Daughters of The Heart of Mary

[BarbaraTherese]

I thought it worwhile to highlight this religious institute, since it just may be a way for those with age and health impediments to enter religious life. I am going to write to them as soon as I can and will keep this thread updated - although I dont know how long it will be before I write nor how long a reply will take. But I will update this thread whenever I have more information.
Thank you very much obdubhghail for posting the information on these sisters!

Originally Posted by odubhghail forums.catholic-questions.org/images/buttons_cab/viewpost.gif
What about the Daughters of the Heart of Mary? They visited my religion and philosophy classes on a vocation day in May. They were founded in 1790, during the French Revolution. One of their members was guillotined during the French Revolution. They have never worn a habit nor any sort of external sign. They do not use any specifically religious title such as Sister, Dame, or Madame.
*They have the option of living in common or living on their own. Through the vow of obedience, whatever job they hold, whether it is assigned through the community or not, is their ministry. *
They are recognized as a religious institute, rather than a secular institute because that is how they see themselves, and how Rome sees them. Their main focus is living as a community, but one with expanded walls, so to speak. They have a website. It is www.dhmna.org. They were for a long time working behind the iron curtain as religious, and not subject to the same constraints as other communities of women religious.
That seems to me a very flexible form of religious life.

Barbara Therese:
Very interesting religious institute, thank you. I will be writing to them. There online contact form seems not to like (LOL) anyone outside the USA since if one does not have a location in the USA with zip code, the form refuses to onforward. LOL! I will have to write to them snail mail and they do give their address.
What has held me back from a formal application to The Servants of The Sacred Cross has been the mandatory wearing of the religious habit at times. The Daughters of The Heart of Mary (beautiful title!) do not wear a formal religious type of habit but seems to be secular clothing. Formation can be effected while one lives in ones own residence it seems.

Barb