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The Contemplative Sisters Poverty and the life of work |
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Being committed to follow Christ in poverty, chastity and obedience, the sisters strive to live a spirit of evangelical poverty. For this reason the sisters renounce the use of rich goods and costly facilities and they dedicate a part of their day to manual work (such as gardening, maintenance projects) or in earning their life, through the sale of the work of their hands (pottery, bookbinding, wood working, leather products, candles, rosaries, bee-keeping…). They also work to spread the philosophical and theological teachings of the Congregation of the Brothers of St John.
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since their principal role in the Church is that of prayer, they are unable to
dedicate the time necessary to fully meet
their material needs. Therefore they count upon the help of their friends… |
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