(for PDF version of the Purpose, History and Ministry
of the Sisters, please click)
We are uniquely blessed with a founding event – the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at La Salette on September 19, 1946.
Mary's compassionate presence at La Salette; her tears, words, gestures, symbols, and the social context serve as a striking illustration and an urgent reminder of God's merciful love and compassion for his people and creation. She affirms that God is intimately present at the heart of our lives ... in conversation with us. She weeps because “her people” has so much need for conversion and she remains hopeful that they will return to the Source of Life, the God of infinite tenderness.
Our Vision:
We, the Sisters of Our Lady of La Salette in the Philippines are women disciples of Christ, called to live and witness in word, deed and ritual in a creative and participatory way, to the realization of ecclesiastical communion, interfaith solidarity among peoples and deep ecological integrity as designed by Mary in Her Apparition at La Salette, who invites us to transcendence and the restoration of the dignity of persons and creation in a process of conversion from a life restrained by personal weakness and social injustice to the fullness of Life in Christ.
Our Mission:
Attentive to the promptings of the Spirit, we have chosen to live as a faith community bonded by a Saletine missional charism and an institutional mode of life in the rhythm of the ministry of Reconciliation. We commit ourselves to be steeped in prayer, imbued with the spirit of sacrifice, filled with zeal and affirm life as a joyful celebration.
Our common identity commissions us:
- to participate in the collective endeavor of the faithful to build a Church of Communion and Solidarity with a special care for the poor and a regard for community resurgence;
- to enable people, through the special light and guidance of the La Salette event, to have access to knowledge and wisdom as well as the holding power and inspiring symbols of the Gospel;
- to accompany people to care and serve one another in their historical struggle for justice, peace and fullness of creation.
Our Ministries include:
Socio-Pastoral and Education Ministries:
- Shrine Services
- Facilitating Retreats
- Welcoming Pilgrims
- Accompanying women/girls in crisis (La Salette Women's Foundation)
- Journeying with Peasants and Communities (Ugnay-Buhay Foundation, BCC-CO, RMP, Parishes)
- School Administration
(for more information on the history and ministry of the Sisters of Our Lady of La Salette, please see: "La Salette Sisters: Purpose, History, and Ministry" (PDF file, 824KB)
Also see the Sisters of Our Lady of La Salette on the internet:
- Philippines website: http://www.geocities.com/lasalettesisters.htm
- Article from Diocese of Arlington, VA, U.S.A.: http://www.catholicherald.com/articles/01articles/lasalette.htm
