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Silence
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Convinced of a need for quiet to
foster and maintain the spirit of recollection so
essential to prayer, the Sisters endeavor to observe
silence at various times and in certain places.
During Ordinary Silence (all day Monday – Saturday,
except during lunch, and ending at the evening meal)
we refrain from a recreational attitude, speaking
only when our work, charity or other circumstances
require it. Sacred Silence begins at
9 pm
and ends after Morning Prayer the next day. We also
observe Sacred Silence all during the Easter Triduum
and on retreat days. |
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Prayer
Prayer is our life; the irreplaceable means by which
we come to a better understanding of our dignity as
daughters of the Church and spouses of Jesus
Christ. Through the daily Eucharistic Sacrifice we
renew our covenant with the Lord; it is the fount
from which our service flows and the chalice to
which it returns.
As a
community, we raise our hearts to the Father in the
Liturgy of the Hours. To honor Mary, our Queen and
Mother, we daily recite in common five decades of
the rosary. Privately, each Sister daily devotes at
least one-half hour to mental prayer, one-half hour
to adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, and in
the spirit of continual conversion some time in
examination of conscience. To increase and enrich
our life of prayer and recollection we spend a
minimum of two hours weekly in spiritual reading of
Holy Scripture, spiritual classics, and lives of the
Saints. During the school year, the Sisters observe
a monthly retreat day. The Sisters also make an
annual six-day silent retreat. |
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