It is from our consecration to Jesus Christ that we look
for the meaning and fruitfulness of our lives. (Const. 2.1)
Despite such a great variety of gifts, all those called by God to the practice of the evangelical counsels and who, faithfully responding to the call, undertake to observe the same, bind themselves to the Lord in a special way, following Christ, who chaste and poor (cf. Matt. 8:20; Luke 9:58) redeemed and sanctified men through obedience even to the death of the Cross (cf. Phil. 2:8).
Driven by love with which the Holy Spirit floods their hearts (cf. Rom. 5:5) they live more and more for Christ and for His body which is the Church (cf. Col. 1:24). The more fervently, then, they are joined to Christ by this total life-long gift of themselves, the richer the life of the Church becomes and the more lively and successful its apostolate.
~ Perfectae Caritatis, Second Vatican Council
Driven by love with which the Holy Spirit floods their hearts (cf. Rom. 5:5) they live more and more for Christ and for His body which is the Church (cf. Col. 1:24). The more fervently, then, they are joined to Christ by this total life-long gift of themselves, the richer the life of the Church becomes and the more lively and successful its apostolate.
~ Perfectae Caritatis, Second Vatican Council
Our Constitutions also share that: "The source of our religious life is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen live the Gospel life in community in consecrated chastity in a celibate life for the sake of God’s Kingdom, in Poverty and obedience according to the example of St. Francis."
Profession of Vows
I, Sister M. N., vow to God the Almighty, through the intercession of Blessed Mary
ever Virgin and Mother of God,
Our Holy Father St. Francis and all the angels and saints, before you, Sister M. N.,
as the representative of our community,
To live for the duration of my life (for .... years) in consecrated chastity in a celibate life for
the sake of the Kingdom of God,
In Poverty and in obedience
according to The Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters
of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis
and the Constitutions of our Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen.
To accomplish this, may God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit,
and the Holy Gospel help me.
Amen.
ever Virgin and Mother of God,
Our Holy Father St. Francis and all the angels and saints, before you, Sister M. N.,
as the representative of our community,
To live for the duration of my life (for .... years) in consecrated chastity in a celibate life for
the sake of the Kingdom of God,
In Poverty and in obedience
according to The Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters
of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis
and the Constitutions of our Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen.
To accomplish this, may God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit,
and the Holy Gospel help me.
Amen.