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Our mission is to bring the gospel to life by our own witness and by supporting the spiritual development of individuals and communities. We promote freedom and growth in church and society through education and by any other works which meet the needs of our times.

A child from Holy Family School in Bois Marchand, Mauritius

IBVM directions: We are an active community of Roman Catholic women spreading the Gospel as "contemplatives in action".

Lorraine Crawford, IBVM, works with a student learning English at Mary Ward Center

What We Do: Alert to the needs of our time and with Mary Ward's breadth of vision, we serve in a wide variety of ministries. Around the world you will find us serving in schools, social service centers, shelters for the abused and homeless, retreat and spiritual life centers, rural and urban parishes, as development workers, as prison chaplains, as home visitors, as spiritual caregivers for persons with HIV/AIDS, in advocacy and lobbying at the local/national levels and the United Nations, and wherever contemporary needs arise.

Nuestra labor: Nuestra misión consiste en alertar de las necesidades de nuestro tiempo. Inspiradas por la mentalidad abierta de Mary Ward, estamos al servicio de una gran variedad de ministerios. Podrás encontrarnos en todo el mundo trabajando en colegios, centros sociales, hogares de acogida para las víctimas de malos tratos y albergues para los sin techo. Centros de retiro y vida espiritual, parroquias rurales y urbanas; como cooperantes, capellanes de prisiones, guías espirituales para seropositivos y enfermos de sida; realizando visitas a domicilio, promoviendo campañas de apoyo y ejerciendo presión tanto a escala local como nacional, así como en las Naciones Unidas, y allí dondequiera que apremien las necesidades contemporáneas. Read more...

Mary Ward Spirituality: We have as our inspiration and inheritance the vision of Mary Ward. At the heart of our spirituality is relationship with Jesus. Like Jesus we desire to be in tune with God through prayer and reflection on daily experience.

Espiritualidad de Mary Ward: Mary Ward, de cuyo pensamiento somos herederas, es nuestra fuente de inspiración. Toda nuestra espiritualidad gira en torno a nuestra relación con Jesús. Como ya hiciera el Hijo, deseamos estar en armonía con Dios a través de la oración y de la reflexión diarias.