MC-Contemplatives Foundation Day
Foundation Day for the MC-Contemplatives
Today, as we celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph, we also celebrate the Foundation of the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative. On Monday, March 19, 1979, the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative came into existence in Rome. Let us offer prayers of Thanksgiving for all the MC-Contemplatives.
Novena to St. Joseph - Husband
Feast of St. Joseph - Husband of Mary
The Novena to St. Joseph begins on March 10. Click here for the novena prayers: St. Joseph novena.
MC - Contemplative
The Society known as the Missionaries of Charity-Contemplative is a diocesan religious Institute composed of Brothers and priests, founded by Blessed Teresa of Kolkata with Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala M.C., on 19 March 1979. The members take public vows of Chastity, Poverty, Obedience and whole-hearted free Service to the poorest of the poor lived according to the Institute’s own Constitutions.
The Institute's Constitutions calls for:
One of God’s special gifts to the Contemplative Branch is the Movement of the Lay Missionaries of Charity, which is meant to be at the service of the family, to promote and foster “unity and fidelity in marriage guided by love and peace, as the future of humanity passes by way of the family” (Bl. John Paul II). |