
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