Consecrated men and women are also called to true synergy with all other vocations in the Church, beginning with priests and the lay faithful, in order to spread the spirituality of communion, first of all in their internal life and then in the ecclesial community, and even beyond its boundaries”. (Evangelii Gaudium 87)

How to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life in the Region/in our communities? We discussed a lot and put concrete steps to respond to the calls that God is making us today, in two months time the year of Consecrated life will finish how do we feel? We had the occasion to write our experiences of Consecration in the last Regional Meeting, now we share with each other in order to thank the Lord for the gift of our vocation as Handmaids and to love and accept each other so as to work together as one Body in and for the Mission. As we look to the past with gratitude, should help us to live the present with Passion and a future with hope.
Going through the experiences one notice that what makes us happy and joyful is the simplicity of life, closeness to the poor & special children, Eucharistic Adoration. We all are grateful to the Lord for our vocation, grateful to the congregation who has been an instrument in moulding us the persons that we are; called by the same Lord for the same Mission. We have another Year of Mercy at our door to experience the Merciful Love of the Father and to be merciful to others.
As we share our experience of consecrated life, let us deepen our love for each other, let us open our doors for the new forms of consecrated life, may be living with all who are seekers of God as some of our Jesuits friends thinks and proposes.
“Consecrated life is a gift to the church, it is born of the church, it gown in the church, and it is entirely directed to the church.”
We received our vocation of Handmaids of the Sacred Hear of Jesus in the Church… We are the Church. We think with the church; we follow her teaching and guidance….” (Const. 11)
With Gratitude and Love. Margaret Durom aci