Challenges and Calls

Those who follow Mary Ward seek an ever-deeper relationship with Jesus in the hope of serving God’s mission. 

At the most recent international General Congregation of the IBVM (Loyola, Spain September 2014) the Sisters were asked: 

• In what ways is God inviting us, within our Institute reality, to live this prophetic discipleship in the 21st century; and 
• What activities, resources, structures will nurture and sustain us?  

From these questions, and in a process of communal discernment, five Calls emerged to underpin the mission and ministries of the IBVM. 

The statement reads: 

As Mary Ward companions moved by the person of Jesus and the needs of our world today we seek to: 

• Reclaim the freshness of the Gospel, allowing Jesus to transform our lives 
• Bring those forced to live in poverty to the centre of our life and ministry 
• Go where the need is greatest 
• Live sustainably, discerning what is enough 
• Create the oneness that moves us across boundaries

Acknowledging vulnerability and fragility we turn to Jesus knowing that
…all we need we will find in Him. 

– Mary Ward

 

Feature Image: Church at Gari-uai, Timor-Leste