Meet a Missionary -SR. ROSEMARIE JEFFERSON
My name is Sr. Rosemarie Jefferson. I have been called and sent to a wonderful ministry known as Inn Dwelling. I work with a Vincentian Brother, Br. Al, who founded this work in 1981. Since the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (MSBT) were founded by a Vincentian priest, Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge, Br. Al and I share a love for the poor and abandoned and a great desire to encourage the growth of a missionary spirit in the laity.
As a servant in this part of God's vineyard, I have the responsibility of helping families and children to know that God loves them unconditionally and wants them to know the many gifts with which God has favored them. Thus, Br. Al and I and a team of dedicated lay people help families who are homeless to find clean, safe, affordable housing through our transitional housing program. Once placed in a home, the family prepares to own it or a home that is affordable; they accomplish this within a period of three to five years. Br. Al and I also help bright at-risk youth to find hope in the midst of a very devastated and blighted community. We prepare them for competitive high schools; which prepares them for reputable colleges. The ultimate goal, of course, is to put an end to systemic dependency and to allow the many gifts that God gave to these youth emerge so that they can give witness to the unconditional love of God in the world and in their communities.
Cenacle Family
As a MSBT, I am part of a family in the Church, the Missionary Cenacle Family. This is a great grace. Over the years, I have been privileged to work with our Sisters, our priests and brothers, the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity, with members of the Blessed Trinity Missionary Institute, and with members of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate, an organization of committed lay apostles, the part of the family from which my vocation as a MSBT was born.
For the past five years, I have taken our youth to Ft. Mitchell, Alabama. Together with members of the Missionary Cenacle Family, our youth run a Bible Vacation Camp for children poorer than themselves. It has been a rich and dynamic experience for our youth as they learn to become missionaries. It is impressive to see how our youth become fired-up with love and compassion for those children whose lives have been impinged upon by dire poverty, lack of access to an adequate education, lack of adequate housing, and a lack of adequate medical care.
On one of our trips, the Inn Dwelling children discovered that one of the participants had been physically abused by a parent. They called the local priest and asked for a meeting to assure there was a plan in place for this abused child. They learned quickly that being an apostle requires a heart that is attuned to the whole person, and that like Jesus, they were obligated to bind up wounds and to heal the broken-hearted. What a grace to be an apostle!
Community Life
I belong to the Holy Trinity Local Council. There are eight members of this Council. They include: Sr. Pat Kelly, Sr. Anne Boniface, Sr. Marie Bernadette, Sr. John Regina, Sr. Maria Lauren, Sr. Christine Ma, and Sr. Christine Cusati. Together, we reflect on matters pertaining to our religious congregation, support each other in faith, and have fun.
Together we find ways to bring our first work, namely Trinitarian love, to affect our relationships. This is a supportive and beautiful means of bolstering the love we bring to those who are most forgotten in our society, aiming always to bring them into the larger embrace of our family, our society, and our world. It also enables us to remain clear about that spirituality which we share with lay leaders with whom we bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God.
Spirituality
I am privileged to belong to a religious congregation that encourages us to pray from the heart. Through our love and devotion to the Trinity, we spread knowledge and love for the Trinity with others. It is the Father, Son, and Spirit who move us always to consider the inclusion of those who have been shunned by our society in the Trinitarian embrace. The Trinity also moves us to consider the ways that others worship God and prompts us to grow in respect for all those who have been moved to worship God in Spirit and Truth. On the other hand, our devotion to the Trinity prompts us to ask others who do not know God to consider the possibilities offered by a relationship with Him. There is no greater gift that to be called to focus on the intense love that God has for each of us and to invite others to participate in a community of believers.
The Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity reflect daily on the Word of God who took on flesh to teach us the Way to the Father. What a tremendous gift it is to belong to a community of women and to a family in the Church who have Jesus and His Eucharistic Presence as the "sun and center of their lives." 
We are always conscious of the tremendous influences of the Holy Spirit who leads us to Love. We are enabled by the strength and power of the Spirit to act humbly and justly in the service of the least of our brothers and sisters. It is the Spirit who enables us to forgive and begin anew each day with a charity that is excessive, like the white heat of the coal that is set on fire.