The
"final profession" expresses our "commitment for life" our
total gift to God through service to our brothers and sisters.
The
love of God we have experienced, calls for life-long fidelity, renewed continually
in love and rooted in God's own fidelity.
Annemie
(from Germany) is a theologian working in Algeria. Here on the
day of her life- commitment.
The
formula that expreses our commitment as Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of
Africa:
"In
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and to the
greater glory of God, I, sister ., responding freely to his call,
in the presence of my sisters and in your presence, Sister .. , vow
on the Holy Gospels, to follow Christ In obedience, poverty and chastity
Until death, according to the Constitutions Of the Missionary Sisters of Our
Lady of Africa. I commit myself to collaborate totally in God's work,
to proclaim his kingdom in Africa. United to my sisters by the same vocation,
I want to follow this call according to the spirit of the Congregation,
entrusting myself to God's fidelity and the prayer of the Church".
Sr
Gratienne (from Burundi) during the ceremony of her life-commitment in her home
parish in Burundi.
Sr. Juli
Alonso (from Spain) with her parents during the ceremony of her final
vows in front of the baptismal font where she had been baptized.
The
ring received at the final commitment is a sign of the covenant
between God and the sister and of her total dedication to his work
in the MSOLA community.
Annemie
signing her life -commitment
in Germany.
Marie-Alice
(from Switzerland) with her parents, the day of her life- commitment
(final vows).
Sr.
Rita (from Germany) pronouncing her final vows in her community in Malawi.