“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,…
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…
Our Religious family in the Province of the Immaculate Conception has much to give thanks for in these first days of November! First Vows in Washington, DC In Washington DC, 11 sisters professed their first vows, promising to live “chaste for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven; poor, manifesting that God is man’s only real treasure; and obedient, even to death on the cross, in order to follow the…
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…
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