Consecrated for Mission

Consecration involves being set apart for a sacred purpose. The work of the sisters is not just any work. Apostolic women religious devote their lives to the work of the Apostles, evangelization. In all they do, even in sickness and old age, they collaborate with Christ in an intensely focused way in his great mission of salvation. This collaboration is signified by union with Christ’s apostolic representatives--the Holy Father, the bishops, and priests. The sisters work side by side with lay ministers who follow a different path of life even while they do Christ's work.

In their ministries, the sisters’ gifts are called forth and directed toward the corporate apostolate of the congregation which exercises greater influence than could the individual alone. They fit themselves into the wider picture by obedience, that is, by listening to all aspects of a situation: the needs of God’s people, community discernment, and their own personal inclinations and gifts. The superior represents the church in commissioning them.

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