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| Community Profile |
| Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters |
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| Community Information |
International? | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Togo |
No. in community (professed members) | 24 |
Year founded | 1896 |
Generalate/ motherhouse | Generalate: Bad Driburg, Germany / Motherhouse: Steyl, Netherlands |
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Represented in US (Arch)dioceses | Corpus Christi, TX; Lincoln, NE; Philadelphia, PA, Saint Louis, MO |
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| About Us |
Mission statement/description
God, through His Spirit, Who is Love, has called these sisters and gathered them together into a religious community whose members are entirely dedicated to the contemplative life and the service of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and thus to serve the Church’s missionary activity. As in the life of their founder, St. Arnold Janssen, and in accord with his wish, the Holy Spirit and His saving work are to receive a prominent place in the sisters' life of faith and piety. Their founder gave them a rose-colored habit as a reminder of the ardent love of the Holy Spirit. The Eucharist, in which Christ bestows on us His own life by the communication of His Spirit, is the heart of the sisters' personal and communal life. By the service of witness and example that they render in their contemplative life and total dedication of prayer and sacrifice, they participate in the Church’s missionary work. |
Qualifications for entry
High school education; good mental and physical health; capability for development; a spirit of faith which is intent on following Christ in the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience; inclination for the cloistered contemplative life and readiness to serve the Church's missionary endeavor therein; aptitude for community living. |
Formation program
- Postulancy (1 to 2 years): introduction to the community's way of life and apostolate.
- Novitiate (2 years): time of further discernment and thorough preparation for total dedication to God in the community's way of life.
- Temporary vows: these years serve to further test and develop one’s ability to live according to the evangelical counsels, to carry out the obligations of the community's contemplative-missionary apostolate, and to find personal fulfillment in this calling. Temporary vows are made for one year at a time for five or six years.
- Perpetual profession: After the period of temporary vows, a sister may request to make her perpetual profession.
- Ongoing formation: The process of formation does not terminate with perpetual profession. Throughout the sisters' lives they endeavor to perfect their spiritual, doctrinal, and practical development.
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Age range/limit
18-35 |
Consider belated vocations?
Yes |
Belated/late vocations explanation
If all the other entrance requirements are present, belated vocations are considered on a case-by-case basis, up to 40 years of age.
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Institute on Religious Life, P.O. Box 7500, Libertyville, IL 60048-7500
Tel: (847) 573-8975 - Fax: (847) 573-8960 |
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