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.…
“Praise be to God!”: First Vows, New Religious Names, Investiture of Cassock As a nation, we celebrate Thanksgiving in November, a time for every American heart to pause and remember to return thanks to our God for all the blessings He has bestowed on us. In the very heart of our nation’s capital towers the Washington Monument, an iconic symbol of the United States of America. How appropriate is the…
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…
“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…
This April we have an opportunity for those who are discerning a call to the religious life, and more specifically, to our religious Institute. Taking time to visit a religious congregation in order to “Come and See” how their spirituality and charism is lived out in daily and communal life can be a helpful step in discernment. Below are listed some events for getting to know our community better and…
And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace. – John 1:16 Yesterday, December 8th, marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of our country and also of our Province (our province includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, Guyana and Suriname). This year December 8th also marked the closing of the year of St. Joseph, patron and protector of our Institute. Inmaculada Concepción, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.…
This November we have an opportunity for those who are discerning a call to the religious life, and more specifically, to our religious Institute. Taking time to visit a religious congregation in order to “Come and See” how their spirituality and charism is lived out in daily and communal life can be a helpful step in discernment. Below are listed some events for getting to know our community better and…
Oil painting by Father Pierre Cholenec (1682-1693). He knew Kateri personally in life and was at her death bed. July 14th | Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, patroness of our novitiate house in Upper Marlboro, MD. The novitiate is where the initial stages of religious life are experienced and a more serious vocational discernment takes place. In a special…
Mission in Iceland – Procession with Our Lady of Lujan May 8 – Solemnity of Our Lady of Lujan On May 8th we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lady of Lujan. (Although this feast is not a solemnity in the Universal calendar of the Church, for the members of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word, it is a solemnity). On November 25, 2011, the Congregation for Divine Worship issued…
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…
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