About us
Who we are
We are a team of change-makers
who believe that every helping hand can create a better future.
The vocation of religious life is perhaps the most radical calling in the Church. Like Abraham, a religious is called to leave his father and mothers, brothers and sisters, his or her homeland, to detach himself or herself from all that he or she has been familiar with. And like the disciples, abandon even his old way of life, his or her fishing boat and net and follow Jesus. Jesus expressed great esteem for those “who have renounced marriage for the kingdom of heaven,” and the Church offers religious life to women and men who want to live for God alone. Not all are called to this adventure, but “whoever can accept this ought to accept it” (Mt 19:12). The Divine Mercy Missionary Family (DMMF) is a dynamic, Spirit-led religious community of men and women devoted to living and proclaiming the gospel of Christ’s abundant life and transforming mercy.
To Live for God Alone
This radical calling involves professing the three evangelical counsels, the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. By chastity, a religious sister or brother vows herself or himself to lifelong celibacy so that God can be her or his first and only love. By poverty, a sister or brother gives up all personal possessions: everything she or he has is owned in common with the community. By obedience, a sister or brother submits to her or his community’s rule of life and takes on whatever mission her or his superior directs. The Church has long understood the sacrifice of the evangelical counsels to be an extraordinary means of spiritual growth, because it freely adheres to the way of life Jesus himself adopted.
As Sisters and Brothers:
We live a common life, that means, we pray together, eat together, we owe all things in common, and we labor for the common good. A religious sister or brother begins and ends her or his day in prayer with the other members of her or his community. Community life is the constitutive element of religious life: sisters and brothers are a means to one another’s holiness. We are one family called to together to advance God’s kingdom, not as isolated missionaries but as one spiritual family. As religious sisters and brothers, we live together, work together, and die together.
Our approach
Our Mission
The greatest among you will be your servant. (Matthew 23:11) Our Mission: Moved by the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ and His desire that all may have life to the fullest (Jn.10:10), our mission is to bring souls to the heart of Christ through evangelization, formation, healing, and acts of mercy, so that every person may encounter His love, receive His grace, and walk in the fullness of life He freely gives. Our Charism: Our charism is to be living witnesses of Divine Mercy and the gospel of abundant life offered by Jesus to every soul. We are called to bring His mercy to the wounded, and His hope to the lost. We are called to offer His Mercy in compassionate care especially to the wounded and forgotten. . We are called to offer His Mercy in compassionate care especially to the wounded and forgotten. Our brothers and sisters work in prisons, halfway homes, and centers for displaced people, foster children, orphanages, soup kitchen, To offer His abundant life by restoring dignity, joy, and purpose in every soul we encounter. We serve the elderly in their homes, in assisted living and homes for the elderly, offering them opportunity to live and die in dignity. We serve the vulnerable youths and women by teaching them tread in our youth and women centers. We carry on His ministry of Healing by serving as youth counselors, school nurses and counsellors, doctors and other medical personnels, in all, bringing emotional, spiritual, and physical healing to God’s people.
Whether it is a reassuring conversation, financial help, education, professional training, or simply the assurance that they are not alone, we will make sure that everyone gets support that meets them where they’re at as quickly as possible.
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” (Mark 16:15) Often times when we hear or talk about vocation to the religious life, we think about sisters and religious priests. Many people in the church do not know about the vocation of the religious brother. Let us take a moment to talk about religious brothers. Do you know the cool thing about being a Religious Brother? You can serve God in any human capacity and profession based on your ability. Brothers enter the world to directly advance the kingdom of God. Priests often serve in sacramental roles, while religious brothers take on many apostolates outside of parish life: chaplains, teachers, counselors, evangelists, and minsters of the poor.
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