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Living Our Spiritual Heritage

Formed by the Gospel and missioned by the Church, we give ever new expression to the founding vision and charism of Blessed Mary Angela. (Felician Formation Vision Statement)

We aspire to live our spiritual heritage by embracing the charism of Blessed Mary Angela and to walk in the Franciscan tradition so loved by her: to live the Gospel in justice and in truth, to radiate joy as we live in poverty and simplicity, to become transformed into Christ through contemplation and personal conversion, to persevere in penance as we journey in faith and to share our diverse gifts with each other in community and with our sisters and brothers.

Mary, Mother and Lady

Bound with our love of Christ is a genuine devotion to his Mother. As daughters of Mary united to Jesus through the grace of the Holy Spirit, we honor her by our personal and communal devotion. We strive to acquire Mary’s spirit and reflect the virtues of her Immaculate Heart(Response to Love, Constitutions of the Felician Sisters)

Blessed Mary Angela, our Foundress, in her proclamation of Mary as Mother and Lady of our Congregation, offered to us this heroic woman of faith as a model and mother. Mary’s faith journey and her role as the first among the faithful challenge us to a radical following of Jesus as women consecrated through our profession of the evangelical counsels

Saint Felix of Cantalice

We imitate the joy, simplicity, and “Deo Gratias” of Saint Felix of Cantalice whose name Divine Providence has chosen for our Congregation. His life exemplifies for us the gift of integrating the spirit of contemplation with our apostolic involvement. (Response to Love, Constitutions of the Felician Sisters)

The Saint whose name the Felician Sisters adopted was born in 1513 in Cantalice, a little village not far from Rome.

With his joyful countenance and thankful “Deo Gratias” to everyone he met, Felix the Questor became a familiar figure in Rome where he spent forty years carrying his sack to receive donations for the order.

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Centered in the Eucharist

The Eucharist is the heart of our consecrated life and the focal point of our spiritual heritage. Our life in Christ grows and is enriched through the sacred liturgy. (Response to Love, Constitutions of the Felician Sisters).

The Eucharist is central to our faith. Like Blessed Mary Angela we believe it is the heart of our consecrated life as Felician Sisters. As a community we participate in the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice daily according to the concrete circumstances in which we live and work. In love and thanksgiving we adore Christ in his sacramental presence and cherish daily exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as an extension of the Eucharistic Liturgy.

In each of our provincial house chapels, we are privileged to have daily exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, which gives tangible expression to the centrality of the Eucharist in our lives and underscores our vision as an apostolic congregation seeking to fulfill our mission in the Church through contemplation and action.

Spirit of Saint Francis

As Felician Sisters, we are members of the Franciscan Family that has more than 116,000 members in over four hundred congregations and institutes observing the Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.

From the beginning of Our Congregation, the ideals of Saint Francis were an inspirational force in the life of Mother Angela as the Congregation ’s Memoirs recounts, the sisters may take great delight in considering themselves true daughters of St. Francis, for the first foundation of their Congregation was indeed a very small portion – a real Portiuncula. Their beginnings were extremely poor. They lived in an attic without any means of livelihood.

 

 

 

 
 

Żyjąc naszym duchowym dziedzictwem

Ukształtowane przez Ewangelię i posłane przez Kościół dajemy ciągle nowy wyraz założycielskiej wizji i charyzmatowi błogosławionej Marii Angeli. (Felicjańskie Formacyjne Określenie Wizji.)

Pragniemy żyć naszym duchowym dziedzictwem obejmując charyzmat błogosławionej Marii Angeli i krocząc śladami umiłowanej przez nią tradycji franciszkańskiej: żyć Ewangelią w sprawiedliwości i prawdzie, promieniować radością żyjąc w ubóstwie i prostocie, przemieniając się w Chrystusa przez kontemplację i osobiste nawrócenie, trwać w pokucie pielgrzymując w wierze i dzielić się wzajemnie naszymi różnorodnymi darami we wspólnocie oraz z naszymi braćmi i siostrami.


