Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
Contact
Vocation Director
7001 Forest Hill Drive
University Park, MD 20782
vocation@sisterfaustina.org
www.sisterfaustina.org
Dioceses
Boston, MA Washington, DC
Mission
The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy is an active/contemplative congregation founded to participate directly in the mission of God’s mercy. St. Faustina Kowalska, a perpetually professed member of our order, records in her “Diary” Jesus’ plea, not only to her, but also to each sister: “I thirst. I thirst for the salvation of souls. Help me, My daughter, to save souls.” (Diary 1032)
Each sister makes Jesus’ desire for the salvation of souls her own. St. John Paul II captured our apostolic mission in his address to us at our Shrine of Divine Mercy in Cracow, Poland: “Christ… has called you to a particular apostolate, that of His Mercy…The people of today need your proclamation of mercy: they need your works of mercy and they need your prayer to obtain mercy.”
And so, we are sent out to the men and women of our times to confidently proclaim the message of Divine Mercy, to implore His mercy for the world by prayer and sacrifice and to make God’s unconditional love present and visible in the Church and in the world.
In a word, we strive to bring parched and weary souls to the fountain of Divine Mercy.
Qualifications
High-school diploma as well as some college and/or professional training. Good physical and mental health; adequate emotional balance and maturity.
Formation
Postulancy: one year; novitiate: two years; temporary vows: five years. Permanent formation continues after perpetual vows.
International
Located in 10 countries around the world.
