Brooklyn, NY and 15 of our active novices were invested on December 6th at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Our Constitutions reminds us that: “The religious of our…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
We desire “to give Spouses to Jesus Christ according to His Heart” In the past few weeks, six sisters who are from our province professed their final vows in various places. We pray that by the grace of God, they will be Spouses who are conformed to the Heart of Christ, the Divine Bridegroom. Referring to the profession and the living of religious vows, our Constitutions say: The religious life,…
“Sion, adorn your bridal chamber and welcome Christ the King; take Mary in your arms, who is the gate of heaven, for she herself is carrying the King of glory and new light. A Virgin she remains, though bringing in her hands the Son before the morning star begotten, whom Simeon, taking in his arms announced to the peoples as Lord of life and death and Savior of the world”…
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