September 12, 2010 10:44 PM
Religious order for Down syndrome girls
Thank you, Amanda!Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb
The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb are a contemplative community that enables girls with Down's syndrome to respond to a religious vocation.
To Offer Oneself to God in witness to the Gospel of Life
Together for a contemplative life
To consecrate one's life to God, offering it for love of the weakest and most deprived of our neighbours, this is our vocation! By accompanying them, we want to enable young, intellectually disabled girls to offer a consecrated life to God and to the Church.
To allow those who have the "last place" in the world, to hold in the Church the exceptional place of spouses of Jesus Christ. To allow those who depend on others for their everyday life to take in charge, in their prayer, the intentions that are entrusted to them. To allow those whose life is held in contempt to the extent of being in danger from a culture of death, to witness by their consecration to the Gospel of Life.
The Institute of the Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb, a contemplative vocation, offer young girls with Downs the possibilty of realising their religious vocation. This realisation is made possible only by the support of sisters without this disability, who have responded to a special call to consecrate themselves to God with their disabled sisters to form one community with them.
Today, more girls with Down's Syndrome are knocking at our door. To respond to their request, our family needs new vocations. Vocations to share a contemplative life with "the smallest in the Kingdom".
Together in work and prayer
Guided by the wisdom of St Benedict, we teach our little disabled sisters the manual labour necessary for their development. We live poverty in putting ourselves at their disposal. With them, we share the work of everyday life.
Read more at Traditional Vocations Blog.
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Comments
What a lovely idea.
Posted by: Happy | September 13, 2010 10:29 AM
