Loyal recognition and safekeeping should be accorded to the spirit of the founders as also to all the particular goals and wholesome traditions which constitute the heritage of each community. It serves the best interest of the Church for communities to have their own special character and purpose. (Perfectae Caritatis, #2)
The special and most outstanding spirit of our Community is the loving simplicity which our Holy Father Saint Francis practiced to a very high degree. We express Franciscan simplicity in true Christlike love and charity and sincere, joyful, and hearty relationships with our Sisters.
(The Spirituality of Our Pioneer Sisters)
Our Spirit
In living the Gospel Life
We search the Sacred Scriptures
In order to joyfully and simply
Follow in the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ.
A spirit of openness
Expressed in poverty,
In metanoia,
Calls for a continual turning away from self
And a turning toward God and neighbor.
Our daily encounter with Christ in prayer
Overflows into true fraternity,
Living out of the Word of God
In peace and in unity
By the acknowledgment of our bond as gifted Sisters
In the family of God.
As servants of God
Obedient servants of the Church
And gentle and loving servants of one another
We are called to identify with the poor in spirit
To live a pure life of chaste service
In imitation of “The Suffering Servant”
Who is Christ Himself.
We will travel this earth as Pilgrims
Walking through life together in the Spirit
Strengthened by the Eucharist
Praising our God in the Liturgy of the Hours,
And allowing Him daily to transform us
By our life of penance.
In emptying ourselves for others
In humble sharing of the gifts
We have received from our Father
We bring the Peace of Christ among men.
June 5, 2008
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