Our Mission
“There is but one mission, the mission of Jesus… the Congregation seeks to make present again in concrete specific time and place this liberating mission of Christ, and in particular to show forth by its ministries, by the witness of its members and by the visibility of its corporate existence, the liberating mission of Christ” (Const.2-3).
The Call of Chapter
The Sisters hold a special meeting every six years to review and reflect on the life and mission of the Congregation. This meeting is known as the Congregational Chapter and it sets out our direction for six years. In March/April 2025, the Congregational Chapter set the following focus for 2025 – 2031:
“The spirit of the founders,
Bishop Furlong and Mother Visitation Clancy,
and that of the patron, St. John of God,
was one of discerning responsiveness
to God’s designs,
not as these designs were revealed
in visions or dreams,
but as they were discerned in the reality before them.”
(Constitutions Art 9)
We commit ourselves to where God is calling us at this time:
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to live our religious life to the full responding to the challenges of our evolving congregation, church and world
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to encourage and affirm one another
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to embrace our current reality, the gradual completion of our Congregation
