Contact

Sr. Teresa Marie Monticello
Vocation Director
318 West McQuestion Street
Ghent, MN 56239

507-530-5513
sistersofmarymorningstar@gmail.com
sistersofmarymorningstar.org

2014

Year Founded

25 in U.S., 300 Worldwide

Members

18-35

Age Range

Parma, Italy

Generalate

Dioceses

Austin, TX Madison, WI New Ulm, MN

Mission

They are contemplative Sisters who live in the heart of the world in order to respond to the call of the Holy Spirit for the New Evangelization. As non-cloistered contemplative sisters, they welcome people to their convents and chapels for prayer, lectio divina, or a simple listening ear.

The four main aspects of the charism are prayer, fraternal charity, search for truth, and manual work. Their contemplative vocation calls them to a life of silent prayer centered on the mystery of the Eucharist, living fraternal charity in joy, mutual trust, and the gift of themselves to their sisters.

Faithful to the tradition of the Church, especially the documents of Vatican II, and the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas and of Aristotle, their formation allows them to read the Word of God as a living word and enter more profoundly into theology.

Qualifications

Formation

High school diploma

International

There are currently 300 sisters welcomed into fourteen dioceses, with priories in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.