Interested in joining us?
Are you feeling called to a deeper spiritual life?
Do you want to serve others while growing in a community that values faith, compassion, and the teachings of Christ?
Our Secular Servite community invites you to explore a vocation that integrates your daily life with the spirit of the Servite Order.
​As a Secular Servite, you share in the mission of the Servite Order while living in the secular world. Our charism is rooted in compassion, community, and the example of our patron saints, including Our Sorrowful Mother Mary, Saint Alexis & Saint Juliana. Through prayer, service, and personal growth, Secular Servites seek to serve God and their neighbor while embodying the values of community, compassion, and service.
​Our formation process is designed to nurture your spiritual life, deepen your understanding of the Servite charism, and prepare you to make your promise as a Secular Servite.
Formation
In their continuing formation, the Secular Servants of Mary will seek through study to deepen their knowledge of the official documents of the Church and the Order.
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Servants of Mary are aware that bringing their vocation to full maturity demands personal commitment and the effective use of their gifts and talents in relationship to God and all humanity.
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While the Virgin Mary shared on earth the life that is common to all, full of family worries and work, she was always in intimate union with her Son, sharing in the Saviour's work in a most singular way. She is therefore the model for every Secular Servant of Mary.
Admission
Those may be admitted into the Servite Secular Order who manifest a sincere desire to share the ideals of the Order of Servants of Mary, undertaking to live and express in their own family and social context the human and evangelical values of the Christian life, honoring and imitating the Blessed Virgin in a particular manner, according to the spirit of the Order.
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Following admission, in order to determine the authenticity of the candidate's vocation, the candidate, through study and practice of the Rule, begins an experience of life in the Secular Fraternity.
Novitiate
During the Novitiate, the candidate, under the guidance of the person responsible for formation and the assistant, undertakes:
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- to gradually discover and assimilate the specific vocation of the lay-person in the Church and the characteristics proper to the Servite Secular Fraternity;
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- to study the Rule and Statutes proper to the Secular Order of the Servants of Mary;
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- to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the doctrine on the Virgin Mary in the Mystery of Christ and the Church;
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- to understand the essential elements of the history and spirituality of the Servite Order.
The Promise
The Promise is the act by which the candidate renews the consecration made at baptism, undertaking to live it according to the spirituality of the Servite Order, in solidarity with all the communities of the Servite family and in accordance with the Rule and Statutes of the Servite Secular Order.
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By the Promise, the candidate is enrolled perpetually into the Secular Order of the Servants of Mary, and shares in the life of the whole Servite family.
