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Membership |
Women |
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Founded |
Founded in Canada, July 2,
1952; approved as a secular institute of pontifical right on March 24,1984. |
Our Charism:
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A
constant availability to the Will of the Father to live the charity of Christ
everywhere through service, with the help of Mary. |
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Our
Mission: |
Like Christ, to manifest the unconditional love of God the Father to
everyone
by revealing the signs of his presence at the heart of daily life.
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Our
Identity: |
WOMEN...
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who remain in their milieu while continuing to
exercise their trade, their profession |
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who are consecrated laypersons, in the service of the mission, here or elsewhere
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of
various cultures.
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Our
Dynamic Spirituality |
OUR SPIRIT
To witness to an essential value, evangelical charity.
Openness to the promptings of the Holy Spirit in the
present moment. A simple and concrete spirituality summarized
in a formula: the
"5 - 5 - 5"
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5 privileged moments of prayer
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5 attitudes of life:
- presence of
God
- abstention from destructive criticism
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abstention from useless complaint
- being of service
- peacemaker
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5 Simple gestures of love daily in order
to develop and maintain the dynamism of love towards our brothers and sisters.
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| Our Bonds of Belonging |
REINFORCED
BY...
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listening, mutual help and support
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regular meetings with a resource team
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an
ongoing formation in action based on one's life experience.
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Our Challenges
in Society: |
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Tell the world that making a
commitment to follow Jesus who is chaste, poor and obedient is a way to freedom.
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Be an
integral part of the mission of the Church.
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Participate in the transformation of society by
being
a responsible presence at the heart of social, political, economic, cultural realities.
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Live in
solidarity with the poor. |
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| Associate
Membership |
The
Institute offers associate membership to men and women, married or single, who
want to deepen their baptismal commitment and share our spiritual ideal.
Associate members commit themselves by a yearly promise to live
and bear witness to the charity of Christ
through our second and third "5"s.
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Contact
Links +
Mail |
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VOCATION COORDINATOR:
OMMI
PO Box 303
Manville, RI 02838
Please click here to view our international
website: www.ommi-is.org
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Are you
working?
Studying?
Are you wondering whether you can
commit your whole life to a vocation while remaining in your milieu?
Contact us! |
