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The Sisters
The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary live the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience in an “active-contemplative” religious life according to the Rule of Saint Augustine. Various active apostolates are united with times of liturgical and mental prayer. Dedicated to the conversion of America to the one, true Church, we are traditionalists, who pray in the traditional Latin rites of the Church.
Question: What is a vocation to be a Sister in the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
Answer: It is a call from God to live, pray, work, suffer, and die for the glory of God, the exaltation of the Blessed Virgin, the conversion of America, and the restoration of Catholic Orthodoxy.“The conversion of America” means the conversion of its citizens to the one true Church, outside of which they cannot be saved. By “restoration of Catholic Orthodoxy,” we refer to our Doctrinal Crusade to combat the Liberalism, Modernism, and Indifferentism now plaguing the Church. It is our special vocation to defend extra ecclesiam nulla salus (“there is no salvation outside the Church”), a solemnly defined dogma of the Faith. “Resist him [the devil], strong in faith” (1 Pet. 5:9).
Q. How is this accomplished?
A. By living the vowed life of the evangelical counsels and the total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, as taught by St. Louis de Montfort. “The wise men… found the Child with Mary his Mother, and falling down they adored Him” (Mt. 2:1,11). (The particular means of our apostolate are treated below.)
Q. Why the religious life?
A. Because it is the highest vocation from God. By living the consecrated life of the vows, we are responding to a free and unmerited call to live in His special intimacy. The graces that come with living this state, good in themselves, are also valuable weapons in our Crusade to convert the nation and restore sound doctrine. History tells us that the conversion of nations was, in large part, the work of Religious, beginning with the Apostles themselves. “The unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit.” (I Cor. 7:34).
Q. What do you do all day?
A. On some days we are out doing our missionary work, which consists of distributing our Catholic publications to “the man on the street.” On most days, we are home at the monastery, where our horarium is as follows:
5:30 – Rise
6:00 – Five decades of the Rosary–sung
6:45 – Meditation
7:30 – Holy Mass (Traditional Latin Rite)
8:15 – Breakfast, with reading at table (For teachers–this time is spent in classroom)
9:00 – Study or class (ordinary silence: converse only on necessary matters)
10:00 – Obedience (when Sisters get their list of assignments for that day) and work begins (ordinary silence)
11:30 – Lunch, with reading at table. (Noon on days without school)
12:00 – Visit to chapel (particular examen and private prayers) (12:30 on non-school days)
12:15 – Work (assigned chores, ordinary silence) (12:45 on non-school days)
12:45 – Community recreation (3:15 on school days)
1:30 – Work (ordinary silence) and short visits to the Blessed Sacrament
5:15 – Supper, with reading at table
6:00 – Work (assigned chores, ordinary silence)
6:45 – Community Rosary
7:15 – Class, study, night chores, or free time (used for writing letters, additional study, praying, etc.)
8:30 – Compline/night prayers (grand silence begins: no talking at all)
10:30 – Lights out.
(During the scholastic year, the Sisters who teach in our school [7:15am-2:45pm] have a slightly different schedule.)
On Tuesdays and Fridays (nights when we have public lectures), the evening schedule changes to:
6:45 – Class, study, night chores, or free time (used for writing letters, additional study, praying, etc.)
7:30 – Community Rosary
8:00 – Lecture
9:15 – Night prayers (grand silence begins: no talking at all)
10:30 – Lights out.
Q. How do you seek to convert America?
A. By fidelity to our religious observances and by various works of zeal dedicated to that end. These include promoting the Faith through literature which we publish and distribute, not only by subscription, but also in person. Such personal contact opens up opportunities to talk about the Faith to people who would probably not otherwise hear of the necessity of being united to Jesus Christ through His Church. “How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher?” (Rom. 10:14).
Q. How do you seek to restore Catholic Orthodoxy?
A. By the same means as those listed above. Through our educational apostolates, we also work to form lay apostles (Tertiaries) who are collaborators in our work. “O that all the people might prophesy, and that the Lord would give them his spirit!” (Num. 11:29).
Q. What do you require in a candidate seeking admission?
A. She should be between the ages of 16 and 35, in good health, docile to authority, and “normal” (i.e., devoid of eccentricities and strange personal habits). She must exhibit the desire to grow in virtue, since the religious life is a “state of perfection” in which growth in virtue is a duty. “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind and put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth” (Eph. 4:23-24).
Q. How can I discern my vocation?
A. Pray for divine light; frequent the Sacraments (Mass and Communion daily, if possible, and weekly confession); seek counsel from a good, prudent priest; come for a week’s visit with the Sisters to see if you are suited to our life. “Seek and ye shall find” (Mt. 7:7).
