The Catholic Church holds its annual celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on February 2nd This day is a special time for individual parishes and the greater Church to celebrate the gift of consecrated life and pray for men and women discerning a consecrated vocation.
Credible Witnesses, Rejoice In The Lord
The first witness we give of God’s kingdom is living authentically
our consecrated life and the call to be credible witnesses of the Gospel
and a joyful presence in our world today.
By our vowed and communal life we reveal
a prophetic and counter-cultural way of acting and living
that shows respect for all peoples and our common home.
The richness of our unity and diversity makes us signs of a universal solidarity in a society marked by brokenness, violence and divisions.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny
Missionary Priorities
Looking to the past with gratitude, living the present with passion and embracing the future with hope, as Pope Francis has asked us to do, we are:
- sisters with a missionary call
- rooted in prayer
- gathered together in community
- attentive to the cries of today’s world
- with total availability for the mission
- inserted into the local context
- while remaining open to the world
Sisters Mavis, Agnes and Vicenta visiting the Cathedral in LA
They have established a new Cluny Community in
Sacred Heart Parish, Pomona, CA
Today we celebrate the feast of the encounter: may the Virgin Mary obtain for us the grace that our life as consecrated persons always be a feast of the encounter with Christ; and in this way, like her, we will be able to bring the light of his love to everyone: his light, not ours! Bring him, not ourselves!
- Pope Francis
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