Young girls,
You too are welcome to form part of this group of
consecrated women belonging to the Congregation of
Sisters Adorers.
You too, like us, are welcome to adore the
Eucharistic Lord every day in spirit and in truth.
You too, like us, are welcome to collaborate in
the Liberating project initiated by Jesus and
embodied, in a particular manner, by Maria Micaela
in her time, and continued to this day by the
Congregation she founded.
You too are welcome to become part of this
project, that wants and commits itself to help the
downtrodden, especially women who are victims of
prostitution or other enslaving situations, so
that they “who are the least in society but first
in the Kingdom” can experience human warmth,
solidarity, love and liberation.
You too, like St Maria Micaela, are welcome to
respond to God’s call and become consecrated women
at the service of exploited women/girls and like
the Sisters Adorers choose to live “only for God
and these girls “.
Since 158 years, we – Sisters Adorers – live this
challenging mission.
Would you like to join us to continue opening
paths of liberation in our world?
Vocation – Formation:
Vocation is an invitation from the Lord. It
enables the enthusiastic youth to come forward,
leaving behind one’s home and family environment,
land and language, culture and customs to respond
to the divine invitation. It is a process of,
‘transformation’ growing into the likeness of
Jesus and an on-going dynamic process.
Adorer’s Formation: Preparation of the
young members:
Formation in the Congregation of Sisters Adorers
is carried out in three Stages: Pre-novitiate,
Novitiate and Juniorate, preceded by a stage of
Mutual Knowledge/Come and See.
Come and See
Once a young girl shows a genuine interest in our
way of life, she is invited to stay with us for a
period of one year or more, to facilitate a better
discernment in her vocational option to the
Congregation of Sisters Adorers. This period also
enables her to acquire human and Christian
formation, with opportunities for greater
familiarity with the Charism of the Congregation.
This period of time is referred as the stage of
“Mutual Knowledge/Come and See”.
Pre-novitiate
The purpose of this preliminary stage is that the
young girl may deepen in the authenticity of God’s
call to this Congregation and clarify her
motivations. The Congregation accompanies her in
this path so that she can accomplish in a gradual
but decisive manner the option to follow Christ as
a Sister Adorer, verifying whether she posses the
aptitudes for religious life and her vocation to
the Congregation of Sisters Adorers. This period
of time is referred to as “Pre-Novitiate”.
Novitiate
The novitiate is the fundamental stage of
formation in which the novice goes through a
process of greater discernment in her vocational
option. She continues to discover the demands of
following Jesus Christ; acquires an initiation
into understanding and experiential knowledge of
the Vows; and assimilates progressively the
richness contained in the identity of an Adorer.
This stage of formation is carried out preferably
in inter-provincial novitiates so that the novices
experience the unity of the Charism in diversity
and strengthen their sense of belonging to the
whole Congregation. In the second year, the
Novices are sent for a first-hand apostolic
experience in our communities, in order to have an
encounter with the realities and struggles of the
poor, exploited and marginalized. The duration of
the Novitiate is two years.
Juniorate
The period of Juniorate begins as the novice makes
her first religious profession and ends with the
perpetual profession. This stage is a time for
strengthening and deepening her vocational option.
The junior sister is incorporated to an apostolic
community in which gradually she is to assume new
commitments and responsibilities. She carries out
theological and professional studies that will
prepare her for the mission.
On-Going Formation
Formation is ongoing by nature. The aim of this
stage is to enable all the sisters at the
different stages of life to participate in a
constant up-dating and deepening in the richness
and values of consecrated life. Each Adorer is
responsible and we are craftswomen of our own
process of growth and openness to the Plan of God.
In our personal and community projects we indicate
options, contents, time and concrete forms of
carrying them out.
The governments at different levels, as agents of
the formative process, encourage and dynamise the
General Plan of Formation in the Congregation.
They promote studies on St Maria Micaela and the
History of the Congregation and encourage updating
in our specific spirituality and mission. They
also foster the cultural, professional and
technical formation of the sisters, according to
the requirements of the mission and the Province.