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Question: What is a vocation to be a Sister in the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
Answer: It is a call from God to live, pray, work, suffer, and die for the glory of God, the exaltation of the Blessed Virgin, the conversion of America, and the restoration of Catholic Orthodoxy.“The conversion of America” means the conversion of its citizens to the one true Church, outside of which they cannot be saved. By “restoration of Catholic Orthodoxy,” we refer to our Doctrinal Crusade to combat the Liberalism, Modernism, and Indifferentism now plaguing the Church. It is our special vocation to defend extra ecclesiam nulla salus (“there is no salvation outside the Church”), a solemnly defined dogma of the Faith. “Resist him [the devil], strong in faith” (1 Pet. 5:9).
Q. How is this accomplished?
A. By living the vowed life of the evangelical counsels and the total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, as taught by St. Louis de Montfort. “The wise men… found the Child with Mary his Mother, and falling down they adored Him” (Mt. 2:1,11). (The particular means of our apostolate are treated below.)
Q. Why the religious life?
A. Because it is the highest vocation from God. By living the consecrated life of the vows, we are responding to a free and unmerited call to live in His special intimacy. The graces that come with living this state, good in themselves, are also valuable weapons in our Crusade to convert the nation and restore sound doctrine. History tells us that the conversion of nations was, in large part, the work of Religious, beginning with the Apostles themselves. “The unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit.” (I Cor. 7:34).
Q. What do you do all day?
A. On some days we are out doing our missionary work, which consists of distributing our Catholic publications to “the man on the street.” On most days, we are home at the monastery, where our horarium is as follows:
5:30 – Rise
6:00 – Five decades of the Rosary–sung
6:45 – Meditation
7:30 – Holy Mass (Traditional Latin Rite)
8:15 – Breakfast, with reading at table (For teachers–this time is spent in classroom)
9:00 – Study or class (ordinary silence: converse only on necessary matters)
10:00 – Obedience (when Sisters get their list of assignments for that day) and work begins (ordinary silence)
11:30 – Lunch, with reading at table. (Noon on days without school)
12:00 – Visit to chapel (particular examen and private prayers) (12:30 on non-school days)
12:15 – Work (assigned chores, ordinary silence) (12:45 on non-school days)
12:45 – Community recreation (3:15 on school days)
1:30 – Work (ordinary silence) and short visits to the Blessed Sacrament
5:15 – Supper, with reading at table
6:00 – Work (assigned chores, ordinary silence)
6:45 – Community Rosary
7:15 – Class, study, night chores, or free time (used for writing letters, additional study, praying, etc.)
8:30 – Compline/night prayers (grand silence begins: no talking at all)
10:30 – Lights out.
(During the scholastic year, the Sisters who teach in our school [7:15am-2:45pm] have a slightly different schedule.)
On Tuesdays and Fridays (nights when we have public lectures), the evening schedule changes to:
6:45 – Class, study, night chores, or free time (used for writing letters, additional study, praying, etc.)
7:30 – Community Rosary
8:00 – Lecture
9:15 – Night prayers (grand silence begins: no talking at all)
10:30 – Lights out.
Q. How do you seek to convert America?
A. By fidelity to our religious observances and by various works of zeal dedicated to that end. These include promoting the Faith through literature which we publish and distribute, not only by subscription, but also in person. Such personal contact opens up opportunities to talk about the Faith to people who would probably not otherwise hear of the necessity of being united to Jesus Christ through His Church. “How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher?” (Rom. 10:14).
Q. How do you seek to restore Catholic Orthodoxy?
A. By the same means as those listed above. Through our educational apostolates, we also work to form lay apostles (Tertiaries) who are collaborators in our work. “O that all the people might prophesy, and that the Lord would give them his spirit!” (Num. 11:29).
Q. What do you require in a candidate seeking admission?
A. She should be between the ages of 16 and 35, in good health, docile to authority, and “normal” (i.e., devoid of eccentricities and strange personal habits). She must exhibit the desire to grow in virtue, since the religious life is a “state of perfection” in which growth in virtue is a duty. “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind and put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth” (Eph. 4:23-24).
Q. How can I discern my vocation?
A. Pray for divine light; frequent the Sacraments (Mass and Communion daily, if possible, and weekly confession); seek counsel from a good, prudent priest; come for a week’s visit with the Sisters to see if you are suited to our life. “Seek and ye shall find” (Mt. 7:7).
continued
http://catholicism.org/information-about-vocations-to-the-sisters.html
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