How to become a Sister of Mary: Come, serve the Lord with joy with us!
About the Sisters of Mary
We started as a small group of faithful Christian women formed into a religious congregation at the Feast of the Assumption in 1964 by Venerable Aloysius Schwartz in Busan, Korea. Through the invitation of ecclesiastical and government authorities, we have expanded to the Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Honduras, and Tanzania. We are “contemplatives in action”. That is, we strive to unite the vocations of Martha and Mary. Our active life is balanced by three hours of daily prayer and contemplation.
The Most Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, was granted through the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the decree that we are a Religious Institute of Pontifical Right on March 2, 2000.
Sisters Stories
Venerable Aloysius Schwartz has great devotion to Mother Mary, through the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Mother Mary.
In one of his homilies during the mass for the Korean children/students, he told them that the Rosary is the prayer of the Boystown/Girlstown children. He added, “Just as the Korean citizens pay taxes to the country, you my children, the rosary will be your spiritual tax for heaven – a spiritual tax in thanksgiving for the gift of your life, for all the blessings you receive each day.”
He also says, “The rosary is very important to your spiritual life and to your advancement in perfection.”
Teachings
“You must make a “spiritual coup d’tat” in the heart of every citizen. You must cast out not the president or government officials but the spirit of greed, the devil of “getting, getting, getting,” “give me, give me”, “me first” from your heart, from every citizen…
This is the nature of greed. It wants and wants more and more. It is like a fire that has not been extinguished. We must put out this fire and cast out the spirit of greed, and the way is
PRAYER and PENANCE.
– Venerable Aloysius Schwartz
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How the Sisters of Mary change lives
The Sisters welcome any child in poverty regardless of religion, gender or race.
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