{"id":17480,"date":"2020-06-18T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T21:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/?page_id=17480"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:32:33","slug":"daily-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/contemplative-life\/daily-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Life in the Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17480\" class=\"elementor elementor-17480\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1faca6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1faca6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68f9bc9\" data-id=\"68f9bc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d3611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54d3611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;She has chosen the better part&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8eeea94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8eeea94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e740781\" data-id=\"e740781\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3f872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e3f872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Daily Life in the Monastery<\/h3><p>Although our contemplative sisters live a simple and hidden life in the cloister, they are the heart of the Church and the heart of our Institute.<\/p><p>They are \u201cthe vanguard of all the apostolic works of the Institute, since with their prayer life and penance they obtain from the Lord the necessary graces for salvation of many souls\u201d (<em>SSVM Directory of Spirituality,<\/em> 93).<\/p><p>In the day-to-day life within the cloister, the contemplative principally dedicates herself to prayer, following Our Lord\u2019s command \u201cto pray always without becoming weary\u201d (Lk 18:1). She seeks God in every moment of the day as \u201cthe one thing necessary\u201d (Lk 10:42).<\/p><p>The daily nourishment of the Eucharist, Eucharistic Adoration, the liturgy, <em>lectio divina,<\/em> Marian devotion, asceticism and work<strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong>the exercise of fraternal charity and the experience of solitude and of silence are essential factors of the contemplative life (cf. <em>Monastic Rule, <\/em>147).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95eba9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95eba9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Daily Schedule at St. Edith Stein Monastery<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Brooklyn, NY)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c10abbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c10abbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecfc8dd\" data-id=\"ecfc8dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55e889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f55e889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">5:15 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Wake up<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">5:45 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lectio Divina<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">6:25 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><strong>EUCHARISTIC ADORATION<\/strong><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><strong>7:25<span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Angelus &amp; <\/span>Morning Prayer (<em>Lauds<\/em>)<br \/><\/strong><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">8:00 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0HOLY MASS<\/span><\/b><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Breakfast<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">9:20 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Midmorning Prayer<\/span><\/b><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0(<em>Terce<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">9:30 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Work time<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">11:40 am\u00a0 \u00a0End Work<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">11:50 am\u00a0 \u00a0Holy Rosary<\/span><\/b><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">12:10 pm\u00a0 \u00a0Midday Prayer<\/span><\/b><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0(<em>Sext<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"><em>Lunch \u2013 Reading<\/em><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">12:40 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 Recreation<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">1:40 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 End Recreation <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ae3b4f\" data-id=\"6ae3b4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d66d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d66d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">2:00\u00a0pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Rest<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">3:15<\/span>\u00a0pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Midafternoon Prayer<\/span><\/b><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0(<em>None<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">3:30\u00a0pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Canto Sacro\/Sports\/Garden <em>(rotates daily)<\/em><\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">4:10\u00a0pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Snack \u2013 Free Time<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">4:45\u00a0pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0CELL (Study\/Spiritual Reading)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">6:15 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0EUCHARISTIC ADORATION<\/span><\/b><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">7:15 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Evening Prayer<\/span><\/b><strong> (<em>Vespers)<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">7:45\u00a0pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Reposition &amp; Good Nights<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"><em>Dinner \u2013 Reading\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">8:00 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Recreation<\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">9:00 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0End Recreation <\/span><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">9:10 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Night Prayer (<em>Compline<\/em>)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0 \u00a0Office of Readings<\/span><\/b><strong> (<em>Matins<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p><p data-ccp-props=\"{\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">10:10\u00a0pm\u00a0 \u00a0 GRAND SILENCE<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eefe02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eefe02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4afc6c5\" data-id=\"4afc6c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8ea7bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8ea7bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Understanding the Schedule<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a394d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a394d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The nun, by her vocation, lives in the heart of the Church; therefore, she should, at every moment, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">be united with Christ and his Spouse [the Church], which is a mystery of intimate fecundity.<br \/>\u2014\u00a0<em>SSVM Monastic Rule,<\/em> 29<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c1717d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c1717d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7460cfe\" data-id=\"7460cfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25b561b elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"25b561b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">LECTIO DIVINA<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em>Lectio Divina<\/em> is the reading and meditation of Sacred Scripture. It \u201cleads to an encounter with Christ,...forms in us \u2018the mind of Christ\u2019 and prompts the conversion of one\u2019s own life.\"\n\u2014 <em>SSVM Monastic Rule<\/em>, 77<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ff069c\" data-id=\"4ff069c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dafc302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"dafc302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">EUCHARISTIC ADORATION<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">The contemplative nun seeks to imitate Our Lord, who is silent and hidden in the Most Holy Sacrament, and she will aim at fulfilling the specific objective of our Religious Family through Eucharistic Adoration.\ncf. <em>SSVM Monastic Rule, 39-40<\/em><\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4ea256\" data-id=\"e4ea256\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a150aa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"a150aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">LITURGY<br \/>OF THE HOURS<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">This is the official prayer of the Church. It is primarily the praying of the Psalms, with readings and other elements at intervals through the day. The hours are <em>lauds<\/em>, <em>terce<\/em>, <em>sext<\/em>, <em>none<\/em>, <em>vespers, compline<\/em> and <em>matins<\/em>. It is the praise of Christ himself, High Priest, offered to God through the Church.