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In
the early 1600’s, Mary Ward envisioned
a religious community of women who were not cloistered,
had no specific religious dress, and were free
to bring God’s love wherever there was need.
She firmly believed that “women in time to
come would do much” for the Church and
the world. Today this idea is not so novel,
but in 1609, it was truly...
A STEP OUT OF THE ORDINARY
 Our
life is built on faith in Jesus. It is based on
loving relationships with God and God’s
people in a delicate balance of prayer, community,
and ministry.
It is supported and strengthened by our vows
of poverty (interdependence), chastity (community
as primary relationship), and obedience (full
participation and accountability in the life of
the Institute).
We are contemplatives-in-action living in the
spirit of St. Ignatius, ready to discern and
respond to the needs of the time.
 We respond to God who calls each of us uniquely.
We look to Mary Ward’s vision of faith to
inspire us and to enable us to understand our common
vocation in her Institute.
We are inspired by the qualities Mary Ward deemed
necessary for those “called to a vocation
of love.”
Freedom— to refer all to
God
Justice — to live in truth, harmony, equality
with all
Integrity— to be as we
appear and appear as we are
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