The MARIST SISTERS are part of a world-wide spiritual family in the Church  belonging to a great variety of groups;  four religious Congregations:  Marist Brothers of the Schools; Marist Sisters, Marist Fathers and Brothers, Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary, and many lay groups.                
To be a Marist Sister  is to be called "by a gracious choice" to follow Christ, by living the Gospel as Mary did, in a Congregation which bears Her name.

 Women Like Mary...

enabling the Church to be born or re-born, 

to emerge or re-emerge.

At home with ourselves and with our world,

in touch with life;

Joyful, creative, courageous, hopeful, simple,

grateful, compassionate, tender.

Faith-filled, living a profound relationship with God,

knowing His compassion;

Risking being energised by the fire of the Spirit,

discerning God's action in today's reality.

In communion with each other,

focused on our corporate mission, interdependent;

collaborating with all who seek to transform society.

Optimistic about life, on the lookout for what is coming to birth,

believing in its possibility;

living a time of transition in creative fidelity;

Willing to stay with the struggle, 

to change;

vulnerable, risking failure, beginning again.

Passionately committed to doing Mary's work - anywhere, everywhere,

and with a sense of urgency;

Going beyond differences of religion, nationality, culture,

race, social background;

Mobile, proactive, initiating, enthusiastic,

daring, trusting, discerning.

Journeying with and among people, 

welcoming to all.

Friends of the poor, the overlooked, the powerless,

those on the edges, the confused.

"Instruments of mercy" for the poor church, the hurting church,

the uneducated church.

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