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e651f76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e651f76\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-890d280\" data-id=\"890d280\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db4082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"0db4082\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">THE HOLY MASS<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Daily participation in Holy Mass will be the first obligation of the contemplative.<br \/>\u2014\u00a0<em>SSVM Monastic Rule, <\/em>31<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">It is the main act of worship, the sacrifice of praise that gives infinite glory to God.<br \/>\u2014\u00a0<em>SSVM Constitutions,<\/em>\u00a0137<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6335274\" data-id=\"6335274\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e195ac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"e195ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p>WORK<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">Each sister is entrusted certain responsibilities in the monastery. Handiworks and liturgical items are also made as a means of supporting the community.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9488949\" data-id=\"9488949\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6431801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"6431801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center\">HOLY ROSARY<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">We pray the Holy Rosary daily as a sign of our Fourth Vow of consecration to Our Lady. By it \u201cwe meditate on the work of Redemption consummated by Jesus to which He associated his Mother.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 <em>SSVM Constitutions<\/em>, 140<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d77b51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d77b51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-91e2115\" data-id=\"91e2115\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c813f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"4c813f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">THE REFECTORY<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>\u201cThe Dining Room\"<br \/><\/strong>Meals are taken in community and in silence, listening to edifying readings. Thus, while the body is nourished, the spirit will also be fed.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em>\u2014 SSVM Monastic Rule, 110<\/em><\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-16f36fd\" data-id=\"16f36fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b782fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"4b782fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">RECREATION<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Twice each day silence is broken and time is spent in community, always in a spirit of joy and charity. Recreations are \u201crest for the soul as well as an opportunity to practice virtue, to gain merit and to foster community life.\u201d<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em>\u2014 SSVM Monastic Rule, 117<\/em><\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d6155a\" data-id=\"5d6155a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773f4c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"773f4c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center\">CANTO SACRO<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">This time is dedicated to practicing the singing of the sacred music used in the Liturgy, especially for the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-50e958c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50e958c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-77bb8a8\" data-id=\"77bb8a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ff5c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"96ff5c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">THE CELL<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">The <em>cell<\/em>\u00a0is the contemplative's personal room, where she is in solitude and intimacy with the Lord. This time is dedicated primarily to <em>lectio divina<\/em>, spiritual reading and study.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em>\u2014 SSVM Monsastic Rule, <\/em>73<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-afa907a\" data-id=\"afa907a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-833f363 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"833f363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p>STUDY<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">Each sister pursues studies in Sacred Scripture, Philosophy or Theology. Seeking the truth \u201cnourishes and orders contemplation and brings one to develop a great love for Christ and for his Church.\u201d<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u2014 <em>SSVM Monastic Rule, <\/em>163<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5da9b09\" data-id=\"5da9b09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99cbb85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"99cbb85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center\">GOOD NIGHTS<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">This is a brief point of reflection at the end of the day. We take this from a tradition of St. John Bosco to leave his boys each night with a good thought to reflect on.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6295e8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6295e8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-af3b0e4\" data-id=\"af3b0e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6758a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"6758a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">GRAND SILENCE<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 25px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">A time of interior and exterior silence from the last hymn to Our Lady after Compline until the Holy Mass the next day. It is primarily a time of interior preparation for the participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the reception of the Holy Eucharist.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-958fdd5\" data-id=\"958fdd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-029079b elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"029079b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">COMMUNITY LIFE<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 25px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Community life is \u201clife in common as a true family, living in such a way that each nun will find in the others the necessary help required to give themselves entirely to God.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 <em>SSVM Monastic Rule<\/em>, 81<br \/><\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fa152e\" data-id=\"0fa152e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9a6cb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-neve_flipcard\" data-id=\"e9a6cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"neve_flipcard.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eaw-flipcard-container\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-front\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 1.2\">MARIAN DEVOTION<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-back\"><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-content-wrap\"><p style=\"text-align: center;margin-top: 25px\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">We seek to \u201cMarianize\u201d our life. Consecrated to her by the method of St. Louis de Montfort and our fourth vow of Marian slavery, we desire to do everything, through, with, in and for Mary. She is \u201cthe model, the guide and the form of all our actions.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 <em>SSVM Constitutions<\/em>, 18<br \/><\/span><\/p><div class=\"eaw-flipcard-buttons\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-545e71f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"545e71f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7968257\" data-id=\"7968257\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0027a49 elementor-button-info elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0027a49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/contemplative-life\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SSVM Contemplative Branch<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-41768d5\" data-id=\"41768d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-830f347 elementor-button-info elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"830f347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/contemplative-life\/contemplative-spirituality\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SSVM Contemplative Spirituality<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d2d819 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d2d819\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-66732ff\" data-id=\"66732ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/contemplative-life\/retreat-house\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Retreats<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0852eee elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0852eee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ecb400\" data-id=\"6ecb400\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/contemplative-life\/prayer-requests\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Send a Prayer Request<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-caf1052\" data-id=\"caf1052\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdfcd21 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cdfcd21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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contemplative sisters live a simple and hidden life in the cloister, they are the heart of the Church and the heart of our Institute. 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