Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará
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Our Third Ordinary General Chapter began on June 29, 2010. A general chapter is convoked ordinarily every six years for thirty days to discuss topics related to the defense of the patrimony of the Institute, to evaluate the fulfillment of past goals and to project the future. Attending the General Chapter will be our founder, Fr. Carlos Buela, members of the General Council, all Provincial Superiors, all Juniorate superiors and delegate sisters elected from each Province... <more> |
 Popular Missions 2010 An integral part of our community's charism is the apostolic tradition of intensive evangelization known as the "Popular Mission." This summer's popular missions were held during June in three IVE parishes: St. Veronica Church, North Philadelphia, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Ss. Peter & Paul Parish, Mankato, MN, Diocese of Winona; and St. Augustine of Canterbury, North York (Toronto), ON, Archdiocese of Toronto... <more> |
 IVE Priestly Ordinations 2010 As this Year for Priests draws to a close, our Religious Family celebrated with great joy the ordination to the priesthood of four deacons and diaconate of one seminarian of the Institute of the Incarnate Word on Friday, June 4. His Excellency Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, presided over the Mass of Ordination at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immmaculate Conception... <more> |
 New Pro-Life Monastery of St. Gianna Beretta Molla Opens in Brazil The Monastery of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla was inaugurated on April 30th in Brazil. Our contemplative sisters there have received the special spiritual mission of praying for life and making reparation for those who threaten life, especially for those who promote abortion. Our contemplative branch has 8 monasteries around the world... <more> |
IVE Youth Festival 2010 The 10th Annual IVE Youth Festival took place at St. Patrick's Retreat Center in East Durham, NY from May 28-30, 2010, hosting over 300 youth, seminarians, religious sisters and priests from parishes in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Chicago, and Toronto, Canada... <more> |
First Communions and Confirmations This year we had the joy of seeing hundreds of children and teenagers receive the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation. Our sisters serve as directors of religious education (DRE's) and teach catechism in eight dioceses in this Province. We carry out this apostolate of teaching the faith both in parishes of the IVE as well as in diocesan parishes where we have been invited... <more> |
Confirmations and the Visit of our Bishop in Guyana On Saturday, May 15, 2010, his Excellency Francis Alleyne, OSB, the bishop of Guyana (the whole country is one diocese) traveled from Georgetown over land and a river open to the sea to St. Francis Xavier Parish in Charity. He began his visit by meeting the 13 candidates for Confirmation, young people from 5 different chapel communities on the Essequibo Coast and the Pomeroon River. He spoke with them about the importance of the sacrament they were about to receive... <more> |
