Ministry

For Marie Madeleine being a faithful companion of Jesus was all about commitment:

To being with Jesus on his mission

To spreading God's love, especially through:

Education
Spiritual Accompaniment
Missionary Endeavours.

Society has obviously changed dramatically since her time, therefore our interpretation of mission has also evolved. Today we are involved in many new forms of education around the world.

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The sisters in the Irish province work alongside
many lay colleagues, men and women who share our vision
and we are involved in a variety of work as our way of
living out our commitment today to being a

Mainstream Education in schools – Trusteeship, Management, Teaching, Chaplaincy, Learning Support, Career Guidance
University Chaplaincy
Spiritual Accompaniment and Retreats
Counselling and Family Therapy
Hospital Chaplaincy
Parish Ministry / Adult Catechesis
Work with Simon Community
Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Women’s Centre
Young Adult Spirituality
Literacy Programmes
Awareness Raising about unjust structures and institutions
Lobbying national and international powers

Over the years many sisters from Ireland have opted to work in our areas of new mission,

Young and dynamic Irish sisters are still working in these areas and are a source of enrichment and inspiration to us at home when they return to visit family or for a holiday.

Spirituality that does not commit us to justice lacks credibility in our world.

The call to Justice is a radical one demanding courage and freedom as we move away from the influences of consumerism and commercialism.

Rather we are invited to:

(Maria Harris inspired by Walter Brueggemann)

And so we try to live this Spirituality by:

Celebrating the richness of other cultures and faiths while addressing our own racism and prejudice
Being companions to those most in need
Seeking to influence the influential
Bridging cultural divides.

Our work for justice recognises our heritage as women. This demands that we:

Believe in the dignity of women
Are active in promoting this dignity in Church and in society
Exert our influence to challenge unjust attitudes and behaviour towards women
Consciously and courageously work for justice among all people

Our work for justice impels us to develop the Biblical imperative of justice as right relationship. This demands that we:

Respond to the urgent cry to live in reverent, responsible relationship with all of creation.

Today each sister engages in whatever work is life giving for God's people according to her personal gifts and the needs of different times and places. To ensure that our work is relevant to the needs of our time, we have an inbuilt structure in our Society (Congregation) that invites ongoing personal and communal reflection. This happens at regular planned times at Local Community, Provincial and International level.

Perhaps now as never before we, who call ourselves Faithful Companions of Jesus, are asked to live cultural diversity as an enrichment of our companionship, based on gospel values.

We are faced daily with vast movements of people migrating across the globe, many seeking economic opportunities, others fleeing from war and oppression.

As a result Irish people whose past history is one of emigration, are now invited to welcome the stranger both in our own communities and in our ministries as we work with people whose culture, race and faith are different from ours.

In a world that is thirsting for meaning and that is hungering for justice the Faithful Companions of Jesus want to companion with God's people, especially those who are deprived and marginalized.

Identifying with others

Walking with them

Identifying with others

Listening to them

Collaborating with them