Posts Tagged ‘Vows’

Pope tells nuns: Be mothers not spinsters

Friday, May 10th, 2013

Pope Francis has told leaders of women’s religious orders that their vocation — to be spiritual “mothers not spinsters” — can be fulfilled only in harmony with the faith and teachings of the Church. “Your vocation is a fundamental charism for the Church’s journey and it isn’t possible that a consecrated woman or man might Read more

Seminarian makes his vows

Friday, May 6th, 2011

There may have been a royal wedding at Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29 which captured the world’s media attention but for those at Marist Seminary, Auckland there was only one celebration on their minds. On Saturday April 30 at St Annes Manurewa, seminarian Petero Chanel Aparama Matairatu SM made his perpetual profession in the Read more