Skoncentrowane na Eucharystii
 
Eucharystia jest sercem naszego konsekrowanego życia i najcenniejszym skarbem duchowego dziedzictwa.  Nasze życie w Chrystusie wzrasta i ubogaca się w świętej Liturgii. (Odpowiedź na Miłość, Konstytucje Sióstr Felicjanek)
 

Eucharystia jest centralnym elementem naszej wiary.  Jak błogosławiona Maria Angela uznajemy, że jest ona sercem naszego konsekrowanego życia.  Jako wspólnota, codziennie uczestniczymy w Ofierze Eucharystycznej.  W miłości i dziękczynieniu adorujemy Chrystusa w Jego sakramentalnej Obecności.  Bardzo cenimy codzienne wystawienie Najświętszego Sakramentu.  O ten przywilej niestrudzenie starała się, już po odstąpieniu od czynnego zarządu Zgromadzeniem, Maria Angela.  I tak, od roku 1881, dzienne wystawienie i adoracja Najświętszego Sakramentu stały się rzeczywistością wszystkich felicjańskich domów prowincjalnych.  Tradycja ta ma swą nieprzerwaną kontynuację do dnia dzisiejszego, z wyjątkiem krótkich okresów w prowincjach europejskich, spowodowanych wojną.  Nasze nabożeństwo do Najświętszego Sakramentu znajduje swój wyraz w różnych formach pobożności Eucharystycznej.

W sakramentalnym spotkaniu z Chrystusem doświadczamy Jego miłości. W odpowiedzi na nią, staramy się kochać.   Nasza miłość do Boga i drugiego człowieka znajduje swoje źródło w Eucharystii.  Stajemy się Eucharystią; stajemy się Jezusem dla innych.  Oddajemy im należny szacunek ze względu na ich osobistą godność, akceptujemy ich, troszczymy się o ich dobro i służymy im z bezinteresownym poświęceniem.

 
 

 

 


Vivendo Nossa Herança Espiritual

Formadas pelo Evangelho e enviadas pela Igreja, damos sempre nova expressão à visão e ao carisma da Bem-aventurada Maria Ângela. (Declaração de Visão da Formação Feliciana)

Nós ardentemente desejamos viver nossa herança espiritual abraçando o carisma da Bem-aventurada Maria Ângela e caminhando na tradição franciscana tão amada por ela: de vivermos o Evangelho na justiça e na verdade; de irradiar alegria pela nossa vida de pobreza e simplicidade; de sermos transformadas em Cristo através da contemplação e conversão pessoal; de perseverarmos na penitência em nossa caminhada de fé e de partilharmos nossos diversos dons uma com a outra na comunidade e com nossos irmãos e nossas irmãs.

Centradas na Eucaristia
 
A Eucaristia é o coração de nossa consagração feliciana. Como cristãs batizadas e confirmadas, participamos da Eucaristia e partilhamos do Mistério Pascal de Cristo. (Resposta ao Amor, Constituições das Irmãs Felicianas)
     

A Eucaristia é o centro da nossa fé. Assim, como a Bem-aventurada Maria Ângela, acreditamos que ela é o coração da vida consagrada das Irmãs Felicianas. Em comunidade participamos diariamente do Sacrifício Eucarístico, dependendo das circunstâncias em que vivemos e trabalhamos. Com amor e gratidão adoramos Cristo em sua presença sacramental e valorizamos a exposição do Santíssimo como a extensão da Liturgia Eucarística.

Nas capelas das casas provinciais, somos privilegiadas em ter a exposição diária do Santíssimo Sacramento confirmando a centralidade da Eucaristia em nossas vidas. Isto nos distingue como uma congregação apostólica que se empenhar em cumprir a sua missão na Igreja através da contemplação e da ação.

Quando chegou a hora da Madre Maria Ângela deixar de participar ativamente na administração da Congregação, ela se empenhou incansavelmente para obter o privilégio da exposição diária do Santíssimo Sacramento. A permissão nos foi dada no ano de 1881. Subseqüentemente, todas as casas provinciais receberam o mesmo privilégio através dos anos e prevalecendo até hoje. Houve uma pequena interupção nas províncias da Europa durante o período da guerra. Nossa adoração ao Santíssimo Sacramento se expressa através de várias formas de reverência à Eucaristia.

     
Nós, adoradoras da Eucaristia, experienciamos a intimidade com Cristo nos momentos que passamos diante dele e, sentindo-nos amadas por ele, partilhamos este mesmo amor com nossos irmâos. Contudo, a fonte do nosso amor para com Deus e os outros é a Eucaristia. Tornamo-nos Eucaristia; tornamo-nos Jesus para os outros. Tendo respeito para com a dignidade dos outros, nós os aceitamos; somos solícitas para com eles; e nós os servimos com desinteressada dedicação.