Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

Vocation

Jesus Christ is at the heart of our lives...

Could he be inviting you to let him be at the heart of your life?

Come! ... Live fully! ... Live daringly!

Be a voice of hope in the 21^st century!

Marie Rivier received the grace of passionate love for Jesus Christ. Her sole desire to belong totally to him inspired this ardent prayer: Jesus, that I may live for you alone and that you alone may be everything for me. For two centuries, Marie Rivier transmitted this totally demanding love to thousands of women who have consecrated themselves entirely to the Lord at Presentation of Mary. One day, they were challenged by the words of Jesus: Come, follow me! It was a call that completely changed their lives.

Could this journey with Jesus be a lifetime adventure for you?

If so, Jesus invites you, "If you wish ... COME!" (MATTHEW 19:21)

Come... proclaim that God is love...

This is the Good News of the Gospel, Good News! But who will believe it if this gratuitous love of the Lord is not visibly lived by Christians? A religious community is a place where one wants to say to all: "Look! Love exists! God Loves You!"

HOW DO I BEGIN THIS ADVENTURE?

WHERE?

Pick up a phone, knock on our door, write a letter, inquire by e-mail, but especially call
1-800-GOD - that is ask the Spirit to guide your footsteps.

House of Blessing


This house of Blessing provides an atmosphere of Christian Living for single women seeking to live their Christian commitment seriously,and provides time to discern their call to married, religious or single life in the Church. Ever wonder how God is calling you to live out your Christian life? Some days does it seem that marriage is for you? Are there days when stirrings of religious life pursues you? Does living a commited single life seem to be where you could best serve God and the Church? Do you wonder how your faith can be a part of your life in whatever Christian vocation you are called to live? We have just the place for you! Our House of Blessing is just for this. Single young women between the ages of 18 and 32 who wonder how God is calling them come to answer that question. Being a part of a faith community supports all who seek God's will. Interested women are invited to make inquiries and find out more about this wonderful opportunity. Women who live at out House of Blessing share community with a group of sisters and other young women with similar goals and faith values. They continue to work or study and receive personal spiritual guidance to help them discover where Jesus invites them to walk. Interested? Contact: Sister Claire Gagnon, pm 10 Quincy Street Methuen, MA 01844 Telephone: 978-682-2502 Email: quincypm@netway.com

INQUIRY STAGE This stage is for gathering information and inculcating in young women with the values of religious life. It is a time for discerning whether God is truly calling a woman to consider possibilities religious life offers. It is a time to visit, to become acquainted and to know more about this vocation in the Church. The Vocation Director keeps in touch with the woman and journeys with her in this time of search and prayer.
	PRE-POSTULANCY When a woman feels an attraction to the spirit lived at Presentation of Mary, she requests to become a pre-postulant. This continues to be a time of discernment and mutual acquaintance. Regular meetings with the director to discuss the work of the community, the woman's desires with regard to religious life and a sense of continuing affinity with the community. The time of Pre-postulancy is from six months to two years with some time spent in a live-in experience at our House of Blessing. Each of these steps of the formation program is flexible and attempts to meet the individual needs of a person. POSTULANCY In the due process of discernment and in dialogue with the pre-postulancy director, the candidate may decide to write her letter requesting admission as a postulant. Usually some of the time of postulancy, which is a flexible time span of six to twenty-four months, is spent at the Novitiate as well and in a local community participating in one of the works of the Congregation.

NOVITIATE One year of this two year span of formation is spent at the Novitiate in study and prayer, exploring vowed life, the spirit of the Congregation and the person's giftedness to respond to God's call in this Congregation. During the second year of Novitiate, the novice will have an apostolic experience in one of our local communities. At the end of this second year, she will return to the novitiate to prepare for profession of first vows.
PROFESSION Professing the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, the young woman publicly declares her commitment to God and the Congregation in which she has pronounced her vows. Annual renewal of vows takes place for five years with the possibility of an extension until nine years. One year of this time of temporary vows is given as a year of renewal before perpetual vows.	PERPETUAL PROFESSION In joy and responding to God's fidelity and love in her life, the temporary professed sister pronounces her vows to God for life and becomes a member of this religious family forever. She gives of herself in love, relying on God's love and desiring to live in response to the charism of Marie Rivier our foundress, whose sole desire was to make Jesus Christ known and loved everywhere